Paul Elihu Blair

1908 - 1973  (65 years)

• Name	Paul Elihu Blair  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	24 Jan 1908	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Married to Ruby; Relation to Head: Head
  Military Draft Registration	1940	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Draft Registration - WWII
  Military Service	19 Oct 1942  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	US Army Air Corps - WWII
  Death	2 Jul 1973  [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  	Ruth and Paul Blair are buried together
  		Burial-BLAIR Ruth and Paul Elizabeth McClain Blair and Paul E Blair are buried with the same memorial marker Front: Paul Elihu Blair 1908-1973 Back: Elizabeth Ruth McClain Blair 1919-1967 Flag placement by Scouts of the Middle Tennessee Council, BSA during Memorial Day weekend 2024 - Nashville National Cemetery + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10512507/paul-elihu-blair…
  		Nashville National Cemetery Madison, Davidson Tennessee Find a Grave: #109429 Plot: National Cemetery
  Person ID	I25668	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Ruth McClain,   b. 9 Mar 1919, Mount Joy, Maury, Tennessee, USA d. 27 Sep 1967, Maury County, Tennessee, USA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F10974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Rubye Layton Herring,   b. 29 Jul 1913, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Feb 1944, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F10975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Jan 1908 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Ruby; Relation to Head: Head - 1940 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1940 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S363] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 23 [S11284] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Nashville National), (Location: Madison TN;), BLAIR Paul Elihu 1908-1973 (Veteran). "CPL - Army Air Forces - World War II" Elizabeth McClain Blair and Paul E Blair are buried with the same memorial marker at Nashville National Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10512507/paul-elihu-blair [S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites. [S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S1274] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland ; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Numb. [S254] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2019;), National Archives and Records Administration; Hospital Admission Card Files, ca. 1970 - ca. 1970; NAI: 570973; Record Group Number: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), 1775-1994; Record Group Title: 112. [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03973; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 99-75. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03973; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 99-75 [S2454] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Ruby Blair • NashvilleTennessean - Feb 1944, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 17 Feb 1944;), The Tennessean; Publication Date: 17 Feb 1944; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs Paul Blair - Funeral services for Mrs Paul Blair, 30, who died Tuesday at a Nashville hospital after a year's illness, will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Burkitt, Son and Cullum by the Rev. Fred Stroud and the Rev G L Cullom. Mrs. Blair was the wife of Cpl. Paul Blair, who is stationed at the Nashville Army Air Center. Before her illness, Mrs. Blair lived at 1020 Maxwell Avenue. A native of Naahville, Mrs. Blair was educated In Nashville schools and was a member of the First Independent Church. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs Blair leaves her father, A H Herring, Nashville; three sisters, Mrs. Lela Parker, Nashville, Mrs Pat Rutherford, Atlanta, and Mrs Dan Joslin, Atlanta, and two brothers, Horace Herring, Atlanta, and A H Herring, Jr., Cincinnati. https://www.newspapers.com/image/148632327/?article=ac130f7f-cbe1-425b-a2f0-8f35eb42b136&focus=0.148701,0.5358726,0.27175722,0.5918785&xid=3355 Obituary-BLAIR Ruby (Herring) Obituary of RUBYE LAYTON HERRING BLAIR • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 17 Feb 1944, Thu • Page 14 [S4949] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Ruth Blair • Nashville Tennessean - 29 Sep 1967, Elizabeth Ruth McClain Blair -- The Tennessean; Publication Date: 29 Sep 1967; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee. RUTH BLAIR 746 S. 7th Street, Wednesday morning September 27, 1967 at a local Infirmary. Survived by husband, Paul Blair. Remains are at the Funeral Home of Phillips-Robinson Co., where funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 9:00 o'clock. Please omit flowers. Send donations to American Cancer Society. Interment National Cemetery. PHILLIPS-ROBINSON CO https://www.newspapers.com/image/113338202/?article=0d049764-6a60-47d7-bed5-ca6b286f3ac0&focus=0.04928925,0.43892416,0.15812457,0.48799047&xid=3355