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© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma 2 May 2001 T. R. Blades Funeral service for T. R. Blades, age 82, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2001, in the College Heights Baptist Church. Rev. James Swain and Rev. C. A. "Pete" Spradlin will officiate. T. R. Blades was born on November 21, 1918, the son of Elmer Toledo Blades and Lula Raye O'Rear Blades, in Rush Springs, Oklahoma. He died on Sunday, April 29, 2001, in Chickasha. T. R. grew up on the family farm northeast of Rush Springs. He graduated from Ninnekah High School in 1936. T. R. joined the United States Army Infantry in 1942 and served during World War II. He married Ileta Ruth Shackelford on January 2, 1942, in Rush Springs. After his discharge from the Army, he moved to Rush Springs. T. R. lived in Perry, Oklahoma, for seventeen years where he worked for the Long Bell Lumber Company and as an insurance adjuster. He moved to Chickasha in 1970, and worked for General Adjustment Company. He later became an independent insurance adjuster. T. R. was a member of the College Heights Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Floyd and Roy Lee Blades. Survivors include his wife, Ileta Blades of the home; daughter, Tommie Ruth Alexander of Wichita Falls, Texas; daughter and son-in-law Cheryl Rhea and Jim K. Smith of Lubbock, Texas; brother, Alfred Blades of Rush Springs; six grandchildren; five great grandchildren. Interment will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery in Rush Springs, Oklahoma. Service will be under the direction of McRay Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the College Heights Baptist Church building fund. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha , Oklahoma 19 June 2001 Alfred Jackson Blades Funeral services for Alfred Jackson Blades, 80, of Rush Springs, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2001, at the Southern Baptist Church. Rev. Elmer Whitehead will officiate. Alfred Jackson Blades was born June 5, 1921, in Rush Springs, and died on Sunday, June 17, 2001, in Rush Springs. Burial will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery, under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel, Rush Springs. Memorial contributions may be made to the Southern Baptist Church Family Life Center or to the Rush Springs Senior Citizens Center. |
© Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home Rush Springs, Oklahoma February 9, 2009 Ileta Ruth [Shackelford] Blades Ileta Ruth [Shackelford] Blades, 85, of Lubbock, Texas, passed away Monday, Feb. 9, 2009, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel, with John Alexander officiating. Burial will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs, Okla. Ileta was born Sunday, Sept. 16, 1923, in Rush Springs, to Olie Shackelford and Jessie Harrison. She attended Rush Springs High School. Ileta married T.R. Blades on Jan. 2, 1942, in Rush Springs. He preceded her in death on April 29, 2001. Ileta enjoyed cooking and sewing. She was a member of the College Heights Baptist Church in Chickasha. Survivors include two daughters, Tommie Alexander of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Cheryl Harvey and husband Paul of Lubbock, Texas; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Bill Shackelford and wife Faye of Yukon; two sisters, Mary Layton of Austin, Texas, and Ruby Jenks and husband Robert of Edinburgh, Texas; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents. Condolences: www.callawaysmithcobb.com |
June 7, 2005 Larry Gene Blades Former Rush Springs resident Larry Gene Blades, 59, of Oklahoma City passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2005, in Oklahoma City. Funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel, Rush Springs, with the Rev. Elmer Whitehead officiating. Burial will be in Rush Springs Cemetery. |
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