Genevieve Able Blackmon: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Thursday, July 26, 2012
Deceased Name: Genevieve Able Blackmon
FORT WORTH - Genevieve Able Blackmon, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, after a bout with pneumonia. She died comfortably at her home in Fort Worth in the company of her husband of 74 years.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at University Christian Church, with a private family committal to follow. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Memorials: Gifts in her memory may be given to Texas Christian University.
Genevieve was born and raised in Houston with her three brothers, the late Conover Able, Luke Able and Lavert Able, who continued their lives and notable careers within their hometown. Genevieve left home for Texas Christian University where she met her husband to be, William G. "Floppy" Blackmon Jr., a student from Northside High School on an athletic scholarship for football and basketball. One afternoon Floppy spotted Genevieve amidst a group of girls in the cafeteria line at school and he knew from that moment that she was the only girl for him. Genevieve graduated with a bachelor's degree from the School of Fine Arts and soon left for Oakland, Calif., where she became Floppy's bride before he was shipped off to the Pacific as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
After the war the couple settled in Fort Worth, applying the upholstering skills that they had both learned from Genevieve's family's business. They eventually partnered with TCU friends Mary and Scott Mooring in a joint family business that lasted 54 years. The business eventually expanded into furniture and carpet cleaning and grew into an international company that is known today as Blackmon Mooring.
Genevieve and Floppy eventually bought a home behind the TCU stadium and raised three sons in the shadow of their beloved TCU campus. All three boys graduated from TCU while Genevieve and Floppy remained deeply devoted alumni, serving their alma mater faithfully and attending every possible basketball and football game through the later years of their life. They proudly watched as 13 family members followed in their footsteps through their beloved university.
In approximately 1946, Genevieve and Floppy joined University Christian Church where they raised their boys and served as active, devoted members. Genevieve was elected president of the TCU Women's Exes. She was a member of Canwick and the Fort Worth Woman's Club. She was a member of Colonial Country Club where she played weekly tennis double matches with her friends, and was part of the first class of trained docents for the Kimbell Art Museum. She amazed us all, remaining active in all these organizations until sometime in her 80's. Genevieve closed the activities of her life with the rigors of yoga and the broadening of her mind in a weekly book club. She was ever learning, ever expanding, and when she couldn't find enough of it in the confines of Texas, she found it in exploring other countries. She and Floppy began traveling in 1940 with a group of eight friends from TCU and eventually traveled through every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
In 1994, Genevieve along with her husband, Floppy, were chosen by TCU to receive the Most Valuable Alumni Award for their outstanding contribution and service to society. It was an unexpected blessing and a crowning achievement in the lives of a couple who met, married, and raised their sons under a banner of purple and white.
The family wishes to express special thanks to the caretakers who lovingly cared for Genevieve in the final days of her life: Candice Crooks, Lavern Shelton, Angie Bumpass and Monica Nava.
Survivors: Genevieve was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her husband, Floppy;
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Rd., 817-336-0584
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Thursday, July 26, 2012
Deceased Name: Genevieve Able Blackmon
FORT WORTH - Genevieve Able Blackmon, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, after a bout with pneumonia. She died comfortably at her home in Fort Worth in the company of her husband of 74 years.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at University Christian Church, with a private family committal to follow. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Memorials: Gifts in her memory may be given to Texas Christian University.
Genevieve was born and raised in Houston with her three brothers, the late Conover Able, Luke Able and Lavert Able, who continued their lives and notable careers within their hometown. Genevieve left home for Texas Christian University where she met her husband to be, William G. "Floppy" Blackmon Jr., a student from Northside High School on an athletic scholarship for football and basketball. One afternoon Floppy spotted Genevieve amidst a group of girls in the cafeteria line at school and he knew from that moment that she was the only girl for him. Genevieve graduated with a bachelor's degree from the School of Fine Arts and soon left for Oakland, Calif., where she became Floppy's bride before he was shipped off to the Pacific as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
After the war the couple settled in Fort Worth, applying the upholstering skills that they had both learned from Genevieve's family's business. They eventually partnered with TCU friends Mary and Scott Mooring in a joint family business that lasted 54 years. The business eventually expanded into furniture and carpet cleaning and grew into an international company that is known today as Blackmon Mooring.
Genevieve and Floppy eventually bought a home behind the TCU stadium and raised three sons in the shadow of their beloved TCU campus. All three boys graduated from TCU while Genevieve and Floppy remained deeply devoted alumni, serving their alma mater faithfully and attending every possible basketball and football game through the later years of their life. They proudly watched as 13 family members followed in their footsteps through their beloved university.
In approximately 1946, Genevieve and Floppy joined University Christian Church where they raised their boys and served as active, devoted members. Genevieve was elected president of the TCU Women's Exes. She was a member of Canwick and the Fort Worth Woman's Club. She was a member of Colonial Country Club where she played weekly tennis double matches with her friends, and was part of the first class of trained docents for the Kimbell Art Museum. She amazed us all, remaining active in all these organizations until sometime in her 80's. Genevieve closed the activities of her life with the rigors of yoga and the broadening of her mind in a weekly book club. She was ever learning, ever expanding, and when she couldn't find enough of it in the confines of Texas, she found it in exploring other countries. She and Floppy began traveling in 1940 with a group of eight friends from TCU and eventually traveled through every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
In 1994, Genevieve along with her husband, Floppy, were chosen by TCU to receive the Most Valuable Alumni Award for their outstanding contribution and service to society. It was an unexpected blessing and a crowning achievement in the lives of a couple who met, married, and raised their sons under a banner of purple and white.
The family wishes to express special thanks to the caretakers who lovingly cared for Genevieve in the final days of her life: Candice Crooks, Lavern Shelton, Angie Bumpass and Monica Nava.
Survivors: Genevieve was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her husband, Floppy;
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Rd., 817-336-0584
Genevieve Able Blackmon: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Thursday, July 26, 2012
Deceased Name: Genevieve Able Blackmon
FORT WORTH - Genevieve Able Blackmon, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, after a bout with pneumonia. She died comfortably at her home in Fort Worth in the company of her husband of 74 years.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at University Christian Church, with a private family committal to follow. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Memorials: Gifts in her memory may be given to Texas Christian University.
Genevieve was born and raised in Houston with her three brothers, the late Conover Able, Luke Able and Lavert Able, who continued their lives and notable careers within their hometown. Genevieve left home for Texas Christian University where she met her husband to be, William G. "Floppy" Blackmon Jr., a student from Northside High School on an athletic scholarship for football and basketball. One afternoon Floppy spotted Genevieve amidst a group of girls in the cafeteria line at school and he knew from that moment that she was the only girl for him. Genevieve graduated with a bachelor's degree from the School of Fine Arts and soon left for Oakland, Calif., where she became Floppy's bride before he was shipped off to the Pacific as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
After the war the couple settled in Fort Worth, applying the upholstering skills that they had both learned from Genevieve's family's business. They eventually partnered with TCU friends Mary and Scott Mooring in a joint family business that lasted 54 years. The business eventually expanded into furniture and carpet cleaning and grew into an international company that is known today as Blackmon Mooring.
Genevieve and Floppy eventually bought a home behind the TCU stadium and raised three sons in the shadow of their beloved TCU campus. All three boys graduated from TCU while Genevieve and Floppy remained deeply devoted alumni, serving their alma mater faithfully and attending every possible basketball and football game through the later years of their life. They proudly watched as 13 family members followed in their footsteps through their beloved university.
In approximately 1946, Genevieve and Floppy joined University Christian Church where they raised their boys and served as active, devoted members. Genevieve was elected president of the TCU Women's Exes. She was a member of Canwick and the Fort Worth Woman's Club. She was a member of Colonial Country Club where she played weekly tennis double matches with her friends, and was part of the first class of trained docents for the Kimbell Art Museum. She amazed us all, remaining active in all these organizations until sometime in her 80's. Genevieve closed the activities of her life with the rigors of yoga and the broadening of her mind in a weekly book club. She was ever learning, ever expanding, and when she couldn't find enough of it in the confines of Texas, she found it in exploring other countries. She and Floppy began traveling in 1940 with a group of eight friends from TCU and eventually traveled through every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
In 1994, Genevieve along with her husband, Floppy, were chosen by TCU to receive the Most Valuable Alumni Award for their outstanding contribution and service to society. It was an unexpected blessing and a crowning achievement in the lives of a couple who met, married, and raised their sons under a banner of purple and white.
The family wishes to express special thanks to the caretakers who lovingly cared for Genevieve in the final days of her life: Candice Crooks, Lavern Shelton, Angie Bumpass and Monica Nava.
Survivors: Genevieve was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her husband, Floppy;
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Rd., 817-336-0584
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Thursday, July 26, 2012
Deceased Name: Genevieve Able Blackmon
FORT WORTH - Genevieve Able Blackmon, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, was called to her heavenly home on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, after a bout with pneumonia. She died comfortably at her home in Fort Worth in the company of her husband of 74 years.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at University Christian Church, with a private family committal to follow. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Funeral Home.
Memorials: Gifts in her memory may be given to Texas Christian University.
Genevieve was born and raised in Houston with her three brothers, the late Conover Able, Luke Able and Lavert Able, who continued their lives and notable careers within their hometown. Genevieve left home for Texas Christian University where she met her husband to be, William G. "Floppy" Blackmon Jr., a student from Northside High School on an athletic scholarship for football and basketball. One afternoon Floppy spotted Genevieve amidst a group of girls in the cafeteria line at school and he knew from that moment that she was the only girl for him. Genevieve graduated with a bachelor's degree from the School of Fine Arts and soon left for Oakland, Calif., where she became Floppy's bride before he was shipped off to the Pacific as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
After the war the couple settled in Fort Worth, applying the upholstering skills that they had both learned from Genevieve's family's business. They eventually partnered with TCU friends Mary and Scott Mooring in a joint family business that lasted 54 years. The business eventually expanded into furniture and carpet cleaning and grew into an international company that is known today as Blackmon Mooring.
Genevieve and Floppy eventually bought a home behind the TCU stadium and raised three sons in the shadow of their beloved TCU campus. All three boys graduated from TCU while Genevieve and Floppy remained deeply devoted alumni, serving their alma mater faithfully and attending every possible basketball and football game through the later years of their life. They proudly watched as 13 family members followed in their footsteps through their beloved university.
In approximately 1946, Genevieve and Floppy joined University Christian Church where they raised their boys and served as active, devoted members. Genevieve was elected president of the TCU Women's Exes. She was a member of Canwick and the Fort Worth Woman's Club. She was a member of Colonial Country Club where she played weekly tennis double matches with her friends, and was part of the first class of trained docents for the Kimbell Art Museum. She amazed us all, remaining active in all these organizations until sometime in her 80's. Genevieve closed the activities of her life with the rigors of yoga and the broadening of her mind in a weekly book club. She was ever learning, ever expanding, and when she couldn't find enough of it in the confines of Texas, she found it in exploring other countries. She and Floppy began traveling in 1940 with a group of eight friends from TCU and eventually traveled through every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica.
In 1994, Genevieve along with her husband, Floppy, were chosen by TCU to receive the Most Valuable Alumni Award for their outstanding contribution and service to society. It was an unexpected blessing and a crowning achievement in the lives of a couple who met, married, and raised their sons under a banner of purple and white.
The family wishes to express special thanks to the caretakers who lovingly cared for Genevieve in the final days of her life: Candice Crooks, Lavern Shelton, Angie Bumpass and Monica Nava.
Survivors: Genevieve was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by her husband, Floppy;
Greenwood Funeral Home
3100 White Settlement Rd., 817-336-0584
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