Family and Personal Life
White and his wife Andrea are the parents of three children, Will, Elena, and Stephen.
White was born and grew up in San Antonio. He is the son of Bill and Gloria Avalon White, both public schoolteachers. He and his wife have helped lead various charitable and civic organizations. White is an avid cyclist and every year he leads Houston's annual "Bike to Work Day." He also created the annual biking event "Tour de Houston" through historic Houston neighborhoods.
Bill White's wife Andrea is the daughter of Arthur John Ferguson (1917–2008), a Louisiana State University graduate in mechanical engineering originally from New Orleans, and the former Patsi Wells, a native of Baton Rouge. Andrea White has written several novels, one of which received the Golden Spur Award as well as being named to the Texas Bluebonnet List.
White's son Stephen made the T-Mac All Star's fifteen year old AAU basketball team in Houston, which honors the top 12 fifteen-year-old players in the city. White's daughter, Elena, is currently enrolled at Rice University.
The Whites are members of The St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston.
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