P. Leon Blackwell, age 59, of Martin Lake Rd., Gray Court, SC, and widower of Betty Blackwell died June 28, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born in Polk County, NC, and was a son of the late Paul and Betty Jo Atkins Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell was an employee of the J.Herman Powers Company, a memeber of the V.F.W. and was a Baptist by faith. He was a decorated US Army veteran of Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 and was in the 101 Airborne Division and was a survivor of Hamburger Hill.
He is survived by a long time companion, Dianne Goode of the home; one son, Bryan Paul Blackwell of Inman, SC; six step-children, Lee Smith and Gentry Goode of Lyman Lake, SC, Jessica Goode of the home, Steve Coleman of Simpsonville, and Tammy Wright and Lance Coleman, both of Fountain Inn, SC; six step-grandchildren; two brothers, William (Bill) Blackwell of Fountain Inn, SC, and Steve Blackwell of Pelzer, SC; and two sisters, Ann Gill of Spartanburg, SC, and Charlotte LaFoy of Mauldin, SC.
Memorials may be made to the DAV Shands Lanford Chapter 52, c/o Veteran Affairs Office, 3 Catherine St., Laurens, SC 29360 or the American Cancer Society, Arthur State Bank, c/o Shelby Deitz, PO Box 481, Clinton, SC 29325.
He was born in Polk County, NC, and was a son of the late Paul and Betty Jo Atkins Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell was an employee of the J.Herman Powers Company, a memeber of the V.F.W. and was a Baptist by faith. He was a decorated US Army veteran of Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 and was in the 101 Airborne Division and was a survivor of Hamburger Hill.
He is survived by a long time companion, Dianne Goode of the home; one son, Bryan Paul Blackwell of Inman, SC; six step-children, Lee Smith and Gentry Goode of Lyman Lake, SC, Jessica Goode of the home, Steve Coleman of Simpsonville, and Tammy Wright and Lance Coleman, both of Fountain Inn, SC; six step-grandchildren; two brothers, William (Bill) Blackwell of Fountain Inn, SC, and Steve Blackwell of Pelzer, SC; and two sisters, Ann Gill of Spartanburg, SC, and Charlotte LaFoy of Mauldin, SC.
Memorials may be made to the DAV Shands Lanford Chapter 52, c/o Veteran Affairs Office, 3 Catherine St., Laurens, SC 29360 or the American Cancer Society, Arthur State Bank, c/o Shelby Deitz, PO Box 481, Clinton, SC 29325.
P. Leon Blackwell, age 59, of Martin Lake Rd., Gray Court, SC, and widower of Betty Blackwell died June 28, 2007 in the Greenville Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born in Polk County, NC, and was a son of the late Paul and Betty Jo Atkins Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell was an employee of the J.Herman Powers Company, a memeber of the V.F.W. and was a Baptist by faith. He was a decorated US Army veteran of Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 and was in the 101 Airborne Division and was a survivor of Hamburger Hill.
He is survived by a long time companion, Dianne Goode of the home; one son, Bryan Paul Blackwell of Inman, SC; six step-children, Lee Smith and Gentry Goode of Lyman Lake, SC, Jessica Goode of the home, Steve Coleman of Simpsonville, and Tammy Wright and Lance Coleman, both of Fountain Inn, SC; six step-grandchildren; two brothers, William (Bill) Blackwell of Fountain Inn, SC, and Steve Blackwell of Pelzer, SC; and two sisters, Ann Gill of Spartanburg, SC, and Charlotte LaFoy of Mauldin, SC.
Memorials may be made to the DAV Shands Lanford Chapter 52, c/o Veteran Affairs Office, 3 Catherine St., Laurens, SC 29360 or the American Cancer Society, Arthur State Bank, c/o Shelby Deitz, PO Box 481, Clinton, SC 29325.
He was born in Polk County, NC, and was a son of the late Paul and Betty Jo Atkins Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell was an employee of the J.Herman Powers Company, a memeber of the V.F.W. and was a Baptist by faith. He was a decorated US Army veteran of Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 and was in the 101 Airborne Division and was a survivor of Hamburger Hill.
He is survived by a long time companion, Dianne Goode of the home; one son, Bryan Paul Blackwell of Inman, SC; six step-children, Lee Smith and Gentry Goode of Lyman Lake, SC, Jessica Goode of the home, Steve Coleman of Simpsonville, and Tammy Wright and Lance Coleman, both of Fountain Inn, SC; six step-grandchildren; two brothers, William (Bill) Blackwell of Fountain Inn, SC, and Steve Blackwell of Pelzer, SC; and two sisters, Ann Gill of Spartanburg, SC, and Charlotte LaFoy of Mauldin, SC.
Memorials may be made to the DAV Shands Lanford Chapter 52, c/o Veteran Affairs Office, 3 Catherine St., Laurens, SC 29360 or the American Cancer Society, Arthur State Bank, c/o Shelby Deitz, PO Box 481, Clinton, SC 29325.
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