Obit of Marie Griffin Blackshear (b426) - 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: Blackshear, Griffin, Bingham Marie Griffin Blackshear, 54, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, OK, was born July 21, 1931 in Fay, Okla. to Chester Levi and Lula Ruth Bingham and passed away Wed., June 18, 1986 at the Roger Mills Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne. Mrs. Blackshear grew up in Fay and graduated from Fay High School in 1949. She graduated from Nursing School in Clinton, OK. and had been a R.N. On June 2, 1950 she was married to Harvey Franklin Griffin, in Clinton. They moved to Sayre to make their home. He preceded her in death, March 31, 1969. On April 17, 1970 she was married to Ellias Junior Blackshear in Sayre, OK. They moved to Cheyenne, OK in 1979 to make their home. They were owners and operators of J B and the Bears Metal Buildings in Cheyenne. She had also been a member of the Assembly of God in Sayre, OK. In addition to her first husband, Mrs. Blackshear was preceded in death by her parents and 1 brother. Survivors include: her husband of the home; 4 daughters, Marvella Thomason of Sayre, OK., Shirley Dyer of Reydon, OK., Diann Porter of Reydon, OK. and Sonya Blackshear of the home; 1 sons; Steve Griffin of Sayre, OK and Roger Blackshear of the home; 8 grandchildren, 1 sister, Alam Fallis of Watonga, OK., 1 brother, Warren Bingham of Edmond, OK. and other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted Sat., June 21, 1986 in the First Baptist Church a 4 p.m. with Milton Gage officiating. Interment followed in the Cheyenne Cemetery under th4e direction of Rose Chapel Service of Cheyenne. Pallbearers were: Ernest Roles, Harvey Leonard, Tom Blackwell, Billy Joe Payne, Loren Damron and Bill Youngblood. --------------------------------------------------------------------