Obit: Last Rites Sunday for Clell Black, 83 (Abraham Shoults Black) Resident of Many years expires late Thursday Evening at Hospital in Danville. June 31, 1947 Clell Black, 83, one of Milford's oldest citizens, p[assed away at 11:30 P.M. last Thursday in Lake View hospital in Danville. Mr. Black had been in ill health for some time and a patient in the hospital the past few weeks. The deceased was born August 12, 1864 in Rose (Ross) county, Ohio the son of Abe and Rosan Schultz black. He was united in marriage with Dora Peters who died in 1922. Ten years later he was rewed to Mrs. Eva Musser at Kentland, Indiana. He had resided the past 65 years in the Milford vinicity. Two children, Mrs. Jennie Fleming of Milford and Howard Black of Hot Springs, N.M. survive him in death. Other survivors include two sisters, Elizabeth Black , Milford and Mrs. Dora Briscoe, DeGrass , Ohio, and three grandchildren, Kathryn Fleming of Milford, Leroy Doff, of New Mexico and Francis Black, in addition to five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2:30 P.M. Sunday at the Barker Funeral Home with Rev. W. G. Anderson officiating and Rev. Pearle Hasselbring offering prayer at the service and at the cemetery. Interment was in Maple Grove cemetery. A quartet composed of Maxwell Crawford, Dick Barker, Dale Keen and Ronald Brewer, accompanied by John Piersol at the piano, sang the hymns "Abide With Me. and in the Cross". Serving as pallbearers were Clarence Scheiwe, Buryl Hawthorne, Kenneth Richart, Fred Brewer, Fred Swadley and Harold Romine, Mesdames Fred Brewer, A. L. Hixson, Henry Hulse and Kenneth Richart were in charge of the flowers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: JeneoBug