Teddy Allen White

Name: Teddy Allen White Age 70 Residence of Bartlesville, Oklahoma for 60+ years. Teddy passed on March 21, 2020 at his home in Bartlesville, surrounded by the family he loved so much. Born June 24, 1949 in Caney, Oklahoma to Delbert Burton (Dee) White and Georgia “Marie” Davis White. Ted was preceded in death by his youngest son, Jackie Lee Peck, His Father Dee White, Mother Marie White, Son-in-law Gerald Mullikin, and Brother-in-Law, Bob Juliano. He is survived by his wife, Kathy, of the home, Daughter and fiance, Tracy Mullikin and Rorry Elliott, Son and Daughter-in-law Bobby and Erin Peck, Grandchildren Savanna, Dallas, Lauren, Devon, Addison, Stella, Miles, Maden and Beckett. Ted is also survived by one brother and sister-in-law, Bruce and Julia White of Sapulpa, Sister, Louise Juliano of Okesa, Sister and Brother-in-law, Bonnie and Terry Gay of Okesa, a large extended family and countless friends. Ted began his career delivering daily newspapers on his beloved Cushman motorcycle. With the help of his dad, the Sunday edition was delivered on time by riding on the sideboards of his dad’s 1938 Plymouth. No seat, no seatbelt, no problem. When he was old enough to recognize trendy fashion, Ted felt the need to upgrade to Levi’s jeans so he advanced to the career-building skills offered at the Kiddie Park. After graduating as a Col High Wildcat in 1967, he was drafted into the United States Army in March of 1969 and was honorably discharged in March 1971. A little known fact, Ted studied to be a shoe cobbler at Okmulgee Tech. True Story. When that didn’t work out for him, he returned to round off his illustrious career in paper and ink at CSBF and retired from there after 40+ agonizing years. In his single effort at becoming an overachiever, Ted became a celebrity in the mid-sixties when the local newspaper reported his involvement as the driver in two separate vehicle collisions on the same day. In 1979, having a cute little girl of his own, Ted met Kathy Peck who had two cute little boys. Realizing that when he was graduating high school, Kathy was in 2nd grade, Ted used all of his wisdom and some impressive foresight by proceeding to woo, charm, and marry his retirement plan. Together they raised those cute kids and subsequently became one loud voice at the ballpark. Retirement got a rude awakening when Ted refused to conform to its generally accepted definition. Being 200% committed to everything he did, Ted was always available to lend two left hands to anyone who needed help. He could often be found rollin’ in the dough with his good buddy Barry at Simple Simon’s Pizza, and although he loved the game of golf, he copped an attitude when his buddies refused to call him “The Master” after hitting a hole-in-one. As a country boy with survivalist tendencies, Ted could also skin a buck and run a trotline with the best of ‘em. He played in a weekly Texas Hold ‘Em game for many years with several lifelong buddies. . . great stories there. . . all inappropriate. Being Papa was Ted’s greatest joy and he played anything from Tag to Texas Holdem with his grandkids. Took a boatload of cash from some of them. Teddy Ballgame checked off a huge Bucket list item when the 4th game of the 2006 World Series between his beloved St. Louis Cardinals and some other lame team was rained out. His tickets for the makeup game wound up being the World Series-winning game by his Cardinal Champs. He immediately developed an amazing new respect for Mother Nature and bought a few extra lottery tickets. Due to the current national crisis, the family does not want to jeopardize anyone’s health. There will be a private service at the family home on Saturday at 2 PM for the immediate family to rejoice in Ted’s promotion into His promise of inheritance. Once the medical threat is contained, the family will plan a memorial to celebrate Ted’s life. For now, they are all giving everyone virtual hugs. Leave it to Ted to try to one-up the global pandemic with his passing. He wins, hands down. He must have looked up to heaven and whispered: “Put me in, coach”.

Teddy Allen White

June 24, 1949 - March 21, 2020