Obituary:  Bessie (Young) Blackstock Kanney, 2003
Source:  The Daily Progress, July 9, 2003
Contributor:  Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Bessie Young Blackstock Kanney, 92, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2003, 
at a local nursing home.
  She was born in Greenwood, Va., August 15, 1910, the daughter of Hannah 
Stuart Nicholson of Dundee, Scotland, and John Ed Young of Greenwood, Va.
  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 
35 years, Ralph Blackstock, and her second husband, G. C. Kanney; her 
sister, Mary Young Farrar; and five brothers, Russell, Curtis, Bill, George, 
and Arthur Young.
  She is survived by her sister, Jane Young Rankin of Athens, Ga.; three 
nieces, Reba Farrar Woodward of Charlottesville, Connie Farrar Phillips of 
Forest, Va., and Betty Rankin Myrtle of Athens, Ga.; a number of nieces and 
nephews; and four stepchildren from her second marriage.
  She graduated as a RN from Pennsylvania Woman’s Hospital in Philadelphia, 
Pa., in 1934. She and her husband, Ralph Blackstock, owned and operated The 
Afton Store for twenty five years and she managed the Old Afton Hotel and 
Blue Ridge Terrace Inn at Afton, Va. Bessie was a nurse in Philadelphia and 
returned to nurse at the University of Virginia Hospital where she worked on 
South Five for over thirteen years. She was a longtime member of Lebanon 
Presbyterian Church in Greenwood, Va.
  A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Emmanuel 
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Rt. 250, Greenwood, Va., with the Rev. Michael 
Pleasants officiating.
  Hill & Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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