Miss Genevieve White d. 29 August 1959

Funeral services for Miss Genevieve White, 17-year-old Waynesville girl who shot herself to death Saturday afternoon at her home, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the post chapel at Fort Leonard Wood with the Rev. J. C. Summers officiating.

Burial will be in Fort Wood Cemetery under direction of Hedges of Waynesville.

Members of the family said the girl apparantly took her own life after becoming despondent over her twin brother's enlistment in the Army.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. White; the brother, Guy; and two sisters, Elizabeth and Francoise.

Springfield Leader and Press
31 August 1959, Mon.

Transcribed by Laura (Abernathy) Huffman