Dorothy Frances Eason Blackburn

BLACKBURN, Mrs. Dorothy Frances Eason, 75, widow of Thomas Franklin Blackburn Sr., died Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at her residence after an illness. Mrs. Blackburn was born March 22, 1933 in Warsaw, N.C., a daughter of the late John Fred and Avie Taylor Eason. She was a graduate of Warsaw high school and retired after 27 years as the owner and operator of Jack and Jill Child Care in Kingstree. Mrs. Blackburn attended Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are her sons, Thomas F. Blackburn Jr. and his wife Carolyn, of Prince George, Va., John F. Blackburn and his wife, Robbie, of Mt. Olive, N.C., Jeffrey K. Blackburn and his wife, Shirley, of Kingstree S.C., and Timothy C. Blackburn and his wife, Kary, of Ladson S.C.; sister, Naomi E. Bell and her husband, J.J., of Jacksonville, Fla.; grandchildren, Tracy (Bill) Price, Nancy (Travis) McKnight, Jamie (Melissa) Blackburn, T.C. (Alisha) Blackburn, Kimberly Blackburn, Thomas Farrington Blackburn, Britney Blackburn, Pacer Blackburn, Nicole Blackburn, Jessica Blackburn , John Thomas Blackburn, and Jared Blackburn; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in the Williamsburg Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Kingstree Second Baptist Church, 20 Dennis Ave., Kingstree, S.C. or Sandy Bay Pentecostal Holiness Church, 172 Delos Road, Kingstree, S.C. 29556.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.