SAMUEL TOLLIE BLAIR
Samuel Tollie Blair, 43,
FATALLY BURNED IN FREAK ACCIDENT
Tollie Blair, 43, prominent Barnetts Creek man, died about 11 a.m.
today March 17, 1954 at the Paintsville Hospital from burns he
received last night while fox hunting with three companions near his
home.
It was reported that the group had built a fire on the hill and that
Blair went to sleep and rolled into the fire while the other three
hunters were away with their dogs.
The accident happened about 11:30 p.m. Blair was a plasterer by
occupation and his wife, the former Pauline Salyer of Collista as a
teacher in the Oil Springs School. They had two children.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete as the Herald goes to press.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY
MAR.17 1954
NOTE: Deathdate figured & entered into this obit from the date of publication.