Dougherty-Bibb-Randolph County GaArchives Obituaries.....Blackshear, John Willie "JW"  January 23, 2003
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The Albany Herald -  Obituaries
John W. Blackshear

SHELLMAN — John Willie "JW" Blackshear, 79, of Shellman died Thursday, January 
23, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be 
conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. from Shellman United Methodist Church. The Revs. 
Hal Lasseter and Jackie Williams will officiate and interment will be in East 
View Cemetery in Shellman.

Mr. Blackshear was born December 11, 1923, in Bibb County, GA, son of the late 
John W. Blackshear and Mae Barber Johns. He was a retired farmer, an Army 
veteran of World War Two and was a member of Shellman United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Joan Mason Blackshear of Shellman; a son, Jim 
Blackshear and friend, Tara Nordman of Shellman; two daughters, Mary Ann 
Rosenholm and her husband, Rosy of St. Simmons Island, Tammy Merritt and her 
husband Charles "Rooster" of Cuthbert; a daughter-in-law, Merry Lynn Blackshear 
of Shellman; nine grandchildren, Jason Swindall, Jake Swindall, Marlene 
Blackshear, Abby Blackshear, John Wyatt Blackshear, Rachel Blackshear, Carrie 
Ann Merritt, Drake Merritt and Jordan Nordman.

Memorials may be made to Shellman United Methodist Church, Shellman, GA 39886.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Curry Funeral 
Home.

Curry Funeral Home 

Shellman 229/679-5336 



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