Elizabeth J. White was born to the union of Jesse J. and Lizzie Jones Jimmerson on a cloudy overcast day on February 20, 1923, in Oeanville, Texas, a stone’s throw (or as they say in that part of the country) a short chunk from Temple, where she grew up.

Elizabeth was the last girl and third youngest of 12 siblings. Early life was spent holding on to her mother’s apron string and often trying to tag along with her older siblings as they would spend endless hours down at the little creek that was just off to the side of their humble home.