VOLGA RESIDENT PASSES SUNDAY 
Crossford Blair, 72, well-known farmer of Volga, died at his home at 5:40 p.m. Sunday, February 24, (1957). The son of Harrison and Lydia Hitchcock Blair, he was born in Johnson County, November 28, 1884. Survivors include his widow, Bessie Blanton Blair; one son, Grady Blair, Volga; three daughters, Mrs. Jennie Gullett, Oil Springs; Mrs. Maude Burchett, Winchester; Mrs. Grace Estep, Fuget; 13 grandchildren, 2 greatgrandchildren. The following brothers and sisters, Tom Blair, Mrs. Vera Van Hoose, Mrs. Tera Nelson, all of this city; Bruce Blair, Water Gap and Drice Blair, Volga. Funeral services were conducted today at 11:00 a.m., at Oil Springs at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gullett, with Lonza Reed, Oscar McCarty and Tommie Bailey as officiating ministers. Burial was in the family cemetery under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY
2-27-1957