The following obituary appeared in the Florida Times Union Newspaper of Jacksonville, FL. : JASPER, June 29 J. Graham Black, 68, former state senator and well-to-do turpentine producer, died tonight. Hospitalized for two weeks with a heart attack, doctors said Black was getting along well until a second attack was fatal at 6:20 p.m. in Hamilton County Hospital. Black had extensive livestock and timber interests in addition to his turpentine producing business. He was a director of the American Turpentine Farmers Association. He served in the Florida Senate in three decades- first in 1933, again in 1943 and 1945, and finally in 1953-1956. Black was the author of the proposed amendment to the State Constitution providing a senator from each county-which would have increased the senate from 38 to 67 members. It was rejected in last years general election. A native of Bamberg, South Carolina he moved to Florida as a boy and attended schools in Duval and Suwannee Counties and Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Surviving are his wife; one son, James Graham Black, Jr. of Atlanta, GA.; two grandchildren; three brothers, R.D. Black of Gainesville, Fl., P.S. Black of New Orleans, LA., and H.J. Black of Imokalee, FL.; and one sister, Mrs. F.Y. Smith of Alachua, Fl. Reid Funeral Home is in charge.
The following obituary appeared in the Florida Times Union Newspaper of Jacksonville, FL. : JASPER, June 29 J. Graham Black, 68, former state senator and well-to-do turpentine producer, died tonight. Hospitalized for two weeks with a heart attack, doctors said Black was getting along well until a second attack was fatal at 6:20 p.m. in Hamilton County Hospital. Black had extensive livestock and timber interests in addition to his turpentine producing business. He was a director of the American Turpentine Farmers Association. He served in the Florida Senate in three decades- first in 1933, again in 1943 and 1945, and finally in 1953-1956. Black was the author of the proposed amendment to the State Constitution providing a senator from each county-which would have increased the senate from 38 to 67 members. It was rejected in last years general election. A native of Bamberg, South Carolina he moved to Florida as a boy and attended schools in Duval and Suwannee Counties and Florida Southern College in Lakeland. Surviving are his wife; one son, James Graham Black, Jr. of Atlanta, GA.; two grandchildren; three brothers, R.D. Black of Gainesville, Fl., P.S. Black of New Orleans, LA., and H.J. Black of Imokalee, FL.; and one sister, Mrs. F.Y. Smith of Alachua, Fl. Reid Funeral Home is in charge.
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The husband of Minnie Mabelle Vickers 1900-1984.
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