Funeral services for Dr. James Knox Blackburn, beloved Giles County physician who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home early Tuesday morning will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the residence with the Rev. J. W. Bryson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating, assisted by Elder B. F. Harding of Spring Hill. Burial will be in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
A native of Lynnville, and for the past 50 years a practicing physician in Pulaski, Dr. Blackburn was a son of the late James Knox and Mrs. Mackie Laird Blackburn. He was educated in the public school of Giles County, later receiving his degree in medicine at Vanderbilt University. Following graduation he practiced his profession first at Lynnville, moving from there to Lewisburg, and later to Pulaski.
A veteran of World War I, he was a Mason, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the Giles County and Tennessee Medical Societies. He was president of the state medical examining board, a member of the state basic science board, and health officaer for the City of Pulaski.
He is survived by his wife, the former Jean Ballinger of Birmingham, Ala.; a daughter, Miss Jean Blackburn; a son, James Blackburn, all of Pulaski; a sister, Mrs. W. L. Clark of Jamestown, N. Y.; and four brothers, Will, John and Robert Blackburn, all of Lynnville, and Dr. Henry Blackburn of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Funeral services for Dr. James Knox Blackburn, beloved Giles County physician who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home early Tuesday morning will be held at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the residence with the Rev. J. W. Bryson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church officiating, assisted by Elder B. F. Harding of Spring Hill. Burial will be in Lynnwood Cemetery at Lynnville.
A native of Lynnville, and for the past 50 years a practicing physician in Pulaski, Dr. Blackburn was a son of the late James Knox and Mrs. Mackie Laird Blackburn. He was educated in the public school of Giles County, later receiving his degree in medicine at Vanderbilt University. Following graduation he practiced his profession first at Lynnville, moving from there to Lewisburg, and later to Pulaski.
A veteran of World War I, he was a Mason, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the Giles County and Tennessee Medical Societies. He was president of the state medical examining board, a member of the state basic science board, and health officaer for the City of Pulaski.
He is survived by his wife, the former Jean Ballinger of Birmingham, Ala.; a daughter, Miss Jean Blackburn; a son, James Blackburn, all of Pulaski; a sister, Mrs. W. L. Clark of Jamestown, N. Y.; and four brothers, Will, John and Robert Blackburn, all of Lynnville, and Dr. Henry Blackburn of Grand Rapids, Mich.
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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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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Samuel Spenser "Sam" Blackburn
1883–1938
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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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