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Mrs.
Celia Blalock
Pioneer of Prospect Passed Away July 27, 1937
Mrs.
Celia E. Blalock, 81, pioneer of clay County, died Thursday at
ll:20 pm July 27, 1937 at her home in Prospect, Texas.
She was
born at Atlanta, Ga., but came to Texas as a child, moving to
Clay County when married to John Blalock in 1878. Mr.
Blalock passed away five years ago, having lived at Prospect
continuously for sixty years.
Mrs.
Blalock was a Christian lady and was a charter member of the
Prospect Baptist Church.
Funeral
services were held from the Blalock homestead of 3:30 pm, July
28, 1937, with the Rev. Herman Marshall and Durmore of Sunset,
Texas, officiating.
Interment
was in the Prospect Cemetery.
the
deceased is survived by five children: Mrs. Louisa Collie,
of Burkburnett; Mrs. Edgar P. Haney, of Dallas, Texas; Mrs.
Walter Davis of Shamrock,Texas; Ira Blalock of Prospect, Texas;
a brother, Bryant Bullard, Gainesville; twenty-two grandchildren
and fifteen great grandchildren.
All were
present with the exception of six grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
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