Charles Horace Blanton, Nov. 24 1870, Dec. 29, 1913, Though lost to sight to memory dear.
The Signal presented a short history of its old-time predecessor to members of the South Texas Genealogy Society Tuesday night and good things have already come from the meeting. STGS secretary Shirley Garcia dug through back issues of their genealogical quarterly to find the obituary of the original Skidmore Signal editor, Charles Blanton. Mrs. Garcia writes "I took the liberty of looking for Charles Blanton's obit since you said it was printed in the STGS quarterly. It was pub. in Spring issue, 2003, Vol 15, No 1 and extracted from the Beeville Picayune, Thursday, 1 Jan 1914, pg 7." We were so pleased at the rediscovery of the obituary that the entire staff of the Signal headed out to cemetery to search for Mr. Blanton's gravestone (pictured above). The obituary follows:
Skidmore Editor Dies Chas. H. Blanton, for the past seven years editor and proprietor of the Skidmore Signal, died Monday morning at this home in Skidmore, after a week's illness with typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Blanton had been in good health for some time, and his demise was a shock to his Beeville friends, to whom his serious illness was not know until his death was announced. Mr. Blanton came to Skidmore from the Karnes County, where he was in the newspaper business for many years. He was a versatile writer and gave the people of Skidmore a splendid newspaper. He was a hale fellow well met and numbered all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance as his friend. To the widow and orphans the Picayune extends sincerest sympathy in their irreparable loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Skidmore cemetery Tuesday.
Despite Mr. Blanton's passing, the Skidmore Signal survived another 5 years under at least two other publishers including W. Dickson and Professor J.J. Jenkins. The Signal published its final issues in August of 1918.
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