Harvey E. White

Funeral services for Harvey E. White, 84, Custer County business man, farmer, and rancher, will be held at 2:00 PM., Monday, March 16,2015, in the Chapel Hill Methodist Church east of Clinton, officiated by Chaplain Dan Day. Harvey Edward White was bom May 27,1930, to Robert Edward White and Florence Serena (Poulson) White in Carson, OK and passed away Wednesday, March 11,2015, in the Methodist Health Care Center in Clinton. Raised in Eastern Oklahoma, he attended school in Dustin until moving to Hammon in the 1940's. As a teenager he worked on Tommy Elliott's farm and discovered his musical ability by picking up a guitar. He graduated from Hammon High School in 1950, where he met his future wife. After graduation, he moved to Clinton and worked for the Farm Service Agency. He married Pauline Sketchley in 1953. They made their lifelong home in Clinton and had their daughter, Connie. In the late 1950's he began a country western band along with his brother Roy and a group of friends. They played numerous dances and events all over the area for many years to come and he became known for his talented fiddle playing. He started a banking and insurance career with Mr. Clint Howenstine in the Custer County State Bank in 1961. In the early 1970's, he continued working in insurance, branched into oil and gas leasing, and farm loans. He opened his own agency in which he worked at until his death. He began expanding his farming and ranching operation in the Hammon and Butler area with his son-in-law and daughter managing daily operations. He was a member of the Hammon Methodist Church. He enjoyed playing the fiddle and entertained at the Veterans Center and local nursing homes up until 2007. He was an avid fisherman and loved quail hunting. He was fond of collecting and restoring classic automobiles. He stayed active by swimming, and for the past few years, daily walks and spending time with his fiancee Dorothy. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Pauline, and son-in-law, Terry Henry, brothers, Edwin(Infant), Marvin, Melvin, James, and Roy, and sisters Pauline Martinez and Lucille Cane. He is survived by daughter, Connie Henry, of Hammon, OK, fiancee Dorothy Kincaid, of Clinton, brother, Milford White and wife, Doris, of Alva, OK, and sister-in-law, Jaunita White, of Clinton. He is also survived by three granddaughters, Misty Baker and husband Jay, of Clinton, Crystal West and husband Jevon, of Hammon, and Emily Coppock and husband Cody, of Mustang, OK. Six great-grandchildren, Sketchley Baker, Charley Baker, Malley Baker, Henley West, Baylor West, and Riley Coppock.