--Eldest child of Samuel Richard Blackwelder and wife Orlena Davis. The Blackwelder family had moved from Illinois to Isabel, Kansas by 1895 and took up farming there. With seven siblings following him, the family were devout and regular members of the Methodist Church. A lovely young teacher of the Ashton school , Mary Gertrude Blakely, caught his eye, she with seven Methodist siblings to her credit as well. The couple married in Wichita, Kansas. The couple welcomed a son, Lawrence M. and daughter Mildred Maxine to their home. In 1928, they moved two miles west of Hooker, Oklahoma, and Earl brought with him the tradition of the Groundhog Supper fundraiser, as his church in Isabel had enjoyed. He was respected in his community and by his church, they issuing a proclamation upon his death of how they loved and would miss him. Proverbs 22:1 "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." from the King James Version of the Bible, the one Earl knew and used. Earl, the farmer, sowing wheat, and the Word of God. written by Granddaughter in law, Carolyn Grice Blackwelder
--Eldest child of Samuel Richard Blackwelder and wife Orlena Davis. The Blackwelder family had moved from Illinois to Isabel, Kansas by 1895 and took up farming there. With seven siblings following him, the family were devout and regular members of the Methodist Church. A lovely young teacher of the Ashton school , Mary Gertrude Blakely, caught his eye, she with seven Methodist siblings to her credit as well. The couple married in Wichita, Kansas. The couple welcomed a son, Lawrence M. and daughter Mildred Maxine to their home. In 1928, they moved two miles west of Hooker, Oklahoma, and Earl brought with him the tradition of the Groundhog Supper fundraiser, as his church in Isabel had enjoyed. He was respected in his community and by his church, they issuing a proclamation upon his death of how they loved and would miss him. Proverbs 22:1 "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." from the King James Version of the Bible, the one Earl knew and used. Earl, the farmer, sowing wheat, and the Word of God. written by Granddaughter in law, Carolyn Grice Blackwelder
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