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   Scotty Blackmore
   TEXHOMA, Okla. - Scotty Blackmore, 83, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002.
   
   Services  will  be  at  2  p.m.  Saturday  in  First Christian Church.
   Arrangements are by Dawson-Welch Funeral Home.
   
   Mr.  Blackmore  was  born in Elk City on Nov. 19, 1919, and was raised
   with  five  brothers  and two sisters in Canute; all deceased with the
   exception  of  Dorothy Bonny and husband, Elmo, who continue to reside
   in Canute on the original family farm land.
   
   After  graduating from Canute High School in 1937, Scotty moved to the
   Oklahoma  Panhandle  to  attend college at Panhandle A&M, where he met
   his  wife  of  61  years,  Aline Osborn Blackmore. After 21/2 years at
   Panhandle,  Scotty  was  called into the armed forces to served during
   World War II. Scotty received an honorable discharge on April 1, 1946,
   while receiving numerous service medals including a Purple Heart and a
   Bronze Star.
   
   Scotty  and  Aline  lived their married years in Texhoma, where Scotty
   served  the  community  as Texhoma mayor during the 1950s and was city
   treasurer for 24 years. Scotty served on the volunteer fire department
   and  continued  his  active membership in the Masonic Lodge as well as
   American  Legion.  He was a 59-year faithful member of First Christian
   Church,  joining  in 1943. He retired in 1985 from Panhandle Chevrolet
   and Implement Co. after 24 years of service.
   
   He  was  preceded  in death by a daughter, Vicki Blackmore on Oct. 24,
   2001.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife;  a daughter, Gwenda Caudle and husband,
   Carroll,  of Amarillo, Texas; a son, Bud Blackmore and wife, Janet, of
   Salt  Lake City; four grandchildren, Patricia Caudle Ubrig of Phoenix,
   Jeff  Blackmore  of  Houston,  Jenny Caudle Brown of Amarillo and Mark
   Blackmore, D.D.S., of Dallas; and five grandchildren.
   
   The  family suggests memorials be to American Diabetes Association; or
   Texhoma First Christian Church.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 6, 2002