Mary Evelyn White Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mary Evelyn White, 88, died Monday in Copan. The longtime Copan resident was a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a child of God. Mary was born the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Rosa Lee (Napier) Scott on January 24, 1934, in Carthage, Tennessee. The family moved to Celina, TN, where she was raised and graduated from Celina High School in 1951. Mary worked with her nine siblings at her mother’s S&W Café. She loved recounting stories from her childhood like the family home had no electricity or indoor plumbing. She united in marriage with Floyd White on October 6, 1951. while he was home on leave. But it was hardly a quick decision, they had known each other since elementary school. They went on to enjoy 68 years of loving marriage. They made their home at Morgan Field, Kentucky, until Floyd’s honorable discharge in 1953. In 1953, Floyd was headed to California for a new job. He only made it to Bartlesville, OK, and Mary joined him in 1954. In 1982 they moved to their current home in Copan. She worked at Phillips Petroleum Co. for 18 years before finishing her Career at NIPER. Once retired they opened Floyd’s Fiddle Shop in Dewey in 1998 where he made and repaired stringed instruments. Mary kept the books, controlled inventory and was head sales person. Wherever Mary was, you found Floyd - they enjoyed each other’s company and did everything together. That never got old - Floyd put in his vegetable garden every year and Mary planted and cared for her flowering plants. She didn’t like to sit still and even as a senior, she enjoyed weed-eating her yard often, much to the kids’ dismay. Although she didn’t play an instrument she loved to sing along with family and Floyd’s band. Most recently she enjoyed weekly singings at different churches with son Waymond. She was a loving grandmother who lit up every time her grandbabies came to visit. Mary loved every one of them individually and all the same. She enjoyed bringing everyone together for the holidays and was famous for her extra thoughtful Christmas cards. She would do anything for them except eat fried frog legs. Mary is survived by four children Waymond White and Jeanne, Jack Allen Jackson White and Belinda, Gary Thomas White and Linda, and Peggy Yvonne Mogus and David; two sisters, Connie Stalcup and Martha Western; two brothers, Glenn Scott and Jo, and Maxey Scott and Sylvia; 10 grandchildren, Andrea Hunter and Scott, Aaron White and Marcy, Janelle Swartz and Nick, Amy (White) Prentice, Michele Jackson Green and Carl Crawford, Samuel White and Celsey Shipley, Stacy Sprague, Mathew Mogus and Andreya, Mark Mogus and Heather, and Selina VanCleave and Joshua; as well as 26 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Floyd, grandson Shannon Thomas White, great grandson Mason Hunter and siblings, Doris Beasley, Dorothy Wilson, Burnice Scott and Cecil Scott. Mary’s family will receive friends at the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel, 918-333-7665, 4201 Nowata Rd, Bartlesville, on Thursday, from 6-8 p.m. Visitation will also be held Thursday from 10-8. Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. on Friday, at the Dewey Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Carter Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home & Crematory – Walker Brown Chapel. Online condolences and remembrances may be shared at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com.

Mary Evelyn White

January 24, 1934 - May 16, 2022