Generation N^o. 1

Echota Cherokee Chief Unknown.

Echota Cherokee Unknown

Generation N^o. 2

KATE WILLIAMS (ECHOTA CHEROKEE INDIAN; Cherokee Birth Name Unknown) was born in 1872 in Eastern Tennessee, and died in 1898 in Winston County, Mississippi.

Burial: 1900, Pleasant Hill (White Family) Cemetery, Louisville-Sturgis Road, Sturgis, Mississippi

Cause of Death: Influenza Epidemic of 1900

Oral Histories of Kate Williams (Echota Cherokee)

She married JOHN M. RAY on 04 October 1896 in Pontoctoc, Winston County, Mississippi.  He was born on 02 May 1870 in Winston County, Mississippi, and died on 06 February 1908 in Winston County, Mississippi.

Burial: 08 February 1908, Pleasant Hill (White Family) Cemetery, Louisville-Sturgis Road, Sturgis, Mississippi

Generation N^o. 3

DAISY PEARL RAY was born on 26 May 1897 in Sturgis, Winston County, Mississippi, and died on 19 May 1970 in Sturgis, Winston County, Mississippi.

Burial: 22 May 1970, Pleasant Hill (White Family) Cemetery, Louisville-Sturgis Road, Sturgis, Mississippi

Cause of Death: Died In Her Sleep

She married JOHN (JOE) GREER WHITE, SENIOR on 19 October 1913 in Sturgis, Winston County, Mississippi, son of JOHN BAXTER WHITE and MALISSA JANE HAMMILL.  He was born on 17 July 1895 in Winston County, Mississippi, and died on 14 March 1960 in Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi.

Burial: 16 March 1960, Pleasant Hill (White Family) Cemetery, Louisville-Sturgis Road, Sturgis, Mississippi

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

 Generation N^o. 4

MURRELL RAY WHITE, SENIOR USMC (RET) was born on 15 July 1934 in Sturgis, Winston County, Mississippi.

Died: 27 September 2001; Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

He married KATHLEEN ANN LAMBERT on 02 June 1957 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, daughter of COLONEL JULIUS CECILE LAMBERT USA (RET) (WORLD WAR II CHINA – BURMA – INDIA; Merrill’s Marauders / MARS Task Force) and CATHERINE ANN COATES.  She was born on 09 January 1939 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

 Generation N^o. 5

MURRELL RAY WHITE, JUNIOR USMC (RET) was born on 17 May 1958 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.