George Washington Blackwelder, 79 years of age, died at his home in Mt. Pleasant this morning at 1 o’clock after an illness of five days, death resulting from pneumonia.
The death of Mr. Blackwelder makes the second to occur in the rapidly thinning ranks of Confederate veterans, another member of his company in the war and a fellow-citizen of Mt. Pleasant, A.C. Barrier, passed away earlier in the week.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Holy Trinity Church, Mt. Pleasant, and burial will be made in the cemetery at Mt. Pleasant.
Surviving Mr. Blackwelder are three daughters, all wives of Lutheran ministers. They are Mrs. J.H.C. Fisher of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. R. L. Patterson of Freemont, Nebraska, and Mrs. Edward Fullenwider of Salisbury.
Mr. Blackwelder was born in Cabarrus Country on July 11, 1846. He was married to Mrs. Amy Lippard Cress on July 27, 1869.
Although he was confirmed in St. Johns Lutheran Church, he later moved his membership to Holy Trinity, Mt. Pleasant, where he was a faithful member until death.
During he war he enlisted in Company H, 8th North Carolina regiment. He was wounded in action on one occasion. During the years since the war, he has been a regular attendant of the reunions of Civil War veterans.
People of Mt. Pleasant, who deeply feel his death, remember the very beautiful prayer which he offered last Sunday in the congregation meeting at Holy Trinity Church. He was, those who knew him say, “a fine, orderly citizen; one who lived the Golden Rule.”
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Jan. 23, 1926
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