Malcolm Blue

My Uncle Malcolm died Thursday evening.

The photo here shows his oldest brother in the foreground, Uncle Barney, sitting with him on the front porch of the home place. On a Sunday afternoon when I was a child, this porch was the gathering place of my mama's brothers (my daddy was allowed there too:))

He was the last sibling to survive of the family of John Patrick Blue & Christian Ann Stewart Blue of Lobelia, NC.

An end of a generation raised in the Depression, who lost their father to a stroke in 1937 (when my mama was 12 and Malcolm & Clarence were younger) and pulled together to support each other during that extremely difficult time, the Blues were hard workers, plain God-fearing Presbyterians, who loved their Scottish heritage and spoke of that place (Scotland) as if they had seen it.

Uncle Malcolm himself was a printer by trade and worked most of his life for his brother, my Uncle Cliff, who owned The Sandhill Citizen newspaper in Aberdeen, NC

Tragically, of this Blue family in their latter years, Cliff, Malcolm, Catherene, and Clarence struggled with Alzheimer's Disease. Their mama also, "Chrish", ended her days with the same disease.
Barney and Marshall did not, thank the Lord.

This Sunday Uncle Malcolm's funeral will be held after the Stewart Reunion at Cypress Church, near Vass, NC.; his Stewart family, his home church, the place and people he loved. And he will be buried there in the cemetery where most of the Blues and Stewart's are buried. My mama use to love to walk among the grave markers there and tell us about her beloved relatives who had "gone on before her".

Rest in peace, dear Uncle Malcolm. A humble man, a quiet man, who was devoted to God, his church, and his family.

May the LORD comfort Aunt Herminia, cousin Ann and Chester, cousin Jim and Scarlett, and all the family.
We grieve with you.

You can read more and see more photos of the Blues/Stewarts at http://drpepper.jamawkinaw.com/memories.htm