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Sam Blackwell Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 17, 2013.

Sam Hoyte
Blackwell, Jr.
June 6, 1920-
January 8, 2013
Tucker, Ga- Sam Hoyte Blackwell, Jr., age 92, passed away on January 8, 2013, after a brief illness. He was born on June 6, 1920, in Chapel Hill, TN, the son of Samuel Hoyte Blackwell and Zella Marie Burks. He grew up in Columbus, GA, and graduated from Industrial (Jordan) High School.
Following graduation, he enrolled at Georgia Tech on a basketball scholarship. Because of WWII, he left Georgia Tech to join the U.S. Naval Air Corps. During his service in the Navy, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. With the conclusion of the war in 1945, his squadron was decommissioned and he returned to Atlanta and received his degree from Georgia Tech.
He married Elizabeth Sue Moore on July 10, 1948, in Columbus. Hoyte was employed by the Georgia Department of Labor in Columbus, subsequently being transferred to Atlanta in 1961. He retired from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Hoyte was predeceased in death by his beloved wife, Bette, and his brother Charles W. Blackwell.
Hoyte is survived by daughters Betty Warner, Buford, GA, and Janet and Bill Rocker, Johns Creek, GA. Grandchildren Tiffany and Jason Moore, Hoschton, GA; Mallory Warner, Kennesaw, GA; Beth Rocker, Johns Creek, GA; Andy and Anna Rocker, Atlanta, GA; great-granddaughter, Emily Moore, Hoschton, GA; step-grandchildren David Rocker, Atlanta, GA, Lyn and Steve Pharris, Columbus, GA; son-in-law, Lee Sechler, Reno, NV; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be at Floral Hills Funeral Home, 3150 Lawrenceville Highway, Tucker, GA, on January 19th beginning at 9:00am with funeral at 10:30 am. Interment, with full military honors, will be at Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, on January 19th at 2:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial offerings to Alzheimer's research.
Arrangements by Floral Hills Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Tucker

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January 17, 2013

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Joan Lietz

January 17, 2013

Tiffany,
My heart goes out to you and your family. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. May God bless.

G. Johnson

January 17, 2013

It can be so hard to face the first year without your loved one, but the love of family and friends can carry you through.

January 17, 2013

To the family I offer my deepest condolences., please rely on Gods strength and let him be your refuge to get you through this difficult time.(John 5:28)

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January 17, 2013

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

Sharpe (Rev. 21:4)

January 17, 2013

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

January 17, 2013

I will always have wonderful memories of my Uncle Hoyte. He was a wonderful brother to my daddy and a wonderful & sweet uncle to me. He shared many emails with me in our shared love of planes and flying! I will miss Uncle Hoyte so much and I loved him very much. Love, Barbie

January 17, 2013

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

S.Griggs

January 17, 2013

To the Blackwell family as the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

January 14, 2013

Hoyte's family,

Just wanted you to know that we will miss Bette and Hoyte. When we moved into the neighborhood 25 years ago. Hoyte and my former husband were talking and Hoyte mentioned he was a Georgia Tech grad. Well, we hired Bulldog movers so Hoyte knew the "Dawgs" were in the neighborhood:)

He loved going to the games and also watching them on tv. One day my daughter and I were visiting him at home and he had 3 games going at once!

We will miss him!

Elaine, Janet and Jacqueline Reel

January 12, 2013

I am going to really miss Sam. I enjoyed seeing him over the years at the squadron reunions. I always looked forward to his emails. He had become a good friend.
Roy Hill - Houston (son of Wilson "Pop" Hill VC-27 Flying Saints)

January 11, 2013

To Hoyte's family: We are so very sorry for your loss-- it is our loss, too. We loved Hoyte. We knew him for about 55 years, and always enjoyed sharing time with he and Bette and you all.

Hoyte hired Bob to work with him in the Columbus Office of the Georgia State Employment Service, Georgia Department of Labor, when Bob was 24 years old. Hoyte mentored Bob through a succession of jobs with increased responsibility, and we became fast friends.

Every month the Six by Six group, as Hoyte called it, would rotate to one another's house for dinner-- Hoyte and Bette, us, Bob and Mary Redmond, Ennis and Jessie Quinn, Sam and Sara Betty Steen, Jim and Marge Whichard, and Bill and Johnnylee McLeod.

When Hoyte transferred to become the Atlanta Area Supervisor, he brought Bob along to serve as the Atlanta Area Labor Market Analyst. When they both moved on to Federal Government, Hoyte to the U.S. Department of Labor, and Bob to the National Archives, we were still close, getting together often and making an annual trip to Panama City Beach.

There are so many memories, and we will miss him- and Bette.

May God bless and keep you all.

Penny Brock

January 11, 2013

Dear Tiffany and family. My prayers are with you at this time. May God help you with this loss. He is now home with your Grandmother and in a much better place or that is what I must believe about our loved ones.

Tiffany Moore

January 11, 2013

I love u grandad! I love u and miss you! There is not one special moment in my life that didn't include you- how can my hero, my angel, my second dad be really gone! You were so special and honorable. I am so blessed to have had you love me so much. I will never forget you-EVER!

Mallory Warner

January 11, 2013

Dear Grandad, I cannot even express the magnitude of the UNCONDITIONAL LOVE that you showed to me. You were there with me in my life from the time I was in diapers, to now. You have accepted me for the woman I am and shown me what TRUE LOVE is. I am inspired to continue your LEGACY and I will keep our FAMILY close! I love you so much Grandad. I love you for the Grandad that you are to us, the FATHER you have been to Aunt Janet and Mom. The Father and friend u have been to Uncle Bill...oh my gosh how could I write how wonderful of a man u are in one page? I had better just close this paragraph with this-I will NEVER forget all the wonderful pictures and World War 2 Memories you shared with me. I will have my bedroom dedicated to you on one wall. I will forever speak of WW2 as being the war that changed history. ANd I will FOREVER speak of yoy as being the MAN who changed my HISTORY. I love u. The tears I shed are ones of me wishing I could hold you in my arms once more..u are with your PRINCESS now-please tell Grandmother I said Hi :) xxoxoxoxoxoxo