MILLEN, Ga.- Ms. Annie Margaret Blackburn, 80, died Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at University Hospital following an extended illness.
She was a life-long resident of Jenkins County and was retired after many years of service from the Thomson Company and as dietician for the Jenkins County Hospital. Mrs. Blackburn was a member of the Elam Baptist Church where she was active in the Willing Workers Sunday School Class and the Senior Adult Merry Makers.
Funeral Services were at 11 a.m. Friday at the Elam Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her three sons, Franklin Johnson of Conyers, Raymond Blackburn and Randy Blackburn, both of Millen and her daughter, Brenda B. Mathern also of Millen; her brother, Tyre Gay of Augusta; three sisters, Tommie Canady of Millen, Rebie Johnson of Garfield and Eris Wright of Homestead, Fla.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ben Franklin Johnson and Raymond Eason Blackburn.
