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- "Elizabethton Star," Thursday, January 31, 1946
WALTER C. BLACKBURN
Walter C. Blackburn, 53, died in the hospital in Beckely[sic], West Virginia last Tuesday.
He is survived by one son, Sidney Blackburn of Lily Brook, West Virginia; his mother, Mrs. Martha Blackburn of Elizabethton; two brothers, Clift Blackburn of Elizabethton and Don H. Blackburn of Maryville, Tennessee. Five sisters, Mrs. John Fair, Mrs. Nellie DeLoach, Mrs. Ida DeLoach, all of Elizabethton, Mrs. Julie Mooney of Elk Park, N. C. and Mrs. Ellar Turner of Maryville.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Elizabethton Free Will Baptist Church, Friday afternoon at 2:00 with the Rev. Houston Blevins and Rev. Clarence Howington officiating. Burial will be in the Banner Cemetery at Elk Park, N. C.
Active pallbearers will be Estel Riggs, Tom Vance, Charlie Turner, Robert Bowling, Loyd Scalf and Kent Scalf.
The body will be taken to the home of a sister, Mrs. Ida DeLoach, 817 Sixth Street, Elizabethton, where it will remain until time for services.
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