Okey Crawford Blagg
1904 - 1970 (66 years)-
Name Okey Crawford Blagg Birth 25 Jan 1904 Heights, Mason Co., WV 
[1] Gender Male Death 1 Aug 1970 Springfield, Fairfax Co., VA [2] Cause: gunshot wound (killed in a robbery) Burial 4 Aug 1970 Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV [2] Person ID I19304 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 8 Jun 2010
Father Benjamin Henry Blagg, b. 4 Feb 1860, Collins Settlement, Lewis Co., VA d. 7 Dec 1934 (Age 74 years) Mother Luemma Susan Crawford, b. 8 Oct 1865, Upshur Co., VA d. 30 Jan 1966, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV (Age 100 years) Marriage 23 Aug 1883 Upshur Co., WV [3] Family ID F8196 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Helen McGuffin, b. 1909, Middleport, Meigs Co., OH d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 6 Mar 1927 Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV [4] Children 1. Juanita Blagg Family ID F8224 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Jun 2010
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Notes - Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, Monday, 3 Aug 1970, p. 11, col. D
Burglars Kill Ex-State Man In Virginia
SPRINGFIELD, Va. - A former Point Pleasant, W. Va., man was shot to death early Saturday while he investigated a burglary at the Northern Steel Co. here, Fairfax County Police said.
Okey C. Blagg, 67, was making his rounds as a security guard at the company when he came upon a burglary at the foreman's office, police said. Two assailants, who are still at large, beat Blagg and then shot him once in the head, police said. Officers believe Blagg shot one of the men.
The Rev. Clifford Schane will officiate at the services, to be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, Point Pleasant. Burial will be at Suncrest Cemetery.
Surviving Blagg are his widow, Helen McGuffin; daughter, Miss Juanita Blagg of New York; sisters, Mrs. Belva Smith of Point Pleasant and Mrs. Eula Scholl of Cincinnati, Ohio; brother, Donald O. Blagg of St. Albans.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
- Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV, Monday, 3 Aug 1970, p. 11, col. D
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