Obit of Essie Marie Blackburn (b421) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 15 Oct 2000 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Blackburn Essie Marie Blackburn was born December 2, 1901 in Oklahoma City, OK to Katie Clara and George Henry Bales and passed away March 24, 1995 in the Sayre Memorial Hospital at the age of 93 years, 3 months, and 22 days. She moved with her parents west of Berlin, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma as a baby. She married Earnest Williams on December 14, 1918. They lived in the Berlin community and to this union three children were born, Henry, Sandford and Lomettia. They owned and operated the Williams Feed Mill while Essie was postmaster for the Berlin post office for 25 years. Earnest passed away in Feburary of 1931 with Typhoid Fever. Essie married Frank Schwer August 1, 1943 in Sayre and they continued to live in the Berlin community where they ran the Feed Mill and farmed until 1965 when they moved to Sayre. Frank passed away in January of 1978. Essie married Robert Blackburn on April 11, 1982 in Sayre, where they continued to live and make their home. She was a member of the Sayre Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands (Earnest Williams, Frank Schwer and Robert Blackburn), 1 son (Sandford), 2 brothers, 2 sisters and one grandson. She is survived by 1 son Henry and Mildred Williams of Weatridge, CO, 1 daugher Lomettia and Donald Winkleblack of Boulder, CO, 1 grandson, Phil Williams of Arvada, CA; 1 granddaughters, Deborah Sterling, of Arvada, CO and Sherry Ann Winkleblack of Littleton, CO, 1 sister, Ruby Burkhalter of Sayre, Ok, and 1 brother, Charles Bales of Sayre, Ok, 5 great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Services were March 27, 1995 at the Sayre Church of Christ officiated by Kevin Ballard. Interment was in the Berlin Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Ok under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. --------------------------------------------------------------------