Pearl Blystone
PEARL WAS BORN IN THE HILL COUNTRY ON MAY 29, 1916. SHE WAS MARRIED TO GEORGE BLYSTONE FOR FORTY-EIGHT YEARS AND IS NOW A WIDOW. PEARL HAS ONE SON, GEORGE M. BLYSTONE, AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, MARY ELLEN. SHE ALSO HAS ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, RHONDA, AND A GREAT GRANDSON, DAVID.

PEARL HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE FOREST OAKS BAPTIST CHURCH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. PEARL BEGAN HER BOWLING CAREER IN THE EARLY 1960’S. DURING HER CAREER SHE NOT ONLY SERVED AS A DIRECTOR ON THE PASADENA WOMEN’S BOWLING ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT ALSO SERVED AS THE ASSOCIATION TREASURER FOR FOUR YEARS. PEARL ATTENDED ALL OF THE WOMEN’S CITY TOURNAMENTS UP UNTIL A YEAR OR TWO AGO, AND MANY OF THE STATE AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AS WELL, SERVING AS A DELEGATE SEVERAL TIMES.

SHE PERFORMED THE DUTIES OF SECRETARY ON A NUMBER OF LEAGUES OVER THE YEARS. THE OLD TRI-CITY LEAGUE STANDS OUT MOST. PEARL HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE PASADENA 500/600 CLUB AND IS STILL A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION.

ALTHOUGH SHE IS UNABLE TO BOWL THIS YEAR DUE TO SEVERAL KNEE SURGERIES, PEARL HAS BOWLED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE SENIOR LEAGUE AT AMF LANES. HER CAREER HIGH GAME IS A 24? WITH A HIGH SERIES OF 624. PEARL HAS CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL IN TIME AND DEVOTION TO OUR ASSOCIATION AND FOR THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

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