Taken from www.thestate.com: The South Carolina Athletics Department is mourning the passing of Emily Sue Dawson White, longtime administrative assistant to the athletics director and a member of the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. She was 78 years old. She was born in Columbia on June 1, 1938 and was raised in West Columbia after moving there with her family when she was 5 years old. She later attended the University of South Carolina. She was a member of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and was married for almost 45 years to Owens Lamar White, until his passing in 2001. She had assisted head football coaches, baseball coaches and athletics directors at South Carolina since 1967, working with 10 athletics directors during her tenure. She was considered the matriarch and “First Lady” of Carolina Athletics and was inducted into USC’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. She was recognized as the Lexington County Fan of the Year in 2010-11 by the Lexington County Gamecock Club. Upon her retirement, she was honored by the South Carolina Senate for “forty-five years of outstanding and selfless service to the University of South Carolina Athletics Department and for her undying devotion to Gamecock sports” in a resolution dated June 5, 2012. Following her retirement, she continued to work part-time in the executive offices of the Athletics Department. January 3rd marked her 50th anniversary working for South Carolina Athletics.
Taken from www.thestate.com: The South Carolina Athletics Department is mourning the passing of Emily Sue Dawson White, longtime administrative assistant to the athletics director and a member of the University of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame. She was 78 years old. She was born in Columbia on June 1, 1938 and was raised in West Columbia after moving there with her family when she was 5 years old. She later attended the University of South Carolina. She was a member of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and was married for almost 45 years to Owens Lamar White, until his passing in 2001. She had assisted head football coaches, baseball coaches and athletics directors at South Carolina since 1967, working with 10 athletics directors during her tenure. She was considered the matriarch and “First Lady” of Carolina Athletics and was inducted into USC’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. She was recognized as the Lexington County Fan of the Year in 2010-11 by the Lexington County Gamecock Club. Upon her retirement, she was honored by the South Carolina Senate for “forty-five years of outstanding and selfless service to the University of South Carolina Athletics Department and for her undying devotion to Gamecock sports” in a resolution dated June 5, 2012. Following her retirement, she continued to work part-time in the executive offices of the Athletics Department. January 3rd marked her 50th anniversary working for South Carolina Athletics.
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