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Dr. H.H. White, 82, who came to Paris from Hugo, Okla., to head the urology department of the Sanitarium of Paris in 1925, died in the hospital Saturday morning.
The funeral, Monday at 9 a.m., will be held in Holy Cross Church, Episcopal, by the rector, the Rev. James W. O'Connell, Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home sending the body to Dr. White's old home, Jackson, Tenn., for interment.
Surviving are Mrs. White, the former Miss Wayne Thornton, and two sisters, Mrs. A.O. Reinhardt, Tunica, Miss., and Mrs. Carl L. Jones, Lakeland, Fla.
Hal Hugh White was born in Jackson, November 21, 1877, son of Hugh L. and Elizabeth (Glenn) White.
Married in Jackson, May 20, 1902, the year after his graduation from the University of Louisville, Ky., medical school, Dr. and Mrs. White moved to Hugo where he practiced medicine and was active in civic affairs for 23 years.
For 21 of those years, he was division surgeon for the Frisco Railroad; served as city and Choctaw County health officer for a time and was medical examiner for the Selective Service Board during World War I, besides serving as an alderman four years. He was long active in the Masonic lodge.
Coming to Paris, he and his wife were active in the city's social life and medical fraternity affairs, becoming members of the Paris Golf Club and medical organizations.
Dr. White was named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1929; was acting chief of staff and later staff president of the Sanitarium of Paris after the death of Dr. L.P. McCuistion.

transcribed by Ron Henson