Beckham County, OK - Obits: Grace Ermina Blackburn, 1913
30 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BLACKBURN, GRACE ERMINA
(2 Jan 1913, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
The funeral of Grace Ermina Blackburn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Blackburn, was held at the Methodist church, Wednesday afternoon, January
1st, Rev. E. A. Townsend, pastor, officiating.  A profusion of flowers
from the Mothers' Club, the Eastern Star, the teachers of the public
schools of Sayre, and from the little boys and girls of Miss Blackburn's
room, made a beautiful appearance banked in front of the altar and laid
upon the casket.  A touching incident of the services was when the
children of the Second grade, of which the deceased was teacher, sang a
hymn which she had taught them.  The little ones were visibly affected and
it was with difficulty that the hymn was sung.
The deceased was born July 29th, 1891, at Bethany, Mo., and died Monday,
December 31st, 1912, at the home of her parents in this city.  A sudden
attack of peratonitis (sic) is said to have been the immediate cause of
her death.  She was employed as teacher in the primary grade of the public
schools of Sayre, where she had won the love of her pupils and the respect
and confidence of the members of the board of education and patrons of the
school, which was attested by the sincere sorrow of our citizens when the
news of her sudden death became known.  She was a consistent Christian, a
member of the Methodist church, and at all times took an active part in
church work and in advancing the cause of Christianity.  Her death has
brought sorrow, not alone to her parents and immediate relatives, but to
every home of those who were permitted to know her.  The remains were laid
to rest in the Doxey cemetery.