Funeral services for Sam Blackburn, 52, employee of the State Department of Banking, who died Friday night in an automobile accident near Dickson after a heart attack, were held at his home in Lynnville Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Blackburn had been to Dickson with Vernon Douglas, and was returning to Nashville when he was stricken near Colesburg, two miles east of Dickson. Douglas said he died while they were returning to Dickson for medical aid.
Member of a prominent family, Mr. Blackburn was a druggist for many years, later joining the office of the state marshall at Nashville, before becoming connected with the State Department of Banking.
He was the son of the late Capt. J. K. P. Blackburn and Mrs. Blackie Laird Blackburn, a Mason and a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ella Wagstaff Blackburn; a sister, Mrs. Wyck Clark, of Jamestown, N.Y.; and five brothers, John, Will and Robert E. Blackburn, of Lynnville, Dr. J. K. P. Blackburn of Pulaski, and Dr. Henry Blackburn of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Funeral services for Sam Blackburn, 52, employee of the State Department of Banking, who died Friday night in an automobile accident near Dickson after a heart attack, were held at his home in Lynnville Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Blackburn had been to Dickson with Vernon Douglas, and was returning to Nashville when he was stricken near Colesburg, two miles east of Dickson. Douglas said he died while they were returning to Dickson for medical aid.
Member of a prominent family, Mr. Blackburn was a druggist for many years, later joining the office of the state marshall at Nashville, before becoming connected with the State Department of Banking.
He was the son of the late Capt. J. K. P. Blackburn and Mrs. Blackie Laird Blackburn, a Mason and a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ella Wagstaff Blackburn; a sister, Mrs. Wyck Clark, of Jamestown, N.Y.; and five brothers, John, Will and Robert E. Blackburn, of Lynnville, Dr. J. K. P. Blackburn of Pulaski, and Dr. Henry Blackburn of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Inscription
"SAM S. BLACKBURN"
"1883 - 1938"
Family Members
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Nancy "Nannie" Blackburn Truett
1868–1893
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Robert Edward Blackburn
1869–1945
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Dr James Knox Polk Blackburn Jr
1871–1944
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John Laird Blackburn
1874–1946
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William Stoddard "Will" Blackburn
1877–1949
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Dewitt Gordon Blackburn
1880–1930
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Maxine Mae "Mackie" Blackburn Clark
1885–1959
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Dr Henry Martin Blackburn
1889–1960
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