Blackburn Rites to Be Wednesday
Fulton - Bertal Roy Blackburn, 76, who formerly worked at both the A, P. Green Fire Brick Co. and Mexico Refractories Co. in Mexico, died last night at Callaway Hospital where he had been a patient 11 days.
He was the father of Carl Hays Blackburn of Mexico, He also is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Blackburn, to whom he was married in 1952; another son, John B. Blackburn of San Francisco; two daughters, Mrs Harold Love of Hamilton and Mrs. George Wyss of Auxvasse; a sister, Mrs. Frank Weislocher of Marshall; a brother, Claude Blackburn of Portland OR; and six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
His first wife, the former Georgia May Hays, to whom he was married in Mineola in 1908, died March 25, 1950.
Mr. Blackburn was born Sept. 21, 1886, in Steedman, a son of William L. and Louvica Calvin Blackburn.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Fulton. The Rev. Robert Herman will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico, with Maupin Funeral Home in charge.
Blackburn Rites to Be Wednesday
Fulton - Bertal Roy Blackburn, 76, who formerly worked at both the A, P. Green Fire Brick Co. and Mexico Refractories Co. in Mexico, died last night at Callaway Hospital where he had been a patient 11 days.
He was the father of Carl Hays Blackburn of Mexico, He also is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Blackburn, to whom he was married in 1952; another son, John B. Blackburn of San Francisco; two daughters, Mrs Harold Love of Hamilton and Mrs. George Wyss of Auxvasse; a sister, Mrs. Frank Weislocher of Marshall; a brother, Claude Blackburn of Portland OR; and six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
His first wife, the former Georgia May Hays, to whom he was married in Mineola in 1908, died March 25, 1950.
Mr. Blackburn was born Sept. 21, 1886, in Steedman, a son of William L. and Louvica Calvin Blackburn.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Fulton. The Rev. Robert Herman will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico, with Maupin Funeral Home in charge.
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