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Name |
White, John Dudley, Jr. |
Born |
03/13/1911 |
Birthplace |
Austin, Texas |
Places of residence |
Austin, Texas |
Father |
John Dudley White, Sr. |
Mother |
Rose Selma Patton |
Notes |
John Dudley, Jr., the eldest son of John Dudley White, Sr. was born in Austin, Texas. Listing dairyman on his first enlistment papers, John joined the Special Ranger forces in 1934 at the age of twenty-three. From there he served as a Travis County deputy sheriff with a Special Ranger Commission, and in 1942 he joined the Texas Department of Public Safety as a criminal investigator in the Ranger division. White was later promoted to Senior Ranger in 1947. During his twenty-eight years of service with DPS, he was stationed in Amarillo, Harlingen, Crystal City, Austin, Midland, and San Antonio and served in Companies C, D, F, E, and Headquarters. |
Occupation |
Texas Ranger Special Ranger Travis County deputy sheriff |
Relationships |
The eldest son of John Dudley White, Sr. |
Spouse |
Willie Viola Shelton |
Deceased |
03/07/2002 |
Deceased where |
Austin, Texas |