Gertrude Eleanor White

Gertrude Eleanor White, 92, of Nelsonville, passed away Friday, January 27, 2006. She was born May 16, 1913 in Nelsonville, the daughter of the late Amos and Nora Ellen Bartoe Steenrod. She was the widow of the late Francis D. White.

She was a member of the Nelsonville First United Methodist Church where she also attended the Lunch Bunch. She was formerly a member of the Mother?s Circle in Athens, Nelsonville Eagles Ladies Auxillary, Nelsonville VFW Ladies Auxillary and the Blue and Gold Ladies Association.

She is survived by a daughter, Sherry Maffin and special friend Bob Young of Nelsonville; three sons, Hal Mary June White of Shelby, Douglas Twinkle White of Rome, Georgia and David Jane White of Delaware; fifteen grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren and a sister, Rachel Woodard of Nelsonville.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sons Larry and Delbert White; a granddaughter, Teresa Lynn White; a great grandson; five brothers, Virgil, Orval, Floyd, Randall ?Grubby? and John Steenrod; five sisters, Ouida Steenrod, Hazel Keating, Lucille Williams, Georgia Evans and Lula McKinney.

Funeral services will be held Monday, January 30, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. at Souers-Cardaras Funeral Home, 46 Fayette Street, Nelsonville with Rev. Stacy Evans officiating. Interment will be at Clark Chapel Cemetery, Athens. Friends may call Sunday from 5-8 PM at the funeral home.