Obit of Blackwell, Altha (b424) - Cotton County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 27May 2004 Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== :Walters Cemetery--Walters OK Lawton Constitution 27 May 2004 Altha Blackwell GERONIMO -- Word has been received of the death of Altha Blackwell, 84, Geronimo. No service is planned. Mrs. Blackwell died Tuesday, May 25, 2004, in Lawton. Burial will be at Walters Cemetery under direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters. She was born March 21, 1920, west of Walters, to James Perry and Martha Elizabeth Clark Webb. She grew up in rural Walters, and married James "Croley" Blackwell on Dec. 17, 1938, in Walters. He died in 1973. She made her home in Geronimo for the past 25 years. She was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Walters. Survivors include two daughters: Katie Lou Swanson, Geronimo; and Colleen Champion, Duncan; three grandchildren: Chuck Morgan, Comanche; Crystal Gorely and Angela Turner, both of Geronimo; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Dean Webb; and a sister, Zell Unsicker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Cotton County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cotton/cotton.htm