Obits: Blackburn Thacker, Bertie May Pike County, Kentucky June 2007 Submitted by ; Diane Montgomery Parsons http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000062 ********************************************************************* 1913 - 2007 Bertie (May) Blackburn, age 93 of Lorain, OH died on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, Lorain, OH, following a short illness. She was born on November 25, 1913 in Grapevine, KY; moving to Elyria in 1965. For the past five years, she has made her home with her grandson Neil Ray of Lorain, OH. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, flowers and entertaining. Surviving is her daughter, Magdalene Ray of Pikeville, KY, grandson, Neil Ray of Lorain, OH; 4 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren; a brother, Daniel May of Pikeville. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Homer Thacker in 1964; second husband, Sherwood Blackburn in 1979; parents, John and Mary May; daughters Jearaldene Ray in 1976 and Lavonne Thacker in 1937; and many brothers and sisters. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in Thacker Funeral Home Chapel, Pikeville where funeral service will be on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 11:00 a.m., with Primitive Baptist Ministers officiating. Burial will follow in Annie E. Young Cemetery, Chloe Road, Pikeville. View a picture of Bertie (May) Blackburn; http://www.usgwarchives.org/ky/pike/obits/a-f_obitpics.htm#Bertie ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ -