William "Bunk" Harrison Blythe
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William Harrison BLYTHE
Birth: 22 Mar 1888
Death: 23 Sep 1967 in Crosby County, Texas
Burial: Spur Memorial Cemetery, Dickens County, Texas
Father: William Henry C. BLYTHE b. 27 Sep 1841 d. 03 Mar 1897 buried Coontown Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Mother: Margaret Rebecca FIELDS Blythe Armstrong b. 27 Apr 1859 Mississippi d. 11 Sep 1940 Paducah,
              Cottle County, Texas buried in Cottle County, Texas probably in Shinnery Cemetery (there is no tombstone)
Spouse: Helen Mary Taylor b. 25 Mar 1895 d. 1 Oct 1919 McKinney, Collin County, Texas,
              buried in Gardens of Memory, Paducah, Cottle County, Texas.
William and Helen had 1 son, William J. "Dub" Blythe, b. 29 Aug 1917 Texas, d. 26 Jun 1971 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
              He is buried in Grandview Memorial Park, Pasadena, Texas.

Submitted by Paula Fields

Obituary

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church for William Harrison (Bunk) Blythe, 76. Rev. Norris Taylor officiated.

A resident of Dickens County from 1955 to 1964, Mr. Blythe died Sept. 23 in Crosbyton.

He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Pallbearers included Carl Rye, Pat Robinson, Cecil Caplinger, Bill Dement, Marion Jordan and Don Moses.

Interment was in Spur Cemetery.

©The Texas Spur September 28, 1967
Transcribed by B. Hodges, September 2004

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