Denver Blackman

DENVER BLACKMAN, 91, OF 329 MILLER STREET, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED WEDNESDAY APRIL 22, 2009 AT 9:33 PM AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN EVANSVILLE, IN. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2009 AT 1 PM AT SALEM CEMETERY IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION ALL FRIENDS SHOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE CEMETERY. FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 2, 1917 IN STONEFORT, IL TO THE LATE CHARLIE & RILLA (STONE) BLACKMAN. HE WAS MARRIED TO EVA REYNOLDS ON NOVEMBER 20, 1936 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON OCTOBER 2, 1994. HE WAS A FARMER AND A NAVY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II. HE IS SURVIVED BY 8 DAUGHTERS: MARY PANKEY, MILDRED CUMMINS, DEANNA SHEWMAKER, CONNIE OWENS AND PATSY STACEY ALL OF HARRISBURG, IL; BETTY BENNETT AND SYBIL SCHUTT OF CARRIER MILLS, IL AND MABLE GULLETT OF EQUALITY, IL; 3 SONS: BOB BLACKMAN OF STONEFORT, IL; TERRY BLACKMAN AND JEFF BLACKMAN BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL; 4 SISTERS: KATHLEEN HOFFMAN, MAXINE PHELPS, MARGARET WILLIAMS AND MAGALINE MCMILLIAN, 23 GRANDCHILDREN; SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVERAL GREAT GRANCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON: BILL BLACKMAN; 4 BROTHERS: CHARLES BLACKMAN, ISHMEL BLACKMAN, EUGENE BLACKMAN AND CLETIS BLACKMAN; A GRANDDAUGHTER: TAMMY JOHNSON AND GRANDSON IN LAW: STEVE JOHNSON.