HOLLIE BLAIR
1899-1943
  
LOOSE STONE DISLODGED CAUSES DEATH
  
Loses Life In Mine While Digging Coal
  
The second accident of its kind in the county within the past two
weeks occurred Friday, February 12, 1943, when Hollie Blair was
killed in a coal bank near his home at Asa.  Blair was digging
coal when a loose stone became dislodged, striking him and causing
immediate death.
  
Surviving are his wife, Lizzie Blair, children, Lorene, Hannah,
Imogene, Jerdiene, Pauline, James and Elmer, mother, Mrs.
Catherine Blair, brothers Vernie and Albert, sisters, Mrs. Mollie
Trimble, Mrs. Clara McFaddin, Nola and a host of friends and
relatives.
  
He was laid to rest in the Sam Blair cemetery at Asa Saturday,
February 13, 1943, the Preston Funeral Home having charge of
arrangements.
  
A West van Lear man, W. H. Blevins, was killed in a similar
accident on Thursday, January 28, 1943.
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
02-11-1943
   

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