Franklin MacArthur "Mac" Blair, age 74, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at his residence.
Mr. Blair was born in Rockmart, Georgia on June 10, 1942, son of the late Cecil Q. Blair, Sr. and the late Bronnie Gertrude Jones Blair. He was also preceded in death by seven siblings, Mildred Coxwell, Christine Blair, Bill Blair, Cecil Blair, Jr., Robert Blair, Ray Blair and Pete Blair. Mr. Blair was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during the Vietnam War. He worked for a number of years in the textile industry. He was a member of NAPA and was a founder of the Running Water Pow Wow.
Survivors include his sister, Joan Blair Phillips, Rome; a special niece, Tammy Blair, Lindale; several other nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 2pm at the East View Cemetery. Mr. Joey Pierce will officiate with the American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard presenting military honors.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Thursday from 12 noon until 1:30pm. At other hours, they will be at their respective residences.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.
Services
Visitation
Thursday, February 9, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Henderson & Sons - South Chapel
3002 Maple Road
Rome, GA 30161
Graveside Service
Thursday, February 9, 2017
2:00 PM
East View Cemetery
725 Kingston Avenue
Rome, GA 30161
Obituary source: the Henderson & Sons Funeral Home website.
Native American Prayer.....Oh, Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to all the world---hear me---I come before you, one of your children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my People, the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you, with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.....Prayer by Yellow Hawk Sioux Chief.
TSA LA GI forever. Never Forget
Descendants of Thomas Blair (1770) and Letty Fanning (1770).
Historical records researched, compiled and updated on 28 May 2008 by Mr. Franklin MacArthur Blair (1942-2017). The above link has related links to the Blair DNA project and the Clan Blair Society.
The information below is source to: Running Water Facebook home page. Date 30 January 2017.
Mr. Frank Blair, a founder of NAPA (Native American Preservation Association of Georgia, Inc.) and the Running Water Powwow (Cherokee Homecoming), has passed away of natural causes. At 74 years old, he spent the last 30 years making sure that our powwow was one of the best around. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving 2 tours in Vietnam, and loved genealogy. Frank will be missed terribly and this year's powwow will be in honor of him.
Mr. Blair was born in Rockmart, Georgia on June 10, 1942, son of the late Cecil Q. Blair, Sr. and the late Bronnie Gertrude Jones Blair. He was also preceded in death by seven siblings, Mildred Coxwell, Christine Blair, Bill Blair, Cecil Blair, Jr., Robert Blair, Ray Blair and Pete Blair. Mr. Blair was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during the Vietnam War. He worked for a number of years in the textile industry. He was a member of NAPA and was a founder of the Running Water Pow Wow.
Survivors include his sister, Joan Blair Phillips, Rome; a special niece, Tammy Blair, Lindale; several other nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 2pm at the East View Cemetery. Mr. Joey Pierce will officiate with the American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard presenting military honors.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Thursday from 12 noon until 1:30pm. At other hours, they will be at their respective residences.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.
Services
Visitation
Thursday, February 9, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Henderson & Sons - South Chapel
3002 Maple Road
Rome, GA 30161
Graveside Service
Thursday, February 9, 2017
2:00 PM
East View Cemetery
725 Kingston Avenue
Rome, GA 30161
Obituary source: the Henderson & Sons Funeral Home website.
Native American Prayer.....Oh, Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to all the world---hear me---I come before you, one of your children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my People, the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you, with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.....Prayer by Yellow Hawk Sioux Chief.
TSA LA GI forever. Never Forget
Descendants of Thomas Blair (1770) and Letty Fanning (1770).
Historical records researched, compiled and updated on 28 May 2008 by Mr. Franklin MacArthur Blair (1942-2017). The above link has related links to the Blair DNA project and the Clan Blair Society.
The information below is source to: Running Water Facebook home page. Date 30 January 2017.
Mr. Frank Blair, a founder of NAPA (Native American Preservation Association of Georgia, Inc.) and the Running Water Powwow (Cherokee Homecoming), has passed away of natural causes. At 74 years old, he spent the last 30 years making sure that our powwow was one of the best around. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving 2 tours in Vietnam, and loved genealogy. Frank will be missed terribly and this year's powwow will be in honor of him.
Franklin MacArthur "Mac" Blair, age 74, of Rome, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at his residence.
Mr. Blair was born in Rockmart, Georgia on June 10, 1942, son of the late Cecil Q. Blair, Sr. and the late Bronnie Gertrude Jones Blair. He was also preceded in death by seven siblings, Mildred Coxwell, Christine Blair, Bill Blair, Cecil Blair, Jr., Robert Blair, Ray Blair and Pete Blair. Mr. Blair was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during the Vietnam War. He worked for a number of years in the textile industry. He was a member of NAPA and was a founder of the Running Water Pow Wow.
Survivors include his sister, Joan Blair Phillips, Rome; a special niece, Tammy Blair, Lindale; several other nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 2pm at the East View Cemetery. Mr. Joey Pierce will officiate with the American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard presenting military honors.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Thursday from 12 noon until 1:30pm. At other hours, they will be at their respective residences.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.
Services
Visitation
Thursday, February 9, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Henderson & Sons - South Chapel
3002 Maple Road
Rome, GA 30161
Graveside Service
Thursday, February 9, 2017
2:00 PM
East View Cemetery
725 Kingston Avenue
Rome, GA 30161
Obituary source: the Henderson & Sons Funeral Home website.
Native American Prayer.....Oh, Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to all the world---hear me---I come before you, one of your children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my People, the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you, with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.....Prayer by Yellow Hawk Sioux Chief.
TSA LA GI forever. Never Forget
Descendants of Thomas Blair (1770) and Letty Fanning (1770).
Historical records researched, compiled and updated on 28 May 2008 by Mr. Franklin MacArthur Blair (1942-2017). The above link has related links to the Blair DNA project and the Clan Blair Society.
The information below is source to: Running Water Facebook home page. Date 30 January 2017.
Mr. Frank Blair, a founder of NAPA (Native American Preservation Association of Georgia, Inc.) and the Running Water Powwow (Cherokee Homecoming), has passed away of natural causes. At 74 years old, he spent the last 30 years making sure that our powwow was one of the best around. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving 2 tours in Vietnam, and loved genealogy. Frank will be missed terribly and this year's powwow will be in honor of him.
Mr. Blair was born in Rockmart, Georgia on June 10, 1942, son of the late Cecil Q. Blair, Sr. and the late Bronnie Gertrude Jones Blair. He was also preceded in death by seven siblings, Mildred Coxwell, Christine Blair, Bill Blair, Cecil Blair, Jr., Robert Blair, Ray Blair and Pete Blair. Mr. Blair was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during the Vietnam War. He worked for a number of years in the textile industry. He was a member of NAPA and was a founder of the Running Water Pow Wow.
Survivors include his sister, Joan Blair Phillips, Rome; a special niece, Tammy Blair, Lindale; several other nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at 2pm at the East View Cemetery. Mr. Joey Pierce will officiate with the American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard presenting military honors.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Thursday from 12 noon until 1:30pm. At other hours, they will be at their respective residences.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the arrangements.
Services
Visitation
Thursday, February 9, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Henderson & Sons - South Chapel
3002 Maple Road
Rome, GA 30161
Graveside Service
Thursday, February 9, 2017
2:00 PM
East View Cemetery
725 Kingston Avenue
Rome, GA 30161
Obituary source: the Henderson & Sons Funeral Home website.
Native American Prayer.....Oh, Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to all the world---hear me---I come before you, one of your children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my People, the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you, with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame.....Prayer by Yellow Hawk Sioux Chief.
TSA LA GI forever. Never Forget
Descendants of Thomas Blair (1770) and Letty Fanning (1770).
Historical records researched, compiled and updated on 28 May 2008 by Mr. Franklin MacArthur Blair (1942-2017). The above link has related links to the Blair DNA project and the Clan Blair Society.
The information below is source to: Running Water Facebook home page. Date 30 January 2017.
Mr. Frank Blair, a founder of NAPA (Native American Preservation Association of Georgia, Inc.) and the Running Water Powwow (Cherokee Homecoming), has passed away of natural causes. At 74 years old, he spent the last 30 years making sure that our powwow was one of the best around. He was a veteran of the US Navy, serving 2 tours in Vietnam, and loved genealogy. Frank will be missed terribly and this year's powwow will be in honor of him.
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