David Richard (Dock) Blakely was born in Rock Springs, Sullivan County, TN 9 May 1865 and died 10 May 1966 in Helenwood, Scott County, TN. In 1893 he married Sarah Elizabeth Cline, they had eleven children. They lived many years in Burrville, Morgan County directly across the road from the Mount Vernon Methodist Church and Cemetery. Sarah died in 1939, in 1940 Dock 75 married Catherine Cadle 47, they lived together until his death in 1966. Dock Blakley is buried in the Mount Vernon Cemetery, Burrville next to his first wife Sarah.
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BLAKLEY, Sarah Elizabeth –was born September 24, 1874 and died July 19, 1939; aged 64 years, 9 months and 25 days. In 1893 she was united in marriage to D. R. BLAKLEY. To this union, 11 children were born, two of who preceded her in death. Forty-five years ago Mrs. BLAKLEY became a Christian and to her convictions she remained faithful to her death. She met the trials of life squarely, never shirking anything because it was unpleasant to her. She was ever loving and loyal to her family and friends and was a most devoted wife and mother. She leaves to mourn her passing, a husband, a mother, nine children, four sisters and two brothers, twenty-two grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Her children are: Enoch, Omar and John of Detroit, Michigan; Ruble of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Zelma of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Etta VARNER of Lenoir City, Tenn., Mrs. Boyd DAVIDSON of Hammond, Indiana and Jesse and Iva Joe of Burrville. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p. m. from the Church, Rev. J. B. PETERS officiating; sympathy is extended to the family by friends and neighbors of the community. [Morgan County News, 7-27-1939, Vol. 22, No. 16]
[From: Morgan County Newspaper Obituaries-1935-1940]
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