Johnny Edward Blackston (1936 - 2020) Greenville, South Carolina, looking for his parents or 1940 Census, Thanks

Question

Looking for all information Blackston and Blackstone

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CLUE 

his wife's maiden name was Eskew

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=vera-eskew&pid=140744710

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more clues

https://www.familytreenow.com/search/people/results?first=Johnny&last=Blackston&citystatezip=South%20Carolina&dobyyyy=1936&rid=0s0&smck=ygBr8PtQBTBHOG-8yfyE2w

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Ok I’m back I’m looking over this now. Thanks.

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another clue

familysearch has him as Eddie, Johnny, Johnny E and Johnny E Blackston Jr. - same guy, same dob and address

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the obit was supplied by

https://www.umcsc.org/clergy/clergy-person-2440/

lists email - maybe he would tell who Johnny's parents were ?

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census a no-result ; searched whole state

last resort - call library in Piedmont

http://www.andersonlibrary.org/location/piedmont/

see if it has 1936 newspapers on microfilm and can check for birth in paper 

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Ok Thanks Eddie, I’m looking for some of the older relatives, and reaching out to see if they talk back.

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I don’t know I looked