Obituary of Charlie William Blackman ~ 2004

Source: The Goldsboro News-Argus Nov 4 2004

FAISON -- The funeral for Charlie William Blackman, 85, will be held 
Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Royal-Hall Funeral Home. 
Burial, with military honors, will be in Wayne Memorial Park near Goldsboro.
Mr. Blackman died Saturday at Mount Vernon Nursing Home in Alexandria, Va. 
He was a native of Wayne County and was the son of the late Leslie Raymond 
and Dora Lee Johnson Blackman. He graduated from Grantham High School, 
served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and retired from the United 
States Postal Service.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Judy Nishikawa Blackman, and 
is survived by his second wife, Yasuko Nishikawa Blackman; a daughter, 
Barbara Ann Blackman of Springfield, Va.; a son, Charlie W. Blackman Jr. 
of Alexandria, Va.; six sisters, Margaret B. Gillis of Sylvester, Ga., 
Althea B. Chestnutt of Mount Olive, Annette Blackman of Faison and Dora 
Lee Tyndall, Nellie Honeycutt and Mildred Best of Clinton; one brother, 
Leslie R. Blackman Jr. of Faison.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the 
service on Friday, and other times at the home of Annette Blackman, 1699 
Giddensville Road, Faison.





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