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Blair, Bert Ray


Funeral Home Data

Deceased:Blair, Bert Ray
Born:Dec 03 1889
Died:Mar 05 1970
Age:80
Remarks:resided 401 Olive Street, North Miami Oklahoma. A hard rock lead and zinc miner. Died Mar 5, 1970, age 80, at 7:15 pm, at Tulsa Oklahoma. Funeral charges to Bill Blair at Turlack, California. Born Dec 3, 1889. Father Robert Blair and mother Kitty Bishop Blair. Resided in the state about 22 years. Cause of death Melostatic carcinoma of prostrate. Burial G.A.R. cemetery at Miami.
Record Source:Jim Thomas Funeral Home
(Funeral Record)Commerce, Ottawa County, OK

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Miami News Record — Miami, OK

Mar 08 1970 · p.3 · col.2

...died in a Tulsa hospital after a long illness. He was a retired hard rock lead and zinc miner. He had lived in North Miami for the past 22 years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ophelia Blair of the home; five sons, Virgil Blair, Parsons Kansas, Floyd Blair of Yakima Washington, Jack Blair and Bill Blair, both of Turloc California, and Arlis Blair, North Miami; seven daughters, Mrs. LaVata Warner, Cardin Oklahoma, Mrs. Hazel Gaines, of North Miami; Mrs. Ann Cobb, Miami, Mrs. Daisy Waldon, Commerce, Mrs. Kitty Dixon, Hominy Oklahoma, Mrs. Imogene Abernathy, North Miami, and Mrs. Warren, Tulsa Oklahoma; a brother Frank Blair of Arkansas, and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Greaves and Mrs. Bessie McGee, both of Miami, and Mrs. Lela Webber of Kansas City Kansas; 46 grandchildren, including Jessie Taylor of North Miami whom Mr. and Mrs. Blair reared and 38 great-grandchildren.

Miami News Record — Miami, OK

May 06 1970 · p.3 · col.1

Book: Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Mining Men — S J Mahurin

ISBN: 1-892744-95-3