Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman-Progress (Columbia, LA)
John D. Blackwell, Sr.
Services for John D. Blackwell Sr., 89, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home in Columbia with the Rev. Don Wright and the Rev. Glenn Lowery officiating.
Burial followed in the Bethany Cemetary [sic Cemetery] in Hebert.
Mr. Blackwell died Friday at the Columbia Heights Nursing Home after a long illness.
A member of the Bethany Baptist Church, Mr. Blackwell was a World War II veteran and a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Mr[s]. Beulah Whittington Blackwell of Hebert; two sons, J. D. Blackwell Jr. of Hebert and J. L. Blackwell of Tullos; three daughters, Mrs. Alma Maxwell of St. Gabriel, Mrs. Joy Kelley and Mrs. Mackie Duchesne, both of Hebert; 16 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were the grandsons.
Wednesday, June 13, 1984