North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
about Martha Geneva Jarrett
Name: Martha Geneva Jarrett
[Martha Geneva White]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Non-Hispanic
Marital Status: Widowed
Social Security Number: 237368670
Father's Last Name: White
Age: 88 Years
Date of Birth: 29 Jan 1910
Residence City: Burnsville
Residence County: Catawba
Residence State: North Carolina
Residence Zip Code: 28658
Education: 11th grade
Occupation: Managers, food serving and lodging establishments
Industry: Elementary and secondary schools
Date of Death: 2 Sep 1998
Death City: Winston-Salem
Death County: Forsyth
Death State: North Carolina
Cause of Death: Vascular insufficiency of intestine: Chronic vascular insufficiency of intestine
Institution: Hospital Inpatient
Hospital Name: "NC BAPTIST HOSP, INC"
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial in-state
Recorded Date: 21 Oct 1998
Source Vendor: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics
∼NEWTON - Geneva W. Jarrett, 88, of Hickory-Lincolnton Highway, died Sept. 2, 1988 at
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Born Jan. 29, 1910 in Cherokee, County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Edmond
and Corrie Lee Wilson White. A member of Grace Lutheran Church, she retired from the
textile industry and was a former manager of the lunch room of Blackburn Elementary
School.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde L. Jarrett; a sister, Mamie Schronce
Black; five brothers, Jesse White, Brady White, Herman White, Manley White and Virgil
White.

Survivors include five sons, James E. Jarrett, Franklin Jarrett and Clyde Jarrett Jr. of
Newton, and Gene Jarrett and Harold Jarrett of Conover; a daughter, Martha Johnson
of Newton; two brothers, Ervin White of Charlotte and Hoyle White of Concord; three
sisters, Oveda Blackburn, Lucille Whisnant and Thelma Heavner of Newton; nine grand-
children; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchild-
ren; and three stepgreat-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Larry Yoder at 11 a.m. Saturday at her church.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Doug Jarrett, Don Jarrett, Greg Jarrett, Chris Jarrett, Jeffery Bivens and
Kurt Inman.

The family will be at Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home from 6 to 8 tonight.

Memorials may be mde to Grace Lutheran Church, 4116 Hickory-Lincolnton Highway, Newton,
N.C. 28658.

Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Hickory Daily Record Friday, September 4, 1998