Byron White

Byron was born in Edna, Texas, on May 4, 1943. He passed away peacefully on March 18, 2022.  His parents were Dr. Byron Martin White and Olive Ione Bullard White. His older sister Martha Anne (Dollie) was 2 years old when Byron was born.Byron’s father was a veterinarian in Edna for several years before he moved the family to San Antonio, where he worked in meat inspection for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. In 1946-1947 the family lived briefly in Pleasanton and Karnes City, Texas. The family settled in Kenedy in 1948; where Dr, White began a large animal veterinary practice, working on many ranches in the area. When growing up, Byron often went with his Dad on veterinary calls.Byron started first grade in Kenedy Elementery School. He graduated from Kenedy High School in 1961. While in high school he played football, basketball, and track.He attended Texas A&M and later the University of Texas in Austin, graduating in 1965 with a major in Computer Science and minor in German. He was in some of the earliest classes in computer science at UT. His first job was with NASA where he worked as a flight simulator programmer for the Apollo missions. Teaching this software to the astronauts was an interesting part of his job. In 1966 Byron married Elizabeth Barrett, and they had two sons-Joseph born in 1967 and Allen in 1976.Byron co founded Point of Rental Software as the original programmer. Point of Rental Software is now worldwide as he made a big impact on founding the company.Byron is preceeded in death by his parents Byron M and Ione White. He is survived by his sister Martha, as well as sons Joseph and Allen, 2 grandchildren (Katrina and Joey), and 3 great grandchildren (Paelynn, Zayden, and Nolan).