WHITE, Mary Campbell - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Mrs. Mary Emily White, age 85, wife of William Nelson White, president of the Fountain Trust Company, active in the community and civic affairs for many years died at 8:15 AM Wednesday, May 28, at her home, corner of Washington and Ninth Streets. She had been in ill health for several years. Mrs. White was born December 4, 1872 in Van Buren Township, Fountain County, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah A. Spinning Campbell. She was married February 16, 1898 to W. N. White, who survives. She attended the Covington Normal College and taught in the various schools of Fountain County for five years. She was a member of the Covington Methodist Church. Mrs. White was active in club work in Covington and in the county. She was a member and Past Regent of the Richard Henry Lee Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; a member and past president of the Covington Booklovers Club; member and past president of the Fountain County Federation of Clubs; and she was one of the sponsors of Mu Epsilon Lambda Sorority which was named in her honor. Mrs. White wrote the pageant for the Centennial celebration for Covington in 1926. She also made other contributions in the literary field. Mrs. White was a member of a pioneer family of this county. The first Fountain County Board of Commissioners met in the home of her grandfather, Isaac Spinning, north of Veedersburg in 1826. Surviving Mrs. White, in addition to her husband, are: two sons, Kipling C. White of Evanston, Illinois, Luke White of Covington; three grandchildren, Barbara Ann, Mary Patricia, and Kipling Nels, of Covington; one brother, James Campbell of Veedersburg, and one sister, Miss Hettie Campbell of Veedersburg, Route 4. The body is at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home where friends may call after noon today, May 29. She will be taken to the Covington Methodist Church at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon to lie in state for one hour. Services will be at 4:30 o'clock with the Rev. G. Elwood Anderson and the Rev. George Beatty officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.