Hey ksmith61,
By footer you mean, just the copyright info right? At first inspection you can remove just the copyright info by adding display:none to the .site-info class in your stylesheet file. I would suggest you add to this to the very bottom of the stylesheet. if you want the whole white bar gone, add the same property to .site-footer class. Hope this helps. Please let me know if it worked.
Warm Regards,
Prasad.
Edit: As Esmi correctly pointed out, please create a child theme or use a Custom CSS Plugin for these edits.