Undated article from unknown source. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. William H. Blades "William Henry (Will) Blades, 82, retired rural mail carrier out of Holliday, died at 10:35 o'clock Sunday night in Woodland Hospital. He had suffered several strokes and had been ill about one month. Mr. Blades was married June 13, (1915) to Miss Nell Sue Glascock and Monday was the couple's 45th wedding anniversary. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, William Gregory (Billy) Blades, Chicago; three grandchildren, Stephen, Debbie and Robert Allen Blades, a brother Gene Blades, Holliday; five sisters Mrs. Lewis Curtright, Mrs. George Hill, Mrs. Minnie Jackson, and Mrs. Len Wright, Holliday and Mrs. Lee Wilson, Omaha. The body was taken to the Thompson-Mackler Funeral Home in Madison. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock in the Holliday Christian Church by the pastor Rev. Richard Randall and burial in Bethel Cemetery, Holliday." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562