James N. Blair , 98, of Westwood, KS, died November 29, 2002. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 7, at the Mt. Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home, I-435 and Holmes Road. Private burial in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mr. Blair was born in the Indian Territory of Newkirk, OK. He was a former Superintendent of United Press News Service. As a television pioneer, he was the Founder and President of Blair Television. Mr. Blair was also a former Director of Twin City State Bank and was known thru his Ham Radio call letters WØJB. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Viola F. Blair in 1980. He is survived by his daughter, Virginia Blair Wiley and her husband, Capt. Eugene Wiley USAF/Ret.; granddaughter, Sharon Wiley Higgins and her husband, Tom of Denver, CO; grandson, Capt. Gary P. Wiley USAF/Ret. and his wife, Valerie of Suffolk, VA; and four great-grandchildren. (Arrangements: Mt. Moriah & Freeman Chapel (816) 942-2004)
Mr. Blair was born in the Indian Territory of Newkirk, OK. He was a former Superintendent of United Press News Service. As a television pioneer, he was the Founder and President of Blair Television. Mr. Blair was also a former Director of Twin City State Bank and was known thru his Ham Radio call letters WØJB. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Viola F. Blair in 1980. He is survived by his daughter, Virginia Blair Wiley and her husband, Capt. Eugene Wiley USAF/Ret.; granddaughter, Sharon Wiley Higgins and her husband, Tom of Denver, CO; grandson, Capt. Gary P. Wiley USAF/Ret. and his wife, Valerie of Suffolk, VA; and four great-grandchildren. (Arrangements: Mt. Moriah & Freeman Chapel (816) 942-2004)
James N. Blair , 98, of Westwood, KS, died November 29, 2002. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, December 7, at the Mt. Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home, I-435 and Holmes Road. Private burial in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Mr. Blair was born in the Indian Territory of Newkirk, OK. He was a former Superintendent of United Press News Service. As a television pioneer, he was the Founder and President of Blair Television. Mr. Blair was also a former Director of Twin City State Bank and was known thru his Ham Radio call letters WØJB. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Viola F. Blair in 1980. He is survived by his daughter, Virginia Blair Wiley and her husband, Capt. Eugene Wiley USAF/Ret.; granddaughter, Sharon Wiley Higgins and her husband, Tom of Denver, CO; grandson, Capt. Gary P. Wiley USAF/Ret. and his wife, Valerie of Suffolk, VA; and four great-grandchildren. (Arrangements: Mt. Moriah & Freeman Chapel (816) 942-2004)
Mr. Blair was born in the Indian Territory of Newkirk, OK. He was a former Superintendent of United Press News Service. As a television pioneer, he was the Founder and President of Blair Television. Mr. Blair was also a former Director of Twin City State Bank and was known thru his Ham Radio call letters WØJB. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Viola F. Blair in 1980. He is survived by his daughter, Virginia Blair Wiley and her husband, Capt. Eugene Wiley USAF/Ret.; granddaughter, Sharon Wiley Higgins and her husband, Tom of Denver, CO; grandson, Capt. Gary P. Wiley USAF/Ret. and his wife, Valerie of Suffolk, VA; and four great-grandchildren. (Arrangements: Mt. Moriah & Freeman Chapel (816) 942-2004)
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