James Richard Blake (1904 - 1997)

Born 28 Jul 1904 in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas, USA

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth (Whoolery) Blake — married 1 Dec 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died 10 Oct 1997 at age 93 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA

Biography

James was born 28 July 1904 in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas.^[1] He was the son of Robert Edwin Blake and Mollie Beth Weatherly.

He married Margaret Elizabeth (Whoolery) Bauman on 1 December 1943 in Washington, D.C.^[2]

James died on 10 October 1997 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee,^[3] and he is buried there in the Hilcrest Memorial Gardens.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947," James Richard Blake, serial no. 1132, order no. 10958, ca. 1941, Greene County, Arkansas; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2238/005151504_01049/4480808?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190053543120/facts/citation/680198228243/edit/record : accessed December 2016).
2. ↑ "District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810–1953," James Richard Blake and Margaret Elizabeth Bauman, 1 December 1943; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61404&h=900432835&ssrc=pt&tid=9280610&pid=6039488746&usePUB=true : accessed December 2016).
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," James R Blake, 10 October 1997, last residence Bradley County, Tennessee; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J15S-253 : accessed December 2016).
4. ↑ Robert Bryant Jarman, Sr., "James R. Blake," Memorial no. 59662820, posted 5 October 2010; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59662820/james-r.-blake : accessed December 2017).