Miss Clara Pauline BLACKWELL,
51, of Clay, died at 7 p.m. Tuesday in an Evansville hospital where she
was taken after she suffered a stroke Tuesday morning. She had been in
ill health for some time and had suffered a stroke several months ago.
Miss Blackwell, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blackwell,
had been owner of Blackwell's Drug Store in Clay since shortly after the
death of her father over thirteen years ago. She was born and reared in
Clay and was a member of First Baptist Church, Lottie Moon WMU Circle,
and Dorcas Sunday School class, and at one time was active in music groups.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. J. Burl SMITH of Indianapolis, Ind.; and two
brothers, W.A. Blackwell of Jacksonville, Fla., and A.E. Blackwell of Bowling
Green. The body is at Franklin and Edwards Funeral Home. Funeral services
will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Clay First Baptist church,
with Dr. C.O. SIMPSON officiating, assisted by the pastor, the Rev. G.R.
ABERNATHY. Burial will be in the city cemetery, Clay. Providence Journal-Enterprise,
Thursday, May 27, 1954.
Kentucky
George Henry BLACKWELL,
78, died at 11 p.m. Tuesday at his home near Providence following an illness
of two weeks. Survivors are six sons, Curtis, Ira, Jesse, Ken and Buell
of Providence, and Ben Blackwell of Hazel Park, Mich., two daughters, Mrs.
Frank HARRISON and Mrs. John KIRKWOOD, Providence; two brothers, Willie
and Beverly Blackwell, Providence; twenty-four grandchildren, and five
great-grandchildren. Funeral services were to be held at 3 p.m. today at
White Oak church, with the Rev Nealy PEARCY in charge. Burial was to be
in Fraser cemetery. Providence Journal-Enterprise, Thursday, July 30, 1942.
Kentucky
Jim Bailey BLACKWELL,
67, died at 5 p.m. Friday at his home in Clay following an illness of seventeen
years. He was confined to his bed five weeks. Mr. Blackwell was born and
reared in Webster county and spent his entire life in the county except
for six months when he lived in Florida. He taught in rural schools, and
for several years was one of the owners of the Clay Mercantile Company.
He started working as a bookkeeper in the Webster County Bank when he was
a young man and served as cashier for fifteen years, resigning because
of ill health. When the Peoples Bank was organized he was cashier for awhile,
but resigned that position because of his health. Later he and R.H. NALL
started the Clay Produce Company, but because of his health he turned that
business over to Mrs. Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell had been a member of the
Baptist church for about fifty years. He was an active member and was a
teacher in the Sunday School for several years. Surviving are the wife,
Mrs. Ruby CLARK Blackwell; one son, Kenneth Blackwell, Madisonville; a
grandson, Jimmy Rice Blackwell, Madisonville; one sister, Mrs. R.E. MARTIN,
Clay; stepmother, Mrs. Rose Blackwell, Clay; two half-brothers, Lloyd Blackwell,
of Pride, and Tom Blackwell, Van Nuys, Calif.; four half-sisters, Mrs.
Joe WOODRING, of Pride, Mrs. Bob WALLACE, of Wheatcroft, Mrs. Gip WILLIAMS,
near Clay, and Miss Lottie Blackwell, Detroit; and a step-brother, G.A.
COLVIN, near Clay. Funeral services were held at Franklin and Hunt Funeral
Home in Clay at 3 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. M.E. MILLER, of Henderson,
officiating. Pallbearers were W.E. HEARON, W.I. COOK, W.W. JOHNSON, O.B.
CLARK, E.J. QUIREY, and D.A. Vaughn. Burial was in I.O.O.F. cemetery, Clay.
Providence Journal-Enterprise, Thursday, September 2, 1948.
Kentucky
John B. BLACKWELL,
86, died at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday in his home in Clay following an illness
of several months. Mr. Blackwell had been a member of New Hope Baptist
church for sixty-one years and had served as a deacon most of that time.
He lived on a farm near Clay until he moved to town three years ago. Survivors
are the wife, Mrs. Rose FRYER Blackwell; three sons, J.B. Blackwell and
Lloyd Blackwell, Clay and T.B. Blackwell, Van Nuys, Calif.; five daughters,
Mrs. R.E. MARTIN and Mrs. Gip WILLIAMS, Clay, Mrs. Joe WOODRING, of Pride,
Mrs. Bob WALLACE, Wheatcroft, and Miss Lottie Blackwell, Detroit, Mich.;
a stepson, George COLVIN, near Clay; eighteen grandchildren; and thirteen
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Thursday,
in First Baptist church in Clay and will be conducted by the Rev. R.T.
MILLER, pastor of the church, the Rev. Porter COLE of Providence, and Elder
Gordon T. HEARON. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. cemetery, Clay. Providence
Journal-Enterprise, Thursday, January 2, 1947.
Kentucky
Mrs. Martha BLACKWELL,
85, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday at her home on North Broadway following a
short illness. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Alpha Blackwell, Providence;
two sons, Earl Blackwell of Providence, and Carl Blackwell, Madisonville;
a grandson, James R. Blackwell, Denver, Colo.; and a sister, Mrs. Enoch
PULLAM, Clay rural route. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at
White Oak General Baptist Church, with the Rev. L.W. PATTERSON officiating.
Burial was in the church cemetery. Providence Journal-Enterprise, Thursday,
July 28, 1955. Compiler's note: James Beverly Blackwell, 1869-1945, is
buried next to Martha E. Blackwell. Webster County records list the marriage
of J.B. Blackwell to Martha VAUGHN 13 April 1898.
Arkansas
MANUEL BLACKWELL RISON--Manuel Boston Blackwell, 92, of Rison, died March 12, 1998,
at his home. Born November 8, 1905, at Kedron, he was a son of the late
Boston Blackwell and Mary Griffin Blackwell. He was a self-employed farmer.
He was a member of Kedron Church of God in Christ where he was a deacon
and Sunday school superintendent.
Survivors include his wife,
Hattie E. Taylor Blackwell; 11 sons, Emmanuel Blackwell and Alvin Blackwell,
both of Little Rock, Thomas Blackwell and Eddie Blackwell, both of Denver,
Raymond Blackwell of Pueblo, Colorado, Dr. Charles Blackwell of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, Clarence Blackwell and Kenneth Blackwell, both of Pine
Bluff, Levan Blackwell of Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Robert Blackwell of Rison
and John Blackwell of Dallas; two daughters, Mae Lois Fields of Wichita
and Cora Ann BIackwell of Rison; a brother, Orzo Blackwell of Flint, Michigan;
40 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchldren.
Funeral services are scheduled
for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Kedron Church of God in Christ with Elder
Arthur Sledge officiating. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery at Kedron
by Brown Funeral Home of Pine Bluff.
Oklahoma
Scott (Jack) Walton BLACKWELL Funeral services with Masonic Rites for Scott (Jack)
Walton Blackwell, 76, of Purcell were held Tuesday, February 1, 2000 at
Yoakum-Damet Memory Chapel with Rev. Barry McConathy and Rev. Jack Sappenfield
officiating. Interment with military honors was held at Hillside
Cemetery under the direction of Yoakum-Damet Funeral Home.
Mr. Blackwell died Jan. 29 2000 at Norman Regional
Hospital.
He was born Feb 19, 1923 at Lexington, the son of
Walter and Tommie Adams Blackwell.
At the age of 10, Mr. Blackwell became a foster
child of M.G. and Bertha Taylor, Sr., who lived west of Purcell.
He remained in their home until he became of age. He graduated from
Wayne High School.
On May 15, 1942, Mr. Blackwell and Geraldine Lockmiller
were united in marriage in Texas. They made their home at Purcell
where he resided until his death.
Mr. Blackwell entered the U.S. Army in 1943, serving
his country as a medic in the #484 Medical Division. His military
service included tours in France and Germany during WWII.
He was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge, but did
not receive the Purple Heart until 54 years later in 1999. He received
an Honorable Discharge in 1945.
Mr. Blackwell was of the Baptist faith and a charter
member of the Union Hill Baptist Church. He was employed with the
Oklahoma State Highway Department as a surveyor until his retirement.
He was also a rancher and farmer.
He was a Mason for over 40 years, holding his membership
at Lodge #29.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his foster
parents; three brothers, Billy Carter and Henry and Jody Blackwell; three
sisters Clara Dumas, Josie Lancaster and Lela Mae Blackwell; one foster
brother, M.G. Taylor, Jr. and one foster sister, Evelyn Sorrell
Survivors include his wife, Geraldine of the home;
one son, Jackie Blackwell and his wife, Betty, of Purcell; one daughter,
Rhonda Bloodworth and her husband, Charles, of Oklahoma City; three brothers,
George Blackwell of Noble, Tommy Morganson of Irving, Texas, and Cecil
Eugene Blackwell of California; three sisters, Oletha Hughes of California,
and Ivis Mooney and Janivey Greenwood of Oklahoma City; two foster sisters,
Laverta Dockery of Pauls Valley ad Myrtle Jones of Purcell; four grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Paul Hardcastle, Gerald Hayes,
Bob Barnett, Steve Brown, Bill Bacon and W.T. Merrell.
Honorary pallbearers were Elgin Phillips, Doyle
West, Buster Worden, Glen Christian, A.J. Mainord, Gene Claunch, Charles
Sherman and Joe Wilson.
Pennsylvania
A.C. BLACKWELL,
jeweler, Pittston, was born in Hazleton, February 1, 1845, a son of
Robert L. and Jenetto (Iddings) Blackwell, the former a native of Hanover
township, this county, born near the present site of Lee's Mines; the latter
a native of Berwick, and of Quaker descent. Robert L. Blackwell was
a lumber dealer in Wayne county, but during the latter part of his life
he was engaged in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company as foreman at the Kingston yard; he died in 1885, and
in eight months was followed to the grave by his wife. The paternal
great-grandfather of our subject must have emigrated from England to this
country some time prior to the Revolutionary war, for he was a cavalryman
in the Continental army, and his regimentals and saber are now in the possession
of the family. Our subject, although born in Luzerne county, was
educated and reared in Wayne. At the age of fifteen he began an apprenticeship
at watchmaking with C.D. Wells, of Wilkes-Barre, remaining there three
years, and then went to Kingston, where he engaged in business for himself.
He was there but a short time when he was forced to withdraw from his occupation
on account of ill health. He then entered the employ of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, at Ashley, and remained there eighteen years.
In 1888 he resumed the jewelry business at Ashley, but was soon after burned
out. On June 12, 1890, he came to Pittston and embarked in business.
Mr. Blackwell was united in marriage August 20, 1872, with Miss Ellen J.
Van Guilder, the adopted daughter of Michael Meylert, one of the pioneers
of Sullivan county, Pa., and they have had born to them eight children,
viz.: Winfred Josephine (deceased), Guy Percival (deceased), Meylert
Lanning, Earl Candes, Gordon LeRoy, Alfred Lester, Thomas Rutherford (deceased)
and Tracy Harding (deceased). Mr. Blackwell is a member of the Knights
of Malta (twelfth degree) and the I.O.O.F.; he is a quartermaster sergeant
on Col. Dean's staff, and his political views are Republican. The
family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
