For years, he held court every Saturday at the South Foxboro Community Club, his paintings on display even while he was busy creating new masterpieces always in demand by area families and businesses. Many of the scenes he painted were of historic Foxborough, images on canvas inspired by old photographs of a bygone era.

Those Saturday mornings said a lot about Homer White, his talent and his life. He was on the building committee for the community club building, was there at the corner of South and Grove Street at the dedication in 1928, and conducted Whist Parties every Monday and Thursday night for decades to keep the place afloat financially.

He was just up over Quaker Hill at the old Farwell Farm homestead on Green Street. He spent most of his life at Hickory Knoll Farm (now Pet Memorial Park in 2003) on South Street and eventually built his own home half way up the hill between the two.

Except for a couple absences - art school and the Marines - he lived out virtually his entire life within walking distance of his birthplace. Since he never drove a car, his concept of walking distance was a little different than that of most of us.

He attended the Quaker Hill School, right in his neighborhood, and when high school days beckoned, there was the horse-drawn plug to carry the children up to the center for classes. He worshiped at the Union Church of South Foxborough, where he would later be organist and flower arranger for Sunday mornings and special occasions.

A greeting card illustrator for many years, eventually forsaking commercial art, he settled in the role of artist in residence, first in his own studio on Quaker Hill and later at Community Club. He produced a large number of commissioned pieces, many of which grace local office buildings and public places.

Several of his historical paintings are owned by the Foxborough Historical Commission, a gift from the DeWolfe agency when it closed its Foxborough office. The Commission has the paintings placed in many of the town offices where they may be enjoyed by the public.

Homer met an untimely death from injuries suffered in a fall when delivering the last three paintings he ever created. He was honored posthumously in July, 1999 when many owners of paintings by Homer loaned them for a month-long exhibit at Boyden Library.

His last three paintings were included in the show, and have since been donated to the Historical Commission. They now hang at Boyden Library as a lasting tribute to one who brought so much beauty to Foxborough's Century.

Additional information is available at the Foxborough Historical Commission.