 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas  James Lafayette Blackburn 8 July 1871 - 3 December 1945 Anna Estelle Blackburn 5 September 1878 - 28 March 1967 Monday, December 3, 1945 GRAYSON MERCHANT DIES AT HOWE James Lafayette Blackburn of Howe, former Sherman hardware store owner and pioneer Grayson county business man, died in a Sherman hospital at 3:30 a.m. today following an illness of 6 weeks. He was 74. Mr. Blackburn owned a hardware store on W. Houston St., which bore his name for 15 years. He sold the concern to Jack Dodd several months ago and went into retirement at his home in Howe. Earlier, Mr. Blackb urn had operated a hardware firm in Howe for 15 years. An active Mason for many years, in North Texas, Mr. Blackburn was a past master of the Howe lodge. He was a member of the Howe Methodist church. Born in Georgia July 8, 1871, Mr. Blackburn came to Texas with his parents, the late Albert and Elizabeth Blackburn, in 1888. He was educated in Grayson county schools and attended college in Wisconsin. In June 1898, Mr. Blackburn was married at Tom Bean to Miss Anna Hollingsworht, who survives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Howe Methodist Church, with Rev. C.J. Graves, pastor, officiating. Assisting in the services will be Rev. Harrison Baker of Dallas and Rev. D.L. Payne, pastor of the Howe Baptist Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park, Sherman under the direction of the Dannel Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be S.L. Ricketts, Dr. J.L. Shelley, Y.R. George, W.W. Collins, Maxie Walling and Roy Morrison, all of Howe; and P.J. Waldrop and John W. Powell. Surviving in addition to the wife are 3 daughters, Mrs. J.W. Wheat of Ardmore, Oklahoma; Mrs. A.S. Luby of Tom Bean; and Mrs. H.C. Terhune of Howe; 3 brothers, R.B. Blackburn of Sherman; J.A. Blackburn of Denison; and A.M. Blackburn of Durant; 5 sisters, Mrs. J.P. Davis of Howe; Mrs. Canna Shearer and Mrs. Wesley Harding, both of Tulsa; Mrs. Myrtle Phelan of Memphis; and Mrs. Berta Grounds of Talpa, Texas; and 3 grandchildren.  West Hill Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |