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Birth |
11 Apr 1903 |
Readsville, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
31 Jan 1992 |
Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, USA |
Obituary |
4 Feb 1992 |
Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Fulton Sun |
- William Russell Blackburn, 88, of Mexico, died Friday, Jan. 31 in the Audrain Medical Center in Mexico.
He was born in Readsville April 11, 1903 to George A. Blackburn and Mary J. Maddox Blackburn. He married Alma Spears in 1924. She died Oct. 16, 1957. He married Dorothy Null Jan. 17, 1959 and she died Jan. 11, 1989.
Survivors include two nieces, Mrs. John (Betty) Ferrier, of Mexico, and Mrs. Bud (Maxine) Thomas, of Mokane; and three step-granddaughters, Dorothy Kidd, of Owasso, Okla., Ann Williams, of Venita, Okla., and Sally McCalley, of Cushing, Okla. He was preceded in death by three brothers, including Walter Blackburn and Clarence Blackburn, both of Fulton.
He was an oil distribution agent for Continental Oil for 28 years, served as presiding judge of the Audrain County Court from 1971 to 1975,
and served as chairman of the county health board for three years. He also served as chairman of the Central Judges Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission for four years, a vice chair-man of the Heart Fund Drive, chairman of the Task Force on Solid Waste countywide, a member of the committee that founded OATS; a member of the Mid-Missouri Goals Committee, and a member of the Mexico United Methodist Church. He was appointed special deputy sheriff
in 1973.
Funeral services were conducted Monday in Precht-Pickering Funeral Home, the Rev. Willard Spencer officiating. Burial was conducted in the Montgomery City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Show-Me Dream Factory of Audrain County, the family said.
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Buried |
Montgomery City Cemetery, Montgomery City, Montgomery, Missouri, USA |
Person ID |
I15451 |
Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri |
Last Modified |
28 Oct 2010 |
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Father |
George Andrew Blackburn, b. 9 Dec 1849, , , Missouri, USA , d. 19 Dec 1931, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Mother |
Mary Jane Maud Maddox, b. 23 Sep 1868, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 7 Jul 1932, Readsville, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Married |
3 Feb 1890 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Family ID |
F14348541 |
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Event
| Birth - 11 Apr 1903 - Readsville, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Died - 31 Jan 1992 - Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, USA |
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| Obituary - Fulton Sun - 4 Feb 1992 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Buried - - Montgomery City cemetery, Montgomery City, Montgomery, Missouri, USA |
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