WILLIAM DULANEY WASHINGTON BLACKBURN
OBITUARY:
PRINTED IN THE
HAMILTON
HERALD-RECORD,
JANUARY 11, 1929
:
W. D. BLACKBURN - DIED DECEMBER 31
William Dulaney Blackburn died in this
city on
Monday, December 31,
1928
, at the age of
seventy-three years. Dissolution
came after a long season of ill health caused by kidney and heart
troubles.
The body was conveyed to the
Blackburn
home in
Vista
community to await the
funeral hour, Tuesday afternoon,
January 1, 1929
, when he was laid to
test in the Murphree cemetery near Evant.
His grave was made beside that of the four children who had
preceded him to the
Glory
Land
. Comforting services
were held beside the grave, conducted by Rev. J. T. Gardner, pastor of the
Methodist church in Evant. Many
friends gathered about the grave to pay a last tribute of love and respect
to this good man. The lovely
offerings were eloquent proof of their affection and esteem for him.
He walked amongst us in uprightness
and lived a life that won him many friends and universal respect and there
are many who will read with sorrowful interest the following brief
biographical sketch of this man who has gone to his reward in the eternal
home.
W. D. Blackburn was born in the state
of
Tennessee
.
He came to
Texas
with his parents when
he was a young man. They
settled first for a few years in
Bell
County
, then came to
Hamilton
county where he was
married to Miss Emma Puddy in 1882. [note: marriage was
Dec. 18, 1880
].
They settled in the southern part of the county on a quiet,
beautiful farm in the
Vista
community, where they
lived happily together for forty-seven years.
Their union was blessed with twelve children, eight of whom with
their lonely, sorrowing mother survive.
Those left behind to await the reunion above are:
Mrs. W. B. Beach, Hamilton; Mrs.
W. T. Walker, Sherman; Mrs. W. M. Glover and Mrs. T. M. Braden, Spearman,
Texas; James Blackburn, Brownwood; Chester, Jack and Jauline, of Hamilton.
There is also a sister, Mrs. M. E. Napier,
Menard
,
Texas
, and six grandchildren, among whom are two dear little
ones who are orphaned, Norman and Lois Blackburn, of
Riverside
,
California
, who live with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Curry.
Mr. Blackburn was one among the many
good men that
Hamilton
County
has been blessed to
claim as citizens, and now is among the goodly numbered that she has had
to give up in death within the past few years.
He professed religion some sixteen years ago, but had not united
with any church organization until three years ago when he became a member
of the Methodist congregation at
Vista
.
He had been a patient sufferer of the dread disease that slowly
devoured his temporal body for some twelve months.
All that loving hands could do and all that medical skill could
offer was employed in an effort to restore him to health, but scarcely any
relief came until death claimed his body and his soul changed worlds.
He has traveled on to another shore
but his memory will guide and bless his family and friends until at last
they, too, shall lay down their lives to answer the summons home.
Many offer tenderest sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Shared by Leannell
Ingraham
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