Joan Kegley White
Forest and Mary Kegley’s first child was Joan, born June 23, 1928 and died in May, 1981. She was 52 years old and very close to being 53.
Joan graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1946. She met and married James Dexter White from Portsmouth’s West side and they had two daughters, Pam and Pat and one son, Ronnie.
They lived in Columbus, OH for several years while Deck worked for Columbus Coated Fabrics and North American Aviation. When North American closed their Columbus operations, Deck took advantage of an opportunity to transfer to Tulsa,OK and the family lived in Broken Arrow until Joan and Dexter each passed on. Ron and Pam remain in or near Broken Arrow and Patti lives in Pennsacola, FL.
Joan loved her family very much and she and Deck helped them grow up in a Christian home.
