ROSA BLAIR
1885-1958
Mrs. Rosa Blair, 72, wife of Andrew Blair, died at 2:50 pm, Friday,
July 4, at her home at Leander after suffering a stroke. She had
been ill for six years.
The daughter of Thomas and Emily Fairchild May, she was born in this
county November 22, 1885. She had made her home at Leander for the
past sixty-five years and was a member of the United Baptist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband, are six children; five sons, Bruce
Blair, Leander; Heber, Guy, Gail and Ivan, all of Troy, Ohio; one
daughter, Mrs. Emily Blair, Barnett's Creek; 20 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren. A sister, Nora May, New Jackson, Ohio and two
brothers, Powell May, St. Paris, Ohio, and John May, Troy, Ohio, also
survive.
Funeral services were conducted from the home at 10;30 am, Sunday,
July 6, with Millard O'Bryan, F. F. Rigsby and Prater Blair as
officiating ministers.
Burial was in the Blair Cemetery at Leander.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
July 9, 1958
|