Frances brother was James Larkin White who according to family legend was the discoveror of Carlsbad Caverns. This is a classic case of the need to be sceptical of family stories.
Carsbad Caverns National Park's Website say's: "As mining began, large numbers of people entered the cave; yet few of the miners explored more than the area near the entrance. The notable exception was James Larkin White, At one time or another Jim White worked for all but one of the guano mining companies. In his spare time he took his miner's lantern and probed deeper into the darkness, coming back with "wild" stories of what he had seen. Soon he convinced friends to go with him and see the wonders so long hidden from the world. Stories of the splendors slowly spread."
When I, James Foster High, was about 8 years old my family and I went to Texas on vacation from California. We stopped by Carlsbad Caverns and visited "Uncle Jim White". We were always told the "Uncle Jim White was the discoveror of Carlsbad Caverns. I remember sitting in his living room talking. This was about 1940, just before world war two, .
Joeanne High’s Biography by her brother Jim.
Joanne tells the story, with her tongue in cheek, that she believes her mom and dad wanted a boy when she was born and that is the reason they spelled her name Joeanne.
Joeanne had a hobby of painting while a teenager. She was/is an avid reader. I thought her paintings were wonderful. She doesn’t agree.
When Joanne was a teenager she spent a summer with Aunt Cis in Swift Current Canada. Joeanne said that Aunt Cis owned a tobacco shop. She said that she didn’t know at that time that Aunt Cis (Hannah Mary Bray) was a madam for a house of ill repute.
Joeanne graduated from South Gate High School in 1948.
She worked for Merk and Company in Los Angeles from 1948 to 1950. She was a “Key Punch Operator”.
Her husband, Hap, went to the University of Tennessee dental school in Knoxville. She got a job in the Universities Administrations office. She worked there until he finished pre dental school in 1952, at which time they moved back to California.
She and her family lived in Compton and then they moved to Palos Verdes California.
On July 1st 1968, the Burnett’s and Bob and Hazel Adkins bought Havasu Springs Resort on the Colorado River. Bob and Hazel managed the resort for 5 years. In 1973, Hap and Joeanne moved to the resort.
Discoveror of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.
My Family(Mom, Dad, Joeanne, and Raymond) stopped at "Jim Whites" house while on vacation to Texas abt 1939.
Obituarie in the Newspaper "Traverse City MI, Record-Eagle" Sept. 12, 2001.
Lorraine J. Sublett Died August 28, 2001 BIG SPRING, TEXAS - The family of Lorraine J. (Randall) Sublett wishes to share and honor her passing on Aug. 28, 2001, in Big Spring, Texas. Lorraine was born at the family home northwest of Mesick on Nov. 22, 1919, to Leon and Glee (Weaver) Randall. She was the eldest of eight children; the family household included her paternal grandmother, with the maternal grandparents living nearby. She attended Brookside and Mesick schools, graduating in 1937, then became a registered nurse through Traverse City State and Munson hospitals. With two brothers preceding her into military service during Word War II, she enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served at the Long Beach, Calif., Naval Hospital from June of 1945 to August of 1946. Among those she tended was a returning prisoner of war, a young marine from Texas, Henry William Sublett. On Nov. 6, 1946, in Las Vegas, Nev., they were married. Son Fulton and daughter Delores were born of this union. Lorraine and Bill were active members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Much of their working and volunteer lives were centered in the church and related medical facilities in various southern states. Lorraine had a tender compassion for all God's creatures, especially enjoying animals, birds, also gardening, travel, good books, brisk walks and helping others. She retired from nursing in 1986. She and Bill had been residents for the past three years at Veterans Hospital in Big Spring, Texas. Surviving Lorraine are her husband of nearly 55 years, Henry William Sublett; son, Fulton (Wanda) Sublett of Granbury, Texas; daughter, Delores Sublett of Houston; three step grandsons, J.R. White of Astoria N.Y., Deshannon (Tammy) White of Rainsville, Ala., Brian White of Huntsville, Ala.; and two step-great-grandchildren, Dusty and Whitney White. Also surviving are brothers; Rev. Paul (Ella) Randall of Jackson, Leon, Jr. (Betty) Randall of Hudsonville, Don (Elsie) Randall of Traverse City; sister, Elaine (Douglas) Burton of Mt. Morris; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Richard Randall during World War II; sister, Dolores Randall in childhood; and brother, Ronald Randall on Aug. 20, 2001. Funeral services were held on Sept. 1 in Big Spring, Texas, at the Nalley-Pickle and Welch Rosewood Chapel, Chaplain Dean Thomas
BIG SPRING Lorraine J. Sublett , 81, died Tuesday Aug. 28, 2001, in a local hospital. Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Trinity Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband, Henry Sublett of Big Spring; son, Fulton Sublett of Granbury; daughter Delores Sublett of Houston; brothers, Don Randall of Traverse City, Mich., Paul Randall of Mesick, Mich. and Lee Randall of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and sister Elaine Burton of Mesick, Mich.
Russell introduced Hap Burnette to my(James F. High III) sister Joanne High. Hap and Russell were buddies in the U.S. Navy.
Obituary
Sun City, California
Belton High
Memorial services for Belton High, 84, of Sun City will be 2 p.m. Aug , 3 at Sun City United Methodist Church. He died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at Sharp Temecula Convalescent Hospital in Murrieta.
Burial will be private.Arrangements are being handled by Miller-Jones Mortuary & Crematory in Hemet.
Mr. High, was born in Downing, Texas, was a Sun City resident since 1977 and a California resident since 1927. He worked 30 years with the U.S. Post Office and 17 years as an engineering technician with the California Division of Highway's and Department of Water Resources. Mr. High retired in 1971.
He was a member of the Sun City United Methodist Church where he sang tenor in the choir seven years and was previously involved with Toastmasters International and the Lions Club.
Mr. High is survived by his wife Dora: son Darrell F. of Campbell; and one granddaughter.
Her family moved from Nova Scotia to California in 1923. She was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1995.
OBITUARY:
Ft. Worth Star Telegram
December 5, 2003
Dora Margaret High
Arlington-- Dora Margaret High, 93, a retired piano teacher and choir director, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, in Arlington.
Funeral: Memorial hymn service will be at 1:30 Saturday, Dec. 6, in the chapel at Fox Run Estates, 2315 Little Road, Arlington (just south of Arkansas Lane).
Dora Fowler was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1910, and soon moved to Halifax, where she escaped injury in a devastating 1917 explosion that destroyed much of that city. The family emigrated to California in 1923. She married Belton High, an expatriate Texan, in 1932. The dwelled in many California and Arizona locations before his death in 1991.
A lifelong musician, Dora was educated at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She taught piano privately, performed as an accompanist, briefly taught music in public school and directed several church choirs. After retirement, she stuied organ. She led choral ensembles and the occasional sing-alongs in her retirement communities. Since moving to Arlington in 2001, she regularly played organ for the weekly chapel srvice at her residence, Fox Run Estates.
Survivors: Son, Darrell High and wife, Gloria, granddaughter, Lisa Martin and husband, Chuck, great-granddaughter, Paige Martin, all of Arlington, and sister, Myrtle Erickson of Yucaipa, Calif.
Wade Funeral Home.