Virgie E. Blalock

Virgie E. Blalock

• Virgie E. Blalock was born on 31 July 1905 in Louisiana.
• She married Eric Talmage Abercrombie, son of James Holman Abercrombie and Sarah Louisa Davis, on 12 June 1920.
• Eric Talmage Abercrombie registered for the draft in 1942 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, while living with his wife in Jonesboro, and self-employed there as a farmer.
• Virgie E. Blalock became a widow at the 1 January 1963 death of her husband Eric Talmage Abercrombie.
• The following appeared on 3 January 1963 in the Jackson Independent: Funeral services for E. T. Abercrombie, age 65, of Jonesboro, LA were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Jonesboro United Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Lonnie Treadway conducting. Interment followed in the Mt. Olive cemetery under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.
       The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Virgie Abercrombie; two sons, Dalton Abercrombie of Jonesboro and Talmadge Abercrombie of Cotton Valley; two brothers, L. L. Abercrombie of Jonesboro and W. J. Abercrombie of Baton Rouge; one sister, Mrs. Guy Brantley of Jonesboro and 4 grandchildren.
       Mr. Abercrombie died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon at his home.
       Pallbearers were Jimmy Clary, G. W. Treadway, Bud Robinson, Louis Miller, Bill Gatlin and Leonard Bosch.
• Virgie E. Blalock died on 17 August 1992 at age 87 in Louisiana.
• She was interred at East Mount Olive Cemetery, Mount Olive, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

• Last Edited: 27 Apr 2013