Wilcox County GaArchives Obituaries.....BLAYLOCK, LT WILLIAM W 1944
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CORDELE DISPATCH   SPECIAL
ROCHELLE,GA. AUG.31
 FUNERAL RITES WERE CONDUCTED FOR LT. WILLIAM W. BLAYLOCK ,22,US AIR 
CORPS.,SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE POPE CITY BAPTIST CHURCH . THE REV. ISSAC 
HOBBY,OF FITZGERALD,ASSISTED BY THE REV. CHAS. W PROCTOR, PASTOR OF THE 
ROCHELLE BAPTIST CHURCH OFFICIATED. THE ELLIS QUARTET OF CORDELE HAD CHARGE OF 
THE MUSIC ,INTERMENT WAS IN MILL SHELTER CEMETARY.
 LT BLAYLOCK ENTERED THE SERVICE JUNE12,1942, AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS 
STATIONED AT CASPER,WYO. HE DIED IN A TRAINING FLIGHT ON OR ABOUT MAY 30,HIS 
BODY TOGETHER WITH FIVE COMRADES WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE OF HIS PLANE NEAR 
CATVELO,CALIFORNIA,IN LATE AUGUST.
 BY CONSENT OF HIS FAMILY ,LT BLALOCK'S BODY WAS CREAMATED AND SENT TO 
ROCHELLE UNDER MILITARY ESCORT .LT.TRUMAN C.JONES OF TEXAS ACOMPAINED THE 
REMAINS.
 HONARY ESCORTS AND PALLBEARERS INCLUDED LT JONES ,SIX OFFICERS OF TURNER 
FIELD,ALBANY, AND THE ROCHELLE AND ABBEVILLE UNITS OFTHE STATE GUARD.
 SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS FATHER,WW BLAYLOCK,ROCHELLE;FOUR BROTHERS PAUL W 
BLAYLOCK,ROCHELLE,HOMER V BLAYLOCK,ALBANY,EDGAR R BLAYLOCK, BRUNSWICK,LUTHER W 
BLAYLOCK,PINEVIEW.
 MINE SISTERS,MRS LL HERNDON,ROCHELLE,MISS BEATRICE BLAYLOCK,ROCHELLE, MRS 
I.G.BROADAWAY,ROCHELLE,MRS O.C BOLTON,CROSS CITY,FLA.,MRS ROY 
WILSON,TAMPA,FLA.,MRS UDELLE STEPHENS ,WILLSTON,FLA.,MRS ROY 
CARROLL,ABBEVILLE; MRS WILLIE FOWLER ,DALTON,AND MRS FRANK SEARS,DOUGLAS

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WW 11 GOLDEN BOY

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