BLAKE, Ammie (McClellan)

Date of birth:  9 Feb 1859 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 21 Mar 1949 – Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana

Franklin Evening Star, March 21, 1949

Ammie Blake, 91,
Dies at Greenwood

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Funeral Services
Set For Wednesday

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GREENWOOD, March 21.—Mrs. Ammie Blake, 91, passed away at 7 o’clock Monday morning at the res­idence, 121 East Pearl Street, in Greenwood. She had been ill for eight weeks and in failing health for the past year.

Born in Franklin on February 9, 1859, she was the daughter of Logan and Ophelia Hackney Mc­Clellan. On November 12, 1886, she was united in marriage to George Blake in Greenwood. There were two children born to this union. Mr. Blake passed away in 1902 [sic 1899]. She was a member of the Greenwood Christian Church.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ophelia McMullen, of Greenwood; three stepsons, J. D. Powell, of Franklin; Carney Powell, of Frank­lin, and Cauncy [sic] Powell, of Aberdeen, Wash.; two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conduct­ed at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morn­ing at the Burkhart Funeral Home in Greenwood with Rev. Richard Mills, pastor of the Green­wood Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Green­wood Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend the services and to call after noon Tuesday. Pall bearers will include Harold Shirley, Orville Shir­ley, Guy Foster, Duiane [sic] Rush, Irvin Jones, and David Allen.

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Transcribed by Stuart Johnson