Stella Corcoran
was born in 1893 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She moved to
Beaumont, Texas, with her parents as a young girl. Stella
Attended Beaumont High School, South Park Junior College,
the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Mergenthaler Linotype
School. She
married Carl White in 1917 and both worked for the
newspaper, "Port Arthur Record."
Their
only child, Dr. Carl Michael White, born in 1918, died in
1982, leaving no descendants. Stella died in Port Arthur in
1985, predeceased by her husband.
In
her will, she left her home, "White Haven" and all
its furnishings to Captain William Sanders Chapter, NSDAR.
Mrs. White also provided a very
generous endowment fund, presently valued near one-half
million dollars, for higher education scholarships.
Trusteeship of these funds was given to the Port Arthur
Higher Education Foundation by the chapter in 2001. This
foundation selects the recipients of the scholarships
through Lamar State College. Each year, approximately twenty
high school graduates will each receive
$1000 scholarships from Capt. William Sanders Chapter.
The DAR Insignia is the = property of, and is copyrighted by, the National
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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