Paul David Blackshear, 84, of the Tigertown Community, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022.
Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2nd at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Harvey Blackshear & Rev. Wayne Blackshear officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Burial will be made in Tigertown Cemetery.
Paul, the youngest child of Charlie & Maggie Jackson Blackshear, was born Sept. 28, 1938, in Tigertown. He married Elwanda Worthey on May 28, 1959. They were blessed with almost fifty years of marriage before her death in 2009. He later married Billie Self in 2011, until her death in 2016.
Survivors include his brother, Wayne Blackshear & wife Alice, brothers-in-law, Ron Culpepper, Marx Offutt & wife Shirley and sister-in-law, Louise Thomas, along with many nieces & nephews, and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wives, brothers, Curtis & wives Thelma and Mary, C. M. & wife Virginia, Joe, Rex & wife Faye, sisters, Earnestine Hindman & husband Ode, and Wanza Kilpatrick Offutt & husband L. C.
Paul was a lifelong member of Cottonwood Church of God. He was a proud 1957 graduate of West Lamar High School. He worked several years at Uarco until he decided to farm and did so until retirement. He loved being around people and he never met a stranger.
Casket bearers will be: Brian Brumley, W. H. Brumley, Jeff Mahan, Bobby McQueen, Lynn McQueen, and James Morton.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Tigertown Cemetery Association, 4141 FM 2820, Sumner, TX 75486.
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