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James Allen Blakemore

1896 — 1984

Vital Events

Dates and Places

  • Born25 JUL 1896 · Evansville, Washington Couinty, Arkansas
  • Died10 MAR 1984 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  • BuriedStilwell Cemetery, Adair County, Oklahoma
  • SexMale
Notes

Research Notes

His mother gave him to her Aunt, Martha Elizabeth Johnston Allen, the night she died. Thursday, March 22, 1984 Stilwell (Okla.) Democrat-Journal BLAKEMORE RITES HELD Services for James Allen Blakemore, 86, Tahlequah, a native of Evansville, Ark., were held March 13 in Tahlequah with interment in the Stilwell City Cemetery. Blakemore, born July 25, 1896 in Evansville, was a retired superintendent with Mid-Continent Oil Co. He served in the U. S. Navy in World War I. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Tahlequah. After retiring he moved from Cromwell to Stilwell and to Tahlequah 20 years ago. Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Velma Louise Blakemore of the home; one daughter, Mary Casteel of Moore; one sister, Mary Crozier, Stilwell; and four grandchildren.