Taylor-Macon County GaArchives Obituaries.....Blair Jr, John 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Angela Covington aangel4ken@alltel.net December 26, 2005, 9:16 pm The Butler Herald Mr. John Blair Jr, 70 years of age, died at his home at Taylor Mill Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. He had been ill for about eight weeks. Mr. Blair was born in Macon County Sept 30, 1890, the son of the late Mr. John and Mrs. Kate Blair. He has made his home in Taylor county for the past 23 years. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Mt. Olive Free Will Baptist Church. Funeral services were held at the Mt. Olive Church at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. W. J. Owens officiated and was assisted by Rev. W. J. Childree and Rev. Frank Willis. Internment was in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs Otis Morrell, A.V. Albritton, Ennis Childres, Fred McDaniel, Virgil Byrd, and Thomas Perkins. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Blair; three sons, Messrs Lewis of Reynolds, Clay of Columbus and Earl Blair of Miami, Fla. Five daughters, Mrs. Lucille McDaniel of Manchester; Mrs. Myrtice Morrell of Reynolds, Mrs. Lena Childree of Butler, Mrs. Ruth Byrd of Thomaston and Mrs. Liller Bell Albritton of Butler. Thirty two grandchildren. Fourteen great grandchildren and fice step children: Mr. Felton Bloodsworth of Reynolds, Mr. Aubrey Bloodsworth of Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Bessie Lus Brown of Columbus and Mrs. Willow Brown of Columbus. Edwards Funeral Home of Butler was in charge of funeral arrangements File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/obits/b/blairjr7857ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb