Millie (Justice) Blackburn
January 9, 1937 — January 17, 2003
Millie Blackburn, 65, Ewington passed away Friday, January 17, 2003 at Ohio State University Hospitals in Columbus. She was born May 9, 1937 in Williamson, West Virginia, daughter of the late Otis Justice and Bessie Slone Justice. She was a former employee of the Industrial Ceramics, and later the Big Drum Inc. in Columbus.
She married Bennie Blackburn August 22, 1953 in Chattroy, West Virginia and he survives along with a son and a daughter: Danny (Barbara) Blackburn, Delhi, California and Fannie Taylor, Ewington; seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; and four sisters: Evelyn Spaulding, Crum, West Virginia; Carrie May, Grove City; Clara Chaffins, Pontiac, Michigan and Helen Dietzel, Lakeland, Florida.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a great-grandson. She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.
Services will be 11:00 AM Monday, January 20, 2003 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton with Brothers Mickey Maynard and Roger Blackburn officiating. Burial will be in the Blackburn Family Cemetery, near Ewington. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2:00-6:00 PM Sunday, January 19, 2003.