LUDENE BLACKMAN, 78, OF 109 PYLE STREET, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED THURSDAY JANUARY 20, 2011 AT 11:12 AM AT LANDMARK HOSPITAL IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY JANUARY 25, 2011 AT 12 NOON AT STONEFORT GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN STONEFORT, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AFTER 10 AM AT THE CHURCH. BURIAL WILL BE IN REIDS CHAPEL CEMETERY. REVEREND JEFF OWENS WILL OFFICIATE AND FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS, SHE WAS BORN ON APRIL 1, 1932 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IL TO THE LATE CECIL AND ESTHER (SWAN) FOX. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN ON FEBRUARY 17, 1978. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE STONEFORT GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND: WILLIAM A. BLACKMAN OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 DAUGHTERS: PAULA ENGLEBY OF HARRISBURG, IL AND DONNA PALMER OF GALATIA, IL; 3 STEP CHILDREN: CARSON BLACKMAN OF OGALLA, NE; CAMI PROCHNOW OF SEWARD, NE AND WESLEY BLACKMAN OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN; 3 SISTERS: REATHEL WILKINS AND VIRGINIA DAVIS BOTH OF CARRIER MILLS, IL AND KATHYRN BLACK OF CRAB ORCHARD, IL; 10 GRANDCHILDREN, SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON: DARRELL REYNOLDS.