Jessie Irene Blaylock, 28 Aug 1920 - 27 Aug 2016

BLAYLOCK, EDMUNDSON, REASONER, MILLER, DENISON, GENT, TADLOCK

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 10/3/2016 at 15:20:18

Celebration of life service for Jessie I. Blaylock, 95, North English, was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the North English Christian Church, North English. She died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at the English Valley Care Center, North English.

Pastor Luke Caster officiated at the service.

Burial was in the Brethren Cemetery, rural South English.

Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com .

A memorial fund has been established for Keokuk County Hospice and the North English Christian Church.

Jessie Irene Blaylock was born Aug. 28, 1920, in Keswick, the daughter of Orlando and Bessie Harriett (Reasoner) Edmundson. She attended Keswick High School.

She married Marvin Franklin Blaylock Dec. 9, 1937, in Kirksville, Mo. She lived most of her life in Keokuk County, before moving to North English in 1987. She was a 48 year member of the Kinross Christian Church and a 11 year member of the North English Christian Church, Kinross Social Circle, CWF, 72 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a Past Matron of Rosalind Chapter and a member of the Past Matrons Club. She enjoyed cooking, canning, wintering in Florida, Texas and Arizona, hosting her family and later playing bingo at the English Valley Care Center.

Blaylock is survived by her children, Gary (Sandy) Blaylock, North English; Karyl (Bill) Miller, Washington; Mike (Margaret) Blaylock, North English, and Pat (Michelle) Blaylock, Fairfax Station, Va.; 17 grandchildren; 49 great grandchildren; 19 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Harriett Denison, Sigourney; a son-in-law, Marvin Gent, Williamsburg, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded by her husband, in 1989; her parents; a daughter, Karen Gent, in 2015; a sister, Dorothy Tadlock; three brothers, Dale, Wayne and Raymond Edmundson; a niece and a nephew.

The Journal Tribune, 31 Aug 2016, pg 5
English Valleys Star, 31 Aug 2016
Abbreviated in The Gazette 29 Aug 2016, 10a