Married Betty Crump 5 Aug 1951
Son of Julius Walter Blackburn and Lottie Mae Lael
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NEWTON -- Asa Daniel Blackburn died Thursday, April 21, 2016, after several years of declining health. He was 88 years old and was a lifelong resident of the Blackburn community in southwest Catawba County.
He was born Sept. 25, 1927, to Julius Walter and Inttie Mae Lael Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn's ancestors had lived in the area of Catawba and Lincoln counties since at least the 1700s. The land where Mr. Blackburn made his home had been in the family since the mid-1800s.
Only three of the nine children born to Walter and Lottie Blackburn lived to adulthood. Mr. Blackburn grew up with two older brothers, Jacob F. Blackburn and Thomas H. Blackburn, whom he adored and idolized. They preceded him in death.
Mr. Blackburn was married for 64 years to the former Betty Crump of Hickory, N.C. Mrs. Blackburn, a longtime Catawba County teacher and school board member, survives her husband along with their four children, Teresa Peterson and husband, Pete, of Pawleys Island, S.C.; Pamela Nelson and husband, Christopher, of Clayton, N.C.; Richard Blackburn and wife, Peggy, of Gastonia, NC; and Timothy Blackburn of Newton, N.C. He is also survived by four grandsons, Will Peterson and wife, Rachel, of Raleigh, N.C.; Drew Peterson and wife, Pam, of Asheville, N.C.; Marshall Walker and wife, Lauren, of Charlotte; and Benjamin Blackburn of Gastonia. Mr. Blackburn's grandson Jake Nelson died in 2009.
Also surviving are three great-granddaughters, Roxanne Peterson, Ramona Peterson, and Violet Peterson. Mr. Blackburn also is survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, and sisters- and brothers-in-law, who were dear to him.
His family thanks his caregivers Marsha Reid, Bushra Terborg, and Tasha Stephens for their loyal service to him.
Mr. Blackburn attended Blackburn School and Lenoir-Rhyne College. He served a short time in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II. He held a variety of jobs as a young man, including waiter, shoe salesman, furniture and box factory supervisor, cattleman and farmer, ambulance and hearse driver, and funeral director.
His long and varied career in business afforded Mr. Blackbum the adventure that he had dreamed of as a boy reading the stories of Richard Halliburton. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to own a factory that made corrugated cardboard boxes. Later, he found his true vocation selling lumber and veneers to the furniture industry. He traveled more than 100 times to Guatemala and many times to other countries in Central and South America and in Europe. He traveled deep into the tropical forests and became an expert in wood species desired by furniture makers in North Carolina and beyond. In 1990, he started his own lumber and veneer business, Blackburn International, which he sold in 2000. He retired from business in 2002.
--Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), Saturday, April 23, 2016; Page 9.
Son of Julius Walter Blackburn and Lottie Mae Lael
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NEWTON -- Asa Daniel Blackburn died Thursday, April 21, 2016, after several years of declining health. He was 88 years old and was a lifelong resident of the Blackburn community in southwest Catawba County.
He was born Sept. 25, 1927, to Julius Walter and Inttie Mae Lael Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn's ancestors had lived in the area of Catawba and Lincoln counties since at least the 1700s. The land where Mr. Blackburn made his home had been in the family since the mid-1800s.
Only three of the nine children born to Walter and Lottie Blackburn lived to adulthood. Mr. Blackburn grew up with two older brothers, Jacob F. Blackburn and Thomas H. Blackburn, whom he adored and idolized. They preceded him in death.
Mr. Blackburn was married for 64 years to the former Betty Crump of Hickory, N.C. Mrs. Blackburn, a longtime Catawba County teacher and school board member, survives her husband along with their four children, Teresa Peterson and husband, Pete, of Pawleys Island, S.C.; Pamela Nelson and husband, Christopher, of Clayton, N.C.; Richard Blackburn and wife, Peggy, of Gastonia, NC; and Timothy Blackburn of Newton, N.C. He is also survived by four grandsons, Will Peterson and wife, Rachel, of Raleigh, N.C.; Drew Peterson and wife, Pam, of Asheville, N.C.; Marshall Walker and wife, Lauren, of Charlotte; and Benjamin Blackburn of Gastonia. Mr. Blackburn's grandson Jake Nelson died in 2009.
Also surviving are three great-granddaughters, Roxanne Peterson, Ramona Peterson, and Violet Peterson. Mr. Blackburn also is survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, and sisters- and brothers-in-law, who were dear to him.
His family thanks his caregivers Marsha Reid, Bushra Terborg, and Tasha Stephens for their loyal service to him.
Mr. Blackburn attended Blackburn School and Lenoir-Rhyne College. He served a short time in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II. He held a variety of jobs as a young man, including waiter, shoe salesman, furniture and box factory supervisor, cattleman and farmer, ambulance and hearse driver, and funeral director.
His long and varied career in business afforded Mr. Blackbum the adventure that he had dreamed of as a boy reading the stories of Richard Halliburton. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to own a factory that made corrugated cardboard boxes. Later, he found his true vocation selling lumber and veneers to the furniture industry. He traveled more than 100 times to Guatemala and many times to other countries in Central and South America and in Europe. He traveled deep into the tropical forests and became an expert in wood species desired by furniture makers in North Carolina and beyond. In 1990, he started his own lumber and veneer business, Blackburn International, which he sold in 2000. He retired from business in 2002.
--Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), Saturday, April 23, 2016; Page 9.
Married Betty Crump 5 Aug 1951
Son of Julius Walter Blackburn and Lottie Mae Lael
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NEWTON -- Asa Daniel Blackburn died Thursday, April 21, 2016, after several years of declining health. He was 88 years old and was a lifelong resident of the Blackburn community in southwest Catawba County.
He was born Sept. 25, 1927, to Julius Walter and Inttie Mae Lael Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn's ancestors had lived in the area of Catawba and Lincoln counties since at least the 1700s. The land where Mr. Blackburn made his home had been in the family since the mid-1800s.
Only three of the nine children born to Walter and Lottie Blackburn lived to adulthood. Mr. Blackburn grew up with two older brothers, Jacob F. Blackburn and Thomas H. Blackburn, whom he adored and idolized. They preceded him in death.
Mr. Blackburn was married for 64 years to the former Betty Crump of Hickory, N.C. Mrs. Blackburn, a longtime Catawba County teacher and school board member, survives her husband along with their four children, Teresa Peterson and husband, Pete, of Pawleys Island, S.C.; Pamela Nelson and husband, Christopher, of Clayton, N.C.; Richard Blackburn and wife, Peggy, of Gastonia, NC; and Timothy Blackburn of Newton, N.C. He is also survived by four grandsons, Will Peterson and wife, Rachel, of Raleigh, N.C.; Drew Peterson and wife, Pam, of Asheville, N.C.; Marshall Walker and wife, Lauren, of Charlotte; and Benjamin Blackburn of Gastonia. Mr. Blackburn's grandson Jake Nelson died in 2009.
Also surviving are three great-granddaughters, Roxanne Peterson, Ramona Peterson, and Violet Peterson. Mr. Blackburn also is survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, and sisters- and brothers-in-law, who were dear to him.
His family thanks his caregivers Marsha Reid, Bushra Terborg, and Tasha Stephens for their loyal service to him.
Mr. Blackburn attended Blackburn School and Lenoir-Rhyne College. He served a short time in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II. He held a variety of jobs as a young man, including waiter, shoe salesman, furniture and box factory supervisor, cattleman and farmer, ambulance and hearse driver, and funeral director.
His long and varied career in business afforded Mr. Blackbum the adventure that he had dreamed of as a boy reading the stories of Richard Halliburton. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to own a factory that made corrugated cardboard boxes. Later, he found his true vocation selling lumber and veneers to the furniture industry. He traveled more than 100 times to Guatemala and many times to other countries in Central and South America and in Europe. He traveled deep into the tropical forests and became an expert in wood species desired by furniture makers in North Carolina and beyond. In 1990, he started his own lumber and veneer business, Blackburn International, which he sold in 2000. He retired from business in 2002.
--Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), Saturday, April 23, 2016; Page 9.
Son of Julius Walter Blackburn and Lottie Mae Lael
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NEWTON -- Asa Daniel Blackburn died Thursday, April 21, 2016, after several years of declining health. He was 88 years old and was a lifelong resident of the Blackburn community in southwest Catawba County.
He was born Sept. 25, 1927, to Julius Walter and Inttie Mae Lael Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn's ancestors had lived in the area of Catawba and Lincoln counties since at least the 1700s. The land where Mr. Blackburn made his home had been in the family since the mid-1800s.
Only three of the nine children born to Walter and Lottie Blackburn lived to adulthood. Mr. Blackburn grew up with two older brothers, Jacob F. Blackburn and Thomas H. Blackburn, whom he adored and idolized. They preceded him in death.
Mr. Blackburn was married for 64 years to the former Betty Crump of Hickory, N.C. Mrs. Blackburn, a longtime Catawba County teacher and school board member, survives her husband along with their four children, Teresa Peterson and husband, Pete, of Pawleys Island, S.C.; Pamela Nelson and husband, Christopher, of Clayton, N.C.; Richard Blackburn and wife, Peggy, of Gastonia, NC; and Timothy Blackburn of Newton, N.C. He is also survived by four grandsons, Will Peterson and wife, Rachel, of Raleigh, N.C.; Drew Peterson and wife, Pam, of Asheville, N.C.; Marshall Walker and wife, Lauren, of Charlotte; and Benjamin Blackburn of Gastonia. Mr. Blackburn's grandson Jake Nelson died in 2009.
Also surviving are three great-granddaughters, Roxanne Peterson, Ramona Peterson, and Violet Peterson. Mr. Blackburn also is survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, and sisters- and brothers-in-law, who were dear to him.
His family thanks his caregivers Marsha Reid, Bushra Terborg, and Tasha Stephens for their loyal service to him.
Mr. Blackburn attended Blackburn School and Lenoir-Rhyne College. He served a short time in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II. He held a variety of jobs as a young man, including waiter, shoe salesman, furniture and box factory supervisor, cattleman and farmer, ambulance and hearse driver, and funeral director.
His long and varied career in business afforded Mr. Blackbum the adventure that he had dreamed of as a boy reading the stories of Richard Halliburton. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to own a factory that made corrugated cardboard boxes. Later, he found his true vocation selling lumber and veneers to the furniture industry. He traveled more than 100 times to Guatemala and many times to other countries in Central and South America and in Europe. He traveled deep into the tropical forests and became an expert in wood species desired by furniture makers in North Carolina and beyond. In 1990, he started his own lumber and veneer business, Blackburn International, which he sold in 2000. He retired from business in 2002.
--Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), Saturday, April 23, 2016; Page 9.
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