MRS. ELIZA M. BLAKE -

Highly Esteemed Woman Passes Away After Long Illness --

Mrs. Ella McCord Blake, a most estimable and highly esteemed woman, passed away on Wednesday morning at the home of her son, 117 Sixteenth Avenue, North. Mrs. Blake had been ill for several months, but during the past few days she had been falling rapidly, and it had been realized that the end was a matter of but a short time.

Mrs. Blake resided in Nashville for a number of years, but during the past few years had made her home with her son, Luther Blake, of New York City. She was on a visit to her son, George Blake, in this city, at the time of her death, having spent part of each winter in Nashville since going to New York. Mrs. Blake was a woman of noble character, and was greatly beloved by a wide circle of relatives and friends. While an invalid for several years, she bore her suffering with Christian fortitude that was beautiful.

Mrs. Blake was the widow of Dr. G. Wash Blake, a prominent citizen of Fayetteville, who died a number of years ago, and she was the mother of Luther L. Blake, of New York; Percy and Sam Blake of Birmingham; Miss Mamie Blake and Mrs. E. E. Eslick of Pulaski; and stepmother of W. H. Blake, of Washington; George Black, Secretary of the State Funding Board, at whose home she died; John Blake, of Fayetteville; and Mrs. Thomas Rodes of Harriman. She was a sister of Gen. Laps D. McCord and Mrs. J. Holland Wright, of Nashville, and Mrs. Daniel Tucker of Pulaski.

The remains will be taken to Fayetteville, her former home, for interment, leaving on the train this morning at 9:30 o'clock.

Source:

The Nashville American

Nashville, Tennessee

Thursday, November 1, 1906

Mrs. Eliza McCord Blake, Nashville -

NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 31 -- Mrs. Eliza Blake passed away this morning at the home of her son, George Blake, on Sixteenth Avenue in Nashville.

Mrs. Blake lived in Nashville a number of years, but more recently had made her home in New York City with her son, Mr. Luther L. Blake.

She is survived by five of her own children and four step-children and a large number of relatives. She was the relict of Dr. G. Wash Blake, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, who died a number of years ago. Her own children, all of whom survive her, are Messrs. Percy and Sam Blake, of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Luther L. Blake, of New York, with whom she lived; Miss Mamie Blake and Mrs. Ed E. Eslick, of Pulaski, formerly Miss Willa Blake. She was the second wife of Dr. Blake and raised four children by his first wife. They were Mr. Wirt H. Blake of Washington; Mr. George Blake, of the state funding board; Mr. John Blake of Fayetteville; and Mrs. Thomas Rodes of Harriman, Tennessee.

Mrs. Blake was a sister of Gen. Laps D. McCord of this city, and Mrs. J. Holland Wright, of Nashville, and Mrs. Daniel Tucker of Pulaski. Other sisters and brothers, who are now dead, were Mr. Luther W. McCord, of Pulaski, Mrs. John Bateman Smith, of Pulaski, Miss Joan McCord, of Pulaski, and Mr. Frank G. McCord, of Fayetteville. She had a large number of nephews and nieces who live here and in Pulaski.

Source:

Chattanooga Daily Times

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Thursday, November 1, 1906

Mrs. Eliza Blake, formerly of Fayetteville and widow of Dr. G. W. Blake, died at the residence of Mr. G. E. Blake in Nashville at 6'o'clock Wednesday morning, October 31, 1906. The remains will be brought to Fayetteville on the two o'clock train this afternoon and interred at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Source:

The Fayetteville Observer

Fayetteville, Tennessee

Thursday, November 1, 1906