  Jewel Crosby Blythe 25 September 1912 - 1 November 1986 Jeffie Gilbert Blythe 14 March 1908 - 17 November 1979  Tom Bean - Services for Gilbert Blythe, 71 year old retired State Highway employee who died Saturday at a Sherman hospital, were held at 2:00 Tuesday at Earnheart Funeral Chapel in Whitewright. Rev. Harry Stanley of the First Baptist Church of Tom Bean officiated. Burial was at Holloway Cemetery. Mr. Blythe was born in Tippah County, Mississippi a son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Blythe, and married Jewel May Crosby on September 7, 1935, in Ripley, Mississippi. He had been a member of the city council and served as mayor of Tom Bean from 1973 until 1978. Mr. Blythe was a Presbyterian. Surviving are his wife of Tom Bean; a son, Jeff Blythe of Sherman; daughter, Mrs. Willard A. Croley of Tom Bean; brother, Howard Blythe of Ripley; sisters, Mrs. Fannie Criswell and Mrs. Hester Moore, both of Ripley; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Gene Larkin, Bill Smallwood, Troy Adams, Pat Stephens, Pat Hamilton, and Dwight Shields.  Whitewright - Services for Jewel May Blythe, 74, of Tom Bean, who died Saturday at her residence, were held at 2:00 P.M. Monday at the Earnheart Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry Creig officiating. Burial was in Holloway Cemetery. Mrs. Blythe was born September 25, 1912, in Tom Bean, the daughter of John C. and Mamie Crosby. She married Gilbert Blythe on September 7, 1935 in Ripley, Mississippi. Her husband preceded her in death. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tom Bean. Surviving are a son, Jeff Blythe of Sherman; a daughter Patsy Crowley of Daingerfield; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.  photographs & obituaries contributor: Rose  Holloway Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |