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Charles Milton
Blalack
Carrollton &
Farmers Branch
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Funeral for Charles Blalack, Carrollton businessman, set Funeral services for
Charles Milton Blalack of Carrollton, president of Moore Lumber Co., and former
publicity director of the Southwest Conference Athletic Association, will be at
10 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church, Carrollton.
Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery
at Carrollton.
Blalack died Friday in Denton. He was 63.
A 40-year resident of Carrollton, Blalack was born in Plano and was a 1942
graduate of Baylor University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II
and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant commander.
After his military service, Blalack was publicity director for the Southwest
Conference Athletic Association from 1946 to 1954, then served 11 years as a
vice president of Skillern's Drugs. in 1968, he joined Moore Lumber Co. and
eventually became president of the company, which has yards across Texas.
He was a trustee of the Carrollton-Famers Branch Independent School District for
12 years, 1960-1972, including four years during which he served as board
president.
Blalack was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Carrollton, where
he was chairman of the administrative board, and was a past president of the
Carrollton Lions Club. He was a life member and past master of the James A.
Smith Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Margueriette; a daughter, Dian Moore of Dallas; a
son, Mike Blalack of Carrollton; two brothers, Raymond A. Blalack of Sherman and
James A. Blalack of Sun City, Ariz., and four grandchildren.The Dallas
Morning News - Sunday, August 30, 1981; pg 31a
Submitted by
Edward Lynn Williams
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Charles M. Blalack Middle
School Built in 1985, the school is named fro former Carrollton-Farmers Branch
School Board President Charles Blalack. Blalack, also a former R.L. Turner
football announcer, served on the Board for 12 years, from 1960 until 1972,
and as its chairman from 1968 to 1972. The school’s library is named in
honor of Blalack’s wife, Margueritte, because of her faithful support of the
school. Blalack’s son, Mike, also served as a member of the school board
from 1982 until 1988. |
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BLALACK
CHARLES M. - 1917 - 1981
MARGUERIETTE - 1921 - 1988
Hilltop Memorial Park, Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas
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