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- Johnnie Loren Blackburn, 82, of Olney, died at 5:50 a.m. Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Taylorville Memorial Hospital.
Visitation will he held from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Sutton Memorial Home in Taylorville. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with Rev. Linda Vonck. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Taylorville.
Mr. Blackburn was born on December 19, 1927, in Olney, the son of Clarence and Maudie (Cook) Blackburn. He married Nine Hill on November 2, 1947, in Olney. She survived.
Mr. Blackburn was a retired insurance agent and antique dealer and collector. He was a member of Midland United Methodist Church and a U.S. Army veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Nina Blackburn; sons, John D. and his wife, Barbara Blackburn, of Lincoln, and David B. and his wife, Rose Blackburn, of Taylorville; daughters, Lana L. and her husband, Bill Kazenski, of Mt. Pleasant, N.C., and Linda C. and her husband, Tom Vonck, of Taylorville; 15 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; brother, Richard and his wife, LaVerne Blackburn, of Olney; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, George; three infant brothers; and a sister, Claudine Plummer.
Published Olney Daily Mail.
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1927 - 2010 (82 years)
