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John Earl Blackwell Jr.

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John Earl Blackwell Jr. Veteran

Birth
Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA
Death
22 Sep 1976 (aged 52)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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JOHN EARL BLACKWELL, JR. was born in Ranger on May 22, 1924, and died on September 22, 1976 in Dallas. He was the son of Bertha Leola McGlothin and John Earl Blackwell. He was married on June 6, 1942 to Polly Seymour in Ranger. He was in the Ranger High School class of 1942. They had two daughters, Melinda Sue Polston and Melissa Jane Spikes, both of Midland and both were born in Ranger.

He entered the Navy in March 1943 and was discharged in 1945. He then attended SMU in the early 1950's. The family lived in Ranger until 1949 and then in Crane until 1954 and then, Dallas.

He was pre-deceased by a brother, J.T. Blackwell. Another brother, Walter Blackwell resides in Carizzo Springs, Texas, and three sisters, Luella Weaver, Donna Bell of Rankin, Texas, & Sissy Miller of Gainesville, Texas. There are 2 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3 great granddaughters and three great grandsons as a result of the Blackwell-Seymour marriage. Years after Earl's death, Polly married George W. Adkins in the late 1990's and they live in Emerald Bay, Bullard, Texas.
JOHN EARL BLACKWELL, JR. was born in Ranger on May 22, 1924, and died on September 22, 1976 in Dallas. He was the son of Bertha Leola McGlothin and John Earl Blackwell. He was married on June 6, 1942 to Polly Seymour in Ranger. He was in the Ranger High School class of 1942. They had two daughters, Melinda Sue Polston and Melissa Jane Spikes, both of Midland and both were born in Ranger.

He entered the Navy in March 1943 and was discharged in 1945. He then attended SMU in the early 1950's. The family lived in Ranger until 1949 and then in Crane until 1954 and then, Dallas.

He was pre-deceased by a brother, J.T. Blackwell. Another brother, Walter Blackwell resides in Carizzo Springs, Texas, and three sisters, Luella Weaver, Donna Bell of Rankin, Texas, & Sissy Miller of Gainesville, Texas. There are 2 granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3 great granddaughters and three great grandsons as a result of the Blackwell-Seymour marriage. Years after Earl's death, Polly married George W. Adkins in the late 1990's and they live in Emerald Bay, Bullard, Texas.


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