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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source:
Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025)
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Notes
THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, June 1, 1942, p. 2: “Mrs. A. W. Blair Dies On Monday. Mrs. A. W. Blair, the former Miss Mary Ann Campbell, 73, died Monday at 11:20 a.m. at her home, 184 Pine Bluff St., after a sudden attack of illness Sunday evening. The funeral service has been arranged for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Manton-Fry Funeral Home, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Surviving are three children Mrs. Josh L. Brindley and Andy Blair here and Mrs. Roy Caviness of Shreveport, La., besides seven grandchildren. She was born in Kentucky, April 15, 1859, and was reared in Sherman, Texas. She was married to Mr. Blair, June 23, 1888 in Denison and that same year, they came to Paris, which had been her home ever since.”
THE PARIS NEWS, Tuesday, June 2, 1942, p. 2: “Funeral For Mrs. A. W. Blair Arranged Tuesday. Funeral service for Mrs. A. W. Blair of 184 Pine Bluff St., who died Monday morning, was arranged for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Manton-Fry Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Warren T. Whiteside of Greenville, for Methodist pastor here, assisted by the Rev. John Berglund of First Methodist Church here, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. J. L. Brindley, Roy Caviness of Shreveport, La., Fred Newman, Claude Morgan, Rex Shelton and Bobby Blair were named pallbearers. Among those arriving for the service were Mrs. R. H. Cooper, Mrs. T. J. Hollis and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Phillips of Sherman and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Phillips of Ft. Worth.”
Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Mary Ama Blair
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Jun 1942
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1869
Birthplace: Kentucky
Father’s Name: James Logan Campbell
Mother’s Name: Mary Ann Harrison
Certificate Number: 27536
GS Film number: 2137102
Digital Folder Number: 005145775
Image Number: 03142
Citing this Record
“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DS-65D : 5 December 2014), Mary Ann Harrison in entry for Mary Ama Blair, 01 Jun 1942; citing certificate number 27536, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,102.
Buried next to Andrew Warren Blair.
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