LoNetta White

Description

LoNetta Dowdy White, born August 24, 1940, in a log cabin near Bristow, Oklahoma, shared her life story. LoNetta's parents, John Buster Dowdy and Ollie Belle Williams Dowdy, farmed and worked in California's lettuce fields. LoNetta attended Iron Post School, where she enjoyed biology, and later got her GED at 50. She married Harold White in 1957 and worked at the garment factory and ran the businesses White's Radio & TV and Mistletoe Express. LoNetta had three children: James Allen White, Teresa Lynn White Alred, and Edgar Angel White.

Date

2024/07/23

Interviewer

Regan Siler

Interviewee

LoNetta White

Files

White, LoNetta.jpg

Collection



Citation

“LoNetta White,” Stories of Bristow, accessed March 9, 2025, https://bristoworalhistory.org/items/show/135.