Mildred Jumel White

Mildred "MeMe" Jumel White, 100, died peacefully at The Glen Retirement Village in Shreveporton Friday, March 30, 2007. Graveside service will be held atRoselawnMemorial Parkin Baton Rougeon Tuesday, April 3, at 11 a.m.Mrs. White was born Nov. 23, 1906, in Baton Rouge. She was a member of a pioneer Baton Rougefamily who had a great part in the development of the state. Her paternal grandfather, Gen. Allen Jumel, served as adjutant general of Louisianaand as state senator. He was instrumental in the founding of the state hospital at Carville, giving part of his plantation, Point Clear, for that purpose in 1894. Mrs. White was the oldest living alumnae ofBaton RougeHigh School. During her early years following LSU, she was an accountant with Union Federal Savings and Loan in Baton Rouge. Known as "MeMe" to all who knew her, she will be remembered by many as the titled "Mama" of her daughter's "So Good "¦ " cookbooks, which were lovingly dedicated as a tribute to her mother. More than that, she will always be remembered by her family and friends whose lives she touched. To know her was to love her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Scott White Sr.; parents, James Major Jumel and Milda Babin Jumel; brothers, James M. Jumel Jr., Kenneth Jumel and J. Allen Jumel; and sisters, Lena Jumel Persac, Meryl Jumel Eckert and Verdith Jumel Parker. Survivors include her daughter, Marlyn White Monette and husband Ed; son, retired Col. Walter Scott White Jr. and wife Ladye; grandchildren, Walter Scott White III and wife Dawn of Tampa, Fla., Navy Commander John Lynn White and wife Angie of Mansfield, Texas, Debbie Daniel Fralix and husband Randy of Houston, Donna Daniel Duplichan and husband Lee of Lake Charles, Danny Allen Daniel Jr. and wife Carol of Baton Rouge; and 11 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Scott White III, Danny Daniel Jr. and Lee Duplichan; and great-grandsons, Justin Herpin, Adam Herpin and Alec Daniel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to The Glen Retirement Village, 403 E. Flournoy Lucas Road, Shreveport, LA71115, in memory of Mildred Jumel White. "Mom, you were our Sunshine - you truly made us happy when skies were gray "¦ and always."