MURPHYSBORO -- Randal Joseph Blake, 36, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Crawshaw Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with the Rev. Jeff Gordon officiating. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and until the hour of services Wednesday at Crawshaw Funeral Home. Burial will be in Murdale Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Murphysboro. Memorials may be made to the Illinois Elks Crippled Children's Association.
Randal was born in Litchfield on Aug. 28, 1968, the son of Lester 'Lee' and Nita Tweedy Blake. He was a student at John A. Logan College and worked part time at the Murphysboro Elks Lodge. He was a member of Murphysboro Elks Lodge 572 and also a member of the Sons of American Legion Post 127 in Murphysboro.
Survivors include his parents, Lee and Nita Blake of Murphysboro; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Tom and Vanessa Blake of St. Peters, Mo., and Richard Blake of Murphysboro; one twin sister, Robin Blake of Murphysboro; four nieces, Kelsey Blake of Louisville, Ky., and Kaitlyn Blake and Lauren and Courtney Vires, all of St. Peters, Mo.; three nephews, Ryan and Matthew Blake of Louisville, Ky., and Blake Egbert of Murphysboro; three aunts, Pat Roberts, Norma Jean and husband Johnny Dickerson, and Julia Moore, all of Murphysboro; and three uncles, John Tweedy and special friend Carol Wexstten and Jim and wife Jean Tweedy, all of Murphysboro, and Ron and Beverly Blake of Summerfield, Fla.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Kelly Jo Blake, on April 1, 1979.
Southern Illinoisan Oct 14, 2004
MURPHYSBORO -- Randal Joseph Blake, 36, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Crawshaw Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with the Rev. Jeff Gordon officiating. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and until the hour of services Wednesday at Crawshaw Funeral Home. Burial will be in Murdale Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Murphysboro. Memorials may be made to the Illinois Elks Crippled Children's Association.
Randal was born in Litchfield on Aug. 28, 1968, the son of Lester 'Lee' and Nita Tweedy Blake. He was a student at John A. Logan College and worked part time at the Murphysboro Elks Lodge. He was a member of Murphysboro Elks Lodge 572 and also a member of the Sons of American Legion Post 127 in Murphysboro.
Survivors include his parents, Lee and Nita Blake of Murphysboro; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Tom and Vanessa Blake of St. Peters, Mo., and Richard Blake of Murphysboro; one twin sister, Robin Blake of Murphysboro; four nieces, Kelsey Blake of Louisville, Ky., and Kaitlyn Blake and Lauren and Courtney Vires, all of St. Peters, Mo.; three nephews, Ryan and Matthew Blake of Louisville, Ky., and Blake Egbert of Murphysboro; three aunts, Pat Roberts, Norma Jean and husband Johnny Dickerson, and Julia Moore, all of Murphysboro; and three uncles, John Tweedy and special friend Carol Wexstten and Jim and wife Jean Tweedy, all of Murphysboro, and Ron and Beverly Blake of Summerfield, Fla.
He was preceded in death by one sister, Kelly Jo Blake, on April 1, 1979.
Southern Illinoisan Oct 14, 2004
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