Blalock obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Blalock, Curtis Eugene         7 Oct 2009    Oct 2009    Jerry Nelson
Blalock, Mary Helen Hodges    23 Dec 2009    Dec 2009    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  10/7/2009

BLALOCK, CURTIS EUGENE  "JACK"
A resident of Loranger and native of Alexandria, he died at 3:40 p.m. on 
Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at his home. He was 88 and a retired agriculture 
teacher of 40 years at Loranger High School, an Army veteran of World War 
II and coached Little League baseball for many years. He was a member of 
Oak Grove Church of Christ, the Loranger American Legion post and a past 
member of Loranger Ruritan Club. Mr. Blalock won numerous medals in the 
Senior Olympics. He was a Future Farmers of America adviser and avid 
hunter. He played football, ran track and played baseball at Southeastern 
Louisiana University. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, on 
Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue at Oak Grove 
Church of Christ, Independence, on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. until 
religious services at 10:30 a.m., conducted by Brother Dale Ziebarth. 
Interment in Loranger Cemetery, Loranger. He is survived by wife of 61 
years, Vertalee Hayden Blalock, Loranger; two brothers, Leon Blalock and 
Charlie Blalock, both of Alexandria; two sisters, Francis McCain, Chicago, 
and Essie Marie Smith, Alexandria; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was 
preceded in death by father and mother, James Marion Blalock and Mary 
Essie Stewart Blalock; a brother, James Marion Blalock Jr.; and two 
sisters, Maude Jones and Elizabeth Moreaux. For an online guestbook, visit 
www.mckneelys.com. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  12/23/2009

BLALOCK, MARY HELEN HODGES
Mary Helen Hodges Blalock, 66, of Liberty, Miss., passed away on Saturday,
Dec. 19, 2009, at University Medical Center, Jackson, Miss. Visitation will
be Sunday, Dec. 27, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, Liberty, Miss., and Monday, Dec. 28, from 9 a.m.. until
service at 10 a.m., with Bishop Ronnie Blalock and Elder Merle Blalock
officiating. Burial in the Blalock Family Cemetery. Mrs. Blalock was born
March 26, 1943, in Liberty, the daughter of the late Herbert David and Ruby
May Lilly Hodges. Mrs. Blalock was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, Liberty, and a member of the Eastern Star. She was a
seamstress and a custodian, and loved to knit. She graduated from Liberty
High School, Class of 1962. But most of all, she was a caregiver; her
family said she never met a stranger and was a servant of the Lord. She was
also preceded in death by two sisters, Janice Mason and Maxine Hodges.
Survivors include her husband, William Kenneth Blalock, of Liberty; two
sons and their spouses, William K. and Lydia Blalock, of Princeton. N.J.,
and John Earl and Rebecca Blalock of Pickerington, Ohio; two daughters
Louise Jacobsen of Watson, and Michelle Foster and husband Joel, of
Meadville, Miss.; brother, Herbert David Hodges Jr. and wife Sherry, of
Foxworth, Miss.; seven sisters, Edna Blalock, of Liberty, Ethel Voight, of
Amite, Annie Pearl Brooks, of Liberty, Lucille Israel and husband Varnell,
of Moss Point, Miss., Elsie Pittman and husband Barney, of Foxworth, Polly
Stinson and husband Robert, of Magnolia, and Beverly Oliver and husband
Terry, of Kentwood; 14 grandchildren, Jennifer Gould, Christopher Jacobsen,
Julie Jacobsen, Lindsey Long, Aaron Long, Kelsey Long, Kenneth Blalock III,
Colin Blalock, Adam Blalock, Kara Blalock, Daniel Blalock, Mattie Blalock,
Austin Foster and Ariel Foster; two great-grandchildren, Haylee and Dylan
Gould; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Christopher
Jacobsen, Kenny Blalock, Johnny Blalock, Austin Foster, Aaron Long, Colin
Blalock and Adam Blalock. Honorary pallbearers are Carl Clark, Kenneth
Blalock III and Ken Laird. 

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