Joyce Laverne (Martin) White
Nov 23, 1922 - Dec 23, 2011
Posted by Jo Aguirre

Paper: Tahlequah Daily Press (OK)
Deceased: Joyce Laverne White
Date: December 28, 2011

Joyce Laverne White, former Tulsa resident, died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, in Tahlequah. She was 89 years of age.

Services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the Hart Funeral Home Chapel in Tahlequah. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa. Arrangements are under the direction of Hart Funeral Home.

Laverne was born on Nov. 23, 1922, in Cushing, the daughter of Harry Benjamin and Alice (Bridges) Martin. On Feb. 22, 1972, she was married to James Harold White in Muskogee.

For 25 years she was employed as the office manager for Degan Pipe and Supply. She was a member in the Memorial Baptist Church, Eastside Senior Citizens, the sewing guild and the CB Club.

Laverne is survived by a son, Rod Adams of Bastrop, Texas; daughters, Dawn Miller of Tahlequah and Joyce McKnight of Glenpool; sisters, Bonnie Metcalf of Louisville, Ky. and Carol Conway of Shawnee; grandchildren, Breanna Batey, Amber Bloom, Zachary Bloom, Michael Adams, Michelle Mix, Gloria Harms and Denise McCaslin; and great-grandchildren, Jake Batey, Brennan Batey, Olive Adams, Misha Adams, Mason Mix and Kayla McCaslin.

She was preceded in death by her husband and brothers, J.C. Martin and Lawrence Martin.

Hart Funeral Home, 1506 N. Grand, 456-8823.

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