George Solomon White Jr., 81, a well-known banker, a former resident of Belington, and for the past 12 years, a resident of Kerens Avenue, Elkins, departed this life, Monday, Aug. 12, 2002, at his home. He had been in declining health and death was attributed to heart failure.
He was born Oct. 17, 1920, at Philippi, a son of the late George Solomon White Sr. and Flavelle Nutter White.
On Nov. 12, 1949, at Buckhannon, he was married to the former Mildred Ruth Cutright, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons, George Adrian “Rick” White and companion, Connie Yost, Belington, David Lee White and wife, Linda, Buckhannon, Richard Wayne White and wife, Jeana “Sis,” Belington, and Jerry White, Elkins; one daughter, Amy Isenhart and husband, Mike, Elkins; and five grandchildren, Chista White, Pittsboro, N.C., Natasha White, Belington, Maranda White, Josh White and Tyler White, all of Buckhannon.
Mr. White was a graduate of Philippi High School with the Class of 1938 and attended Alderson-broaddus College. He served as a sergeant with the U.S. Army during World War II in Italy. He served as president of the Banker’s Association in 1972, worked at the Philippi National Bank at Philippi, the Wood County Bank at Parkersburg, the Empire National Bank at Clarksburg, and worked as head cashier and later served as executive vice president of Belington Bank from 1967 until his retirement in 1985.
He was instrumental in starting the senior baseball league at Belington in 1968, and during his retirement he was an avid coin collector and enjoyed watching sports.
Friends will be received at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home chapel Thursday at 1 p.m. The Rev. Arden R. Beck will officiate and interment will follow at Mount Vernon Cemetery near Philippi.
