Blackshire, Hattie Ellen

Passed:

Age: 82

Source:

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1964-12-03

Information: Funeral services were conducted at the Parsons Funeral Home, Ripley, Tuesday with the Rev. Homer Baxter officiating, for Mrs. Hattie Ellen Blackshire, 82, who died at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley, Sunday following a brief illness.  She was born Nov. 17, 1882 at Goldtown, the daughter of the late Elihue and Samantha Fisher Comer.  Surviving are her husband, Frank Blackshire of Ripley; two sons, Dorman Young of Charleston and Dennis Blackshire of Silverton; four daughters, Mrs. Georgia Lanham of Ripley, Mrs. Pauline Dever of Charleston, Mrs. Ellen Smith of Fredrickstown, Ohio and Mrs. Arbutus Durbin of Streetsboro, Ohio; three step-daughters, Mrs. Martha Hamon of Bellgarden, Fla., and Mrs. Blanche Smith and Mrs. Rena Holley, both of Charleston; one sister, Mrs. Mammie Alderman of Beckley; 31 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.  Burial was in the Comer Cemetery.