OBIT: Blakemore, 1961, Carroll Co

This is the obituary of my grandfather, Edward James Blakemore.  He was born
in Carrollton, in Carroll County, but he died in Mentor, Ohio, on 18 Jul 1961.
He was born on March 3, 1911 to Stephen Kirkpatrick Blakemore and Nadine
Wilkerson Blakemore.  He married Anne Elizabeth Hill on August 3, 1940.  They
had two sons, Leslie and James.  My father is Leslie.

THANKS
This from family clipping:

Edward James Blakemore                                    July 18, 1961

    Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. for Edward J. 
Blakemore, attorney, Juvenile Court officer and community leader, in Lane 
Metropolitan CME Church.  Mr. Blakemore, age 50, was accidentally drowned 
over the weekend while fishing in Mentor Lagoons with his son, Leslie, 14, 
and his father-in-law, Leslie Hill.  Mr. Blakemore was a probation officer 
for six years and for the past nine years had been a court referee.  He 
belonged to the board of managers of Cedar YMCA for 26 years and was a deacon,
trustee, and Sunday School superintendent at Lane Metropolitan Church.  Mr. 
Blakemore graduated from Glenville High School in 1929, where he was a 
track star.

    He won his Bachelors' Degree from John Carroll University in 1933 and 
in 1938 received a Master's Degree in Social Administration from Ohio State 
University.  His wife, the former Anne Hill, is a teacher at Miles Standish 
Elementary School.  Mr. Blakemore belonged to Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the
Gaylords Social Club, the Advisory Council of the East End Neighborhood 
Association, and the Cleveland Bar Association.  He graduated from law school
in 1950 and was admitted to the bar a year later.  Memorial contributions are
suggested to Cedar YMCA.

    Friends may call at the E.F. Boyd Funeral Home, 2165 East 89th Street,
where Masonic rites will be held tonight at 10 p.m. and 12 midnight.  Besides 
his wife and son, Leslie, survivors include another son, James E., and his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Blakemore.  The family residence is at 10523
Gooding Avenue. 

Pallbearers:  Roy Roseboro, Joseph Davenport, Raymond Johnson, Quinn F. 
Montgomery, Creed Ward, and Josephus Hicks.


From: Jeannie Dalrymple 
<motherd@theriver.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998