PIEDMONT, W. Va. - A. Gilbert Blackburn, 69, of 170 West Fairview Street, died yesterday in Hopemont State Hospital, Hopemont, where he had been a patient three years.
He was a native of Elk Garden, a son of the late James and Fanny (Barricks) Blackburn.
He was a retired machinist at Luke's Westvaco plant; a member of Papermaker's Local 676; a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church here and a member of the Men's Bible Class.
He is survived by his wife, Eugie (Swoope) Blackburn; two daughters, Mrs. Nancy See and Mrs. Joyce Nichols, both of here; two brothers, Howard Blackburn, Baltimore, and Cecil Blackburn, Edinburg, Va., and four grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home, Westernport today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted there Friday at 2 p.m. by Rev Sumner Sawyers pastor of Trinity United Methodist. Interment will be in Philos Cemetery.
Published Wednesday, April 9, 1969 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 20, col. 2. Look-up by Charles (#46537097).
PIEDMONT, W. Va. - A. Gilbert Blackburn, 69, of 170 West Fairview Street, died yesterday in Hopemont State Hospital, Hopemont, where he had been a patient three years.
He was a native of Elk Garden, a son of the late James and Fanny (Barricks) Blackburn.
He was a retired machinist at Luke's Westvaco plant; a member of Papermaker's Local 676; a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church here and a member of the Men's Bible Class.
He is survived by his wife, Eugie (Swoope) Blackburn; two daughters, Mrs. Nancy See and Mrs. Joyce Nichols, both of here; two brothers, Howard Blackburn, Baltimore, and Cecil Blackburn, Edinburg, Va., and four grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home, Westernport today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Services will be conducted there Friday at 2 p.m. by Rev Sumner Sawyers pastor of Trinity United Methodist. Interment will be in Philos Cemetery.
Published Wednesday, April 9, 1969 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 20, col. 2. Look-up by Charles (#46537097).
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