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Submitted: 3/21/10 • Approved: 5/28/15 • Last Updated: 5/31/15 • R300865-G0-S3
Sept. 30, 1907 - Aug. 2, 1939
Married in Van Buren Co., AR., Feb. 7, 1936.
Obituary
James Lester Blackwell, aged 31, former WPA project foreman, died at his home yesterday after an illness of three months. Mr. Blackwell was born September 30, 1907, in this county and was married in Van Buren County, February 07, 1936.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Blackwell; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Blackwell, and two sisters, Mrs. Rupert Arthur and Mrs. Jeff Holloway, all of Wooster. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.T. Hays this afternoon and interment made in Macedonia Cemetery by Doolin's Funeral Home.
-from the Log Cabin Democrat, 03 Aug 1939
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Contributed on 3/21/10 by americanterrortwin
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