Extracted from The Appleton Post-Gazette (Appleton, WI)
Tuesday, February 26, 1929

BLACKWOOD RITES ARE HELD TUESDAY

Services Conducted at Weatherby Residence by Rev. H. P. Freeling

Special to Post-Crescent

New London -- The funeral of Riley Orville Blackwood, who died suddenly at the home of Mrs. A. Annie C. Weatherby, W. Cook st. on Friday evening, was conducted at the Weatherby residence home Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. H. P. Freeling of the Congregational church. Those present for the funeral from out of town were the two sons Russell of Montgomery, Ala.; Bernard of Chickasaw, Ala.; Mrs. J. E. Brooks of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Will Dick of Memphis, Tenn., the latter being sisters of the deceased.

Mr. Blackwood was born in this city on Sept. 3, 1874. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Blackwood, who for years owned a farm east of the city. Latter [sic Later] Mr. Blackwood became connected with the Hatton Lumber company and in the employ of this company was sent to Phillipp, Miss. Later the family moved to Woodbluff, where he became superintendent of another mill of the company. A later move took Mr. Blackwood to Chickasaw, and until the time that he went to Mount Vernon, Ala., Mr. Blackwood was still employed by the Hatton company. At the latter point he was superintendent of a group of southern lumber mills.