Dr. William F. Blackard, 96, 700 E. Holston Ave., died Monday, Dec. 18, 1989 at his residence.
He was a native of Somerville.
The Rev. Blackard was a son of the late Dr. James W. Blackard and Mrs. Louise White Blackard.
He was a retired minister of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Blackard was educated at Fitzgerald and Clark Training School, Emory & Henry College, Vanderbilt University, and Peabody College in Nashville.
He was received into the Methodist itinerancy in 1915, and had completed more than 60 years of service, during which time he served pastorates in Jackson, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport, as well as 10 years as district superintendent of the Chattanooga and Oak Ridge Districts of the Holston Conference.
At the time of his death, he was serving as pastor emeritus of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church.
For many years he taught the Virgil Anderson Memorial Sunday School Class.
Besides serving as a pastor, he was a chaplain two years in the Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, a World War I navy chaplain for two years, and a chaplain 18 years in the National Guard with a rank of Major for 14 years.
The Rev. Blackard's service in the church included Secretary for Missions of the Holston Conference, Representative in the General and Jurisdictional conferences, and representative of Holston Conference in the Federated Council of Churches U.S.A.
During the years prior and after retirement, he conducted tours to Europe and served as lecturer and or chaplain on a number of trans-Atlantic liners to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
He was a former member of the Rotary Club and a member of The Society of Cincinnati Heritage, Sons of the American Revolution, and a member of The Society of Colonial Wars.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Edith Warren Blackard, Dec. 18, 1988.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Warren B. Meadows, Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. Dan B. Wexler, Jr., Johnson City; one brother, Dr. Embree H. Blackard, Asheville, N.C.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Johnson City Press
19 December 1989
He was a native of Somerville.
The Rev. Blackard was a son of the late Dr. James W. Blackard and Mrs. Louise White Blackard.
He was a retired minister of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Blackard was educated at Fitzgerald and Clark Training School, Emory & Henry College, Vanderbilt University, and Peabody College in Nashville.
He was received into the Methodist itinerancy in 1915, and had completed more than 60 years of service, during which time he served pastorates in Jackson, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport, as well as 10 years as district superintendent of the Chattanooga and Oak Ridge Districts of the Holston Conference.
At the time of his death, he was serving as pastor emeritus of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church.
For many years he taught the Virgil Anderson Memorial Sunday School Class.
Besides serving as a pastor, he was a chaplain two years in the Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, a World War I navy chaplain for two years, and a chaplain 18 years in the National Guard with a rank of Major for 14 years.
The Rev. Blackard's service in the church included Secretary for Missions of the Holston Conference, Representative in the General and Jurisdictional conferences, and representative of Holston Conference in the Federated Council of Churches U.S.A.
During the years prior and after retirement, he conducted tours to Europe and served as lecturer and or chaplain on a number of trans-Atlantic liners to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
He was a former member of the Rotary Club and a member of The Society of Cincinnati Heritage, Sons of the American Revolution, and a member of The Society of Colonial Wars.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Edith Warren Blackard, Dec. 18, 1988.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Warren B. Meadows, Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. Dan B. Wexler, Jr., Johnson City; one brother, Dr. Embree H. Blackard, Asheville, N.C.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Johnson City Press
19 December 1989
Dr. William F. Blackard, 96, 700 E. Holston Ave., died Monday, Dec. 18, 1989 at his residence.
He was a native of Somerville.
The Rev. Blackard was a son of the late Dr. James W. Blackard and Mrs. Louise White Blackard.
He was a retired minister of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Blackard was educated at Fitzgerald and Clark Training School, Emory & Henry College, Vanderbilt University, and Peabody College in Nashville.
He was received into the Methodist itinerancy in 1915, and had completed more than 60 years of service, during which time he served pastorates in Jackson, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport, as well as 10 years as district superintendent of the Chattanooga and Oak Ridge Districts of the Holston Conference.
At the time of his death, he was serving as pastor emeritus of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church.
For many years he taught the Virgil Anderson Memorial Sunday School Class.
Besides serving as a pastor, he was a chaplain two years in the Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, a World War I navy chaplain for two years, and a chaplain 18 years in the National Guard with a rank of Major for 14 years.
The Rev. Blackard's service in the church included Secretary for Missions of the Holston Conference, Representative in the General and Jurisdictional conferences, and representative of Holston Conference in the Federated Council of Churches U.S.A.
During the years prior and after retirement, he conducted tours to Europe and served as lecturer and or chaplain on a number of trans-Atlantic liners to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
He was a former member of the Rotary Club and a member of The Society of Cincinnati Heritage, Sons of the American Revolution, and a member of The Society of Colonial Wars.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Edith Warren Blackard, Dec. 18, 1988.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Warren B. Meadows, Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. Dan B. Wexler, Jr., Johnson City; one brother, Dr. Embree H. Blackard, Asheville, N.C.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Johnson City Press
19 December 1989
He was a native of Somerville.
The Rev. Blackard was a son of the late Dr. James W. Blackard and Mrs. Louise White Blackard.
He was a retired minister of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Blackard was educated at Fitzgerald and Clark Training School, Emory & Henry College, Vanderbilt University, and Peabody College in Nashville.
He was received into the Methodist itinerancy in 1915, and had completed more than 60 years of service, during which time he served pastorates in Jackson, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport, as well as 10 years as district superintendent of the Chattanooga and Oak Ridge Districts of the Holston Conference.
At the time of his death, he was serving as pastor emeritus of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church.
For many years he taught the Virgil Anderson Memorial Sunday School Class.
Besides serving as a pastor, he was a chaplain two years in the Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, a World War I navy chaplain for two years, and a chaplain 18 years in the National Guard with a rank of Major for 14 years.
The Rev. Blackard's service in the church included Secretary for Missions of the Holston Conference, Representative in the General and Jurisdictional conferences, and representative of Holston Conference in the Federated Council of Churches U.S.A.
During the years prior and after retirement, he conducted tours to Europe and served as lecturer and or chaplain on a number of trans-Atlantic liners to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.
He was a former member of the Rotary Club and a member of The Society of Cincinnati Heritage, Sons of the American Revolution, and a member of The Society of Colonial Wars.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Edith Warren Blackard, Dec. 18, 1988.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Warren B. Meadows, Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. Dan B. Wexler, Jr., Johnson City; one brother, Dr. Embree H. Blackard, Asheville, N.C.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Johnson City Press
19 December 1989
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