Updated: 07 Sep 2009
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
May 21, 1957, Tuesday, page 7
William Henry BLACKBURN
Services will be Wednesday in Guardian funeral home for William Henry BLACKBURN, 76. He died Monday in his home.
Burial will be at Comanche.
Born in Russellville, Ark., BLACKBURN came to Oklahoma in 1899, settling in Comanche. He moved to Oklahoma City about six years ago from Duncan. A carpenter by trade, he had been retired 10 years. He belonged to the Church of Christ.
Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. J. M. CARTHEL; Mrs. G. T. BRANCH, Mrs. Olan ODEN; Mrs. Orville DuBOIS and Mrs. H. A. LOWRY; two sons, S. W., and Royce; 30 grandchildren and five great- grandchildren.
Also four sisters, Mrs. Maggie BENNETT; Mrs. Jessie DAVENPORT, Mrs. Nellie COFFMAN, N.M.; and Mrs. Rose CLINE, and a brother, Elzie BLACKBURN, Fredoinia, Texas.
SOURCE: OKBits