Juanita Beck Blackburn

My life, as are so many others, are blessed to have known Mrs. Juanita Blackburn and her family. She was my second grade teacher, my favorite grade school teacher, and left a good mark on me academically. However, it was her kindness and love for Christ that left a bigger mark. I say this about all the Blackburn Family. I was blessed to keep up with them while at SHBC and for years beyond. Thanks for sharing your lives and impacting others in the victory that is CHRIST's! LOVE all of you!

Oh, wow, I just happen to read the obituaries, and there is sweet Mrs. Blackburn, my 2nd grade teacher at John Will. I, too, now live in Birmingham, and as I continue reading, could it be that I then taught her grandson at Hoover High School? Not sure, but what a coincidence if so! I vividly remember Mrs. Blackburn's daughter visiting in her Trail Maid dress, her eating vanilla Figurines at lunch, and her playing lots of Hap Palmer records. My deepest sympathies to the family. Forty years...

I shall forever be grateful to so many who blessed my life in my early years in the ministry. Gerald & Juanita were certainly two of those people. Our days at Bethel Baptist Church in Citronelle, Alabama were so very special. Part of that is due to the fact that we got to know the entire Blackburn family. To God be the glory for a legacy which surely lives on in the lives of this family.

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family, Dr. Blackburn. Your mom sounds like she was a very special person and know you will miss her.

I would like to offer my condolences for the Blackburn family in this time of grief. May the cherish memories shared help you cope through this difficult time.