Palestine High School Alumni Association

04 / 09 / 1910  –  08 / 19 / 1990

Services for Alex Blue, 80, of Palestine, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Herrington / Land of Memory Chapel, with the Revs. Bob Webb and Jack DuPree officiating.  Burial will be in Land of Memory Cemetery.

Mr. Blue died Saturday at Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness.  He was born April 9, 1910, in Lauderdale, Miss., a son of Alexander Philip and Agnes McElroy Blue.

He moved to Palestine in 1927 and graduated from Palestine High School in 1928.  He was employed by Robb & Rowley Theaters, and moved to McAlester, OK in 1940 to become a theater manager.

He was a sergeant in the Maraine Corps during World War II, seeing action in the South Pacific, Okinawa and China.

He was a past president of the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, a recipient of the Boy Scout Silver Beaver Award, a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner while in McAlester.

He moved to Tulsa in 1953 and was self-employed in the theater business.  He retired in 1973 and moved back to Palestine, where he was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Rotary Club and of Grace United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Elsie Morton Blue of Palestine; a son, A. Philip Blue Jr. of Norman, OK.; a daughter, Mary Ann Brewer of Richardson; and five grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Fred Miller, Drew Frantzen, Kelly Watlington, Joe Watlington, Marvin P. Morton and Michael Morton.

The family will receive condolence calls from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 10300 N. Central, Building IV, Suite 215, Dallas, Texas 75231