Descendants of Myrtle Rebecca Thurman

Myrtle Rebecca Thurman

Myrtle Rebecca "Myrt" Thurman was born 04 March 1885 in Lone Star, Delta County, Texas (Vol: 12, p 515). She married Wesley "Wes" Blalock 24 December 1909 in Hopkins County, Texas (Vol 13, p 83), son of Thomas Blalock and Matilda Bowen. He was born 11 November 1885

"Myrt" and "Wes" Blalock

Children of MYRTLE THURMAN and WES BLALOCK are:

Genevieve Blalock, b. 04 December 1914, Hopkins County, Texas - Probate birth records; d. 09 October 1989, Mission Manor Nursing Home, Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, Texas; m. William Eugene "Bill" Thompson, 23 September 1956, Como, Hopkins County, Texas (obituary); b. 29 February 1908; d. 07 February 1992, Winnsboro, Wood, Texas. They are buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, - Hopkins County, Texas

Ima Faye and Willie Lou McAfee with baby Genevieve jpg

Genevieve Blalock is the baby on the stool

Genevieve Thompson

    Funeral Services for Genevieve Thompson, 74, of Winnsboro, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct 12, in Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. L. B. Morgan and the Rev. Onan Gardner officiating.
     Burial will be in Restlwan Memorial Park with Walter Gentry, Pat Bailey, Jerry Norton, jack Bowen, Pat Bowen and Jerry Thurman serving as pallbearers.
    The family will recieve visitors fro (sic) 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the funeral home.
    Mrs. Thompson died at7:45 p.m. Monday, Oct 9, in Mission Manor Nursing Home, Mount Vernon.
    She was born Dec. 4, 1914, in Hopkins County to Wes and Myrtle R. Thurman Blalock. She married Bill Thompson Sept, 23, 1956, in Como. He survives.
     Mrs. Thompson was a retired research tecnicial with a Veteran's Administration hospital and a 15-year resident of Greenpond. She was a member of Sharon Baptist Church, Chapel Hill. She was also a member if the Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile.
    She was preceded in death by one brother, C. M. Blalock, in 1977.

Clipped obit dated 10-9-1989

A. D. Blalock, b. 26 December 1915; d. 26 December 1915 in Hopkins County, buried in Greenpond Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas

A. D.
infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wess Blalock
Born & Died
Dec 26, 1915
Budded on earth of bloom
in heaven

Corywin Maurice Blalock, b. 26 December 1917, Hopkins County, Texas (Probate birth records); d. 08 March 1977, Woodhaven Nursing Home, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas; m. Opal Audry Berry, 1954, in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; b. 13 March 1907; d. 31 December 1973, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. They are buried in City Cemetery - Hopkins County, Texas

Maurice Blalock

     Maurice Blalock of the Greenpond community dide Tuesday at 9:55 p.m. in the Woodhaven Nursing Home following a long illness. He was 59.
     Born in Hopkins County Dec. 6, 1917 he was the son of Wess and Myrtle Thurman Blalock.
     A retired Air Force master sergeant and veteran of World War II he married the former Opal Audry Berry in Terrell in 1954. She preceded him in death in 1973.
     He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Genevieve Thompson of Greenpond and three aunts.
     Funeral service will be at 2 p.m Friday in the Tapp Funeral Home chapel with he Rev. L. B. Morgan and the Rev. Carl Acker officiating.
     Interment will be in the City Cemetery with Jimmy Lanford (sic), Jerry Norton, Pat Bailey, Johnnie Bailey, Walker Gentry, and Buck Byers serving as pallbearers.

Clipped obit dated 3-9- 1977

Myrtle Rebecca Thurman Blalock died 21 December 1962 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Friday, December 28, 1962
Mrs. Blalock Dies Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Wes Blalock, Route 2, Sulphur Springs, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Como Baptist Church. Mrs. Blalock died Friday afternoon in Fort Worth.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Lester McKinney and the Rev. L. B. Morgan. Burial was in Restlawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. Blalock was born March 14, 1885 in Texas, the daughter of Elija and Lena Derberry Thurman.
Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. William E. Thompson of Fort Worth; a son, A. M. Blalock of Tyler; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Sparkman of Hawkins, Mrs. Odena Detwiler of Kansas and Mrs. Mildred Aldrich of California; and two brothers, D. A. Thurman of Sulphur Springs and Dr. W. E. Thurman of San Angelo.
Palbearers were Paul Martin, Dewey Coker, Otis Kight, Bernard Lynch, Bill Estes, and Paul Kidd.
The Tapp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Wes Blalock died 01 April 1963 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Blalock Rites Set Wednesday

Funeral services for Wes Blalock of Fort Worth, who died Monday morning in a Fort Worth hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Como Baptist Church.
The Rev. Lester McKinney and the Rev. L. B. Morgan will be in charge of services. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Blalock, who was 77, was a native of Hopkins County. He was born Nov. 11, 1885, the son of Thomas and Matilda Bowen Blalock.
Survivors include a a son, A. M. Blalock of Tyler, and a daughter, Mrs. William E. Thompson of Fort Worth.
The Tapp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Wes and Myrtle Rebecca Blalock are buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, Hopkins County, Texas.

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Sources:
Delta County Probate Birth Records
Hopkins County Probate Birth Records
Hopkins County Death Records
Hopkins County Marriage Records
Cemetery photos
Obituaries
1900 Precinct 3, Hopkins, Texas
1910 Precinct 3, Hopkins, Texas - Page: 256 A, Line: 8 - Wes is enumerated as Wesley.
1920 Precinct 3, Hopkins, Texas - Wes' aunt, Lucinda Bowen lives with them.
1930 Precinct 3, Hopkins, Texas - Page: 147