Arturo White
Arturo White
born 17 February 1922 in Lajitas, Texas died 10 April 1998 in Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine buried in Holy Angels Cemetery in Alpine, Texas. |
Carolina Molinar
born 21 March 1928 in Terlingua died 04 May 1996 buried in Alpine Holy Angels Cemetery daughter of Eduardo Molinar and Conrada Jaquez. |
Arturo White married Carolina Molinar
Their children:
1. Arturo White, Jr. was born 18 June 1944 in Terlingua. He died on 16 May 1946 of “extensive burns from ignition of gasoline” and was buried the same day in the Terlingua Cemetery. |
2. John White
was born 4 June 1947 in Terlingua. In April 1998 he was living in Alpine. |
.3. Delfina White
was born 24 December 1949 in Terlingua. In April 1998 she was living in Odessa. Her married name is Gardea. |
4. Hector White
was born 23 Mar 1952 in Terlingua. In May 1996 he was living in Terlingua and in April 1998 he was living in Odessa. |
5. Daughter Delia White
was born in Terlingua 18 September 1955 and was living there in April 1998. |
Their Story: For many years Arturo and Carolina owned and operated the Terlingua Store located just north of the ghost town along Highway 170 between Terlingua Creek and the Terlingua Ghost Town.
The information on this page was provided by Bob Wirt from his website Life Before The Ruins.