

A Graveside Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM at Memory Hill Gardens. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Memory Chapel Funeral Home.
Charles Verner Blackwell Sr. was born on February 4, 1932. He is preceded in death by his father, Francis Lewis Blackwell and his mother, Mamie Bowen Blackwell; 4 brothers, Odie, Bryan, James, Earnest; 5 sisters, Jessie, Mattie, Edith, Rhoda, Delva; grandchild, Jennifer Short.
He is survived by his wife, Jeral Dean Ray Blackwell; 2 daughters, Debra Short (Randy) and Brenda Moore (James "Pete") ; 2 sons, Charles Verner Jr. (Missie) and Kenneth Ray Blackwell (Teresa); 8 grandchildren, Russell Short, Leslie White, Lisa Woods, Bradley Blackwell, Joshua Blackwell, Tiffany Blackwell, Chris Blackwell, and Dakota Blackwell; 17 great grandchildren; 5 great great grandchildren; sister, Nellie Rainier; numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Chris Blackwell, Dakota Blackwell, Travis Feild, Phillip Morris, Raymond Hammonds and Cole Sandlin.
Honorary pallbearers will be Russell Short, Bradley Blackwell, Joshua Blackwell, Friends and neighbors of Peterson Community.
Charles was a veteran who served in the Korean War. He was employed by Gulf States Paper and Jim Walter #7 Mine.
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