Jerry W. Blackard

Leaf Chronicle, 6/14/01

Jerry Blackard

Jerry Willard Blackard, 61, Ashland City, died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at Gateway Medical Center.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sango Cemetery with the Rev. Tony Miller officiating.

Sykes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

He was born Sept. 23, 1939, in Clarksville, son of Glen Dorris and Francis Swift Blackard.

Survivors include a son, Steve Blackard, Ft. Worth, Texas; a daughter, Jamie Blackard Ponder, Bon Aqua; two brothers, Glen Blackard and Jack Blackard, both of Clarksville; three sisters, June Ball, Owasso, Mich., Ann Long, Knoxville, and Faye Winters, Kingston Springs; and five grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Jack Blackard, Steve Blackard, Jimmy Long, Kevin Monroe, Kirk Ponder and Jerry Winters.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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