Funeral services will be held in the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday at 1 p.m. for Taft resident Edna Alois Blackburn, 85. The Rev. Sam White, pastor of the Cuyama Assembly of God, will officiate at the services. Burial will follow in the West Side District Cemetery.
Mrs. Blackburn was born in Thomas, Oklahoma, on September 9, 1909 and passed away August 31 in Bakersfield.
She traveled west in a covered wagon and made her last trip in a jet. She had lived in Taft for many years and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. She was a dedicated volunteer for the West Kern Oil Museum.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Blackburn; two daughters, Inez and Darlene, and two sons, Roy and Red, and a granddaughter, Delores_Inez_Galbraith. She is survived by two daughters, a son, a brother, fifteen grandchildren; thirty great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Monday from 2 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and again Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. until service time.
Mrs. Blackburn was born in Thomas, Oklahoma, on September 9, 1909 and passed away August 31 in Bakersfield.
She traveled west in a covered wagon and made her last trip in a jet. She had lived in Taft for many years and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. She was a dedicated volunteer for the West Kern Oil Museum.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Blackburn; two daughters, Inez and Darlene, and two sons, Roy and Red, and a granddaughter, Delores_Inez_Galbraith. She is survived by two daughters, a son, a brother, fifteen grandchildren; thirty great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Monday from 2 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and again Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. until service time.
Funeral services will be held in the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday at 1 p.m. for Taft resident Edna Alois Blackburn, 85. The Rev. Sam White, pastor of the Cuyama Assembly of God, will officiate at the services. Burial will follow in the West Side District Cemetery.
Mrs. Blackburn was born in Thomas, Oklahoma, on September 9, 1909 and passed away August 31 in Bakersfield.
She traveled west in a covered wagon and made her last trip in a jet. She had lived in Taft for many years and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. She was a dedicated volunteer for the West Kern Oil Museum.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Blackburn; two daughters, Inez and Darlene, and two sons, Roy and Red, and a granddaughter, Delores_Inez_Galbraith. She is survived by two daughters, a son, a brother, fifteen grandchildren; thirty great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Monday from 2 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and again Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. until service time.
Mrs. Blackburn was born in Thomas, Oklahoma, on September 9, 1909 and passed away August 31 in Bakersfield.
She traveled west in a covered wagon and made her last trip in a jet. She had lived in Taft for many years and was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. She was a dedicated volunteer for the West Kern Oil Museum.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Blackburn; two daughters, Inez and Darlene, and two sons, Roy and Red, and a granddaughter, Delores_Inez_Galbraith. She is survived by two daughters, a son, a brother, fifteen grandchildren; thirty great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Monday from 2 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and again Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. until service time.
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