Mary Blackburn

BERTRAND, Mo. -- Mary Margaret Blackburn, 71, of Bertrand died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Bertrand Nursing Facility.

She was born June 30, 1930 at Collinwood, Tenn., daughter of James Alonzo and Exie Marie Owens Martin. She and Richard Raymond Blackburn were married Oct. 19, 1957, at Bertrand.

Blackburn had lived in Mississippi County most of her life and worked as an lawyer's secretary in Charleston, Mo. She also worked several years for the city of Bertrand.

She was a member of Abundant Grace Church at Bertrand and taught Sunday school there.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Richard Keith Blackburn of Topeka, Kan., and Mark Alan Blackburn of Fort Belvoir, Va.; a daughter, Marlana Blackburn Patton of Dawson Springs, Ky.; four brothers, Jack Martin of Sikeston, Mo., Talmadge Martin of Paducah, Ky., Ted Martin of Bertrand and J.W. Martin of Brighton, Tenn.; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Larry Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston.