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Daily Oklahoman, The 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
August 6, 2000

Ewers "Sid", White Jr., longtime resident of Oklahoma City, died August 2, 2000 in his home. Mr. White was born to Ewers White , Sr. and Myrtle B. White in McLoud, Oklahoma on June 29, 1915. He attended the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore, OK. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Parachute Battalion from 1938 until 1946, defending his country in the South Pacific front during World War II. He was a recipient of the Presidential Unit Citation for service on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. He participated in the first landing at Guadalcanal, and spent 28 months overseas. He was awarded the Purple Heart as a result of action on Guadalcanal.

In 1944, he married LaRuth Bolin and they had two sons, William Ewers and Steven Allen. After his honorable discharge from the Marines, he settled in Oklahoma City, and worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company as Staff Specialist in charge of communications for all military bases in Oklahoma. He retired from Southwestern Bell in 1981 after 35 years and will be fondly remembered by his fellow coworkers.

Mr. White was preceded in death by his parents, Ewers and Myrtle White and by two brothers, Gene White and Breckenridge Glass. He is survived by his son, William E. White and his wife Mary; son, Steven A. White ; grandchildren, Jeannie M. Pappas and her husband, Andrew, James A. White , and Beth A. White ; half brother, Dudley Glass and his son, Dudley Glass, Jr. and family of Kentucky and his daughter, Barbara Jean Glass.

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Mon., August 7, 2000 at Smith & Kernke Chapel, 1401 N.W. 23rd. Interment to follow at Fairlawn Cemetery with a Marine Corps. Honor Guard. Smith & Kernke Funeral Home.

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