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1960 - 2017 (57 years)| Name | Edwin Jerry “Jerry” BLAYLOCK [3, 4] | |
| Suffix | II | |
| Birth | 22 Feb 1960 | Portales, New Mexico  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Morristown, Tennessee formerly of Sumter, South Carolina EDWIN BLAYLOCK II Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2017 6:00 am MORRISTOWN, Tenn. - Edwin "Jerry" Blaylock II, 57, of Morristown, was reunited on Saturday, July 8, 2017, with the love of his life, Robin Renee Collake Blaylock, at his home surrounded by his immediate family. He was born on Feb. 22, 1960, in Portales, New Mexico, the only son of Leona Kavanagh Blaylock and the late retired Master Sgt. Edwin Jerry Blaylock. Jerry is survived by his two daughters, Megan Renee Blaylock and Lauren Nicole Blaylock of the home; his mother of Sumter; his wife's parents, Betty (Eddie) Collake and Roy (Peggy) Dalton of Morristown; sisters, Micheline "Mickey" Wheeler, Kathleen "Kathy" Stafford and her husband, Robbie, of Sumter and Teresa Durden and her husband, Tim, of Lexington; sister-in-law, Kelly Collake Bowen and her husband, David, of Morristown; along with many nieces, nephews and cousins. Jerry was a 1978 graduate of Sumter High School with a full athletic scholarship from Baptist College at Charleston, where he completed his undergraduate degree in business administration and a graduate degree from East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. Jerry was a man of many talents and interests from coaching nationally competitive cross country and track teams at Carson Newman College to owning his own structural drying school to sharing his expertise in the drying industry across the country. Besides his family, Jerry's greatest love was the outdoors and his property on the river, where he spent many hours with his friends and family. Jerry's generosity, loyalty, kindness and sense of humor will be remembered by everyone who knew him. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday followed by a memorial service at 7 p.m. at Manley Baptist Church, 3603 West Andrew Johnson Highway, Morristown. Graveside services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jimmy V Foundation (Victory Over Cancer Foundation for Cancer Research), founded by ESPN and legendary basketball coach Jim Valvano, at https://www.jimmyv.org/; the American Cancer Society; or a charity of one's choice. The family has chosen Allen Funeral Home, Morristown, for the arrangements. [1, 3, 4] | |
| _UID | 98D585C2886C48CB9FB2A5A1A4918594A0CC | |
| Death | 8 Jul 2017 | at his home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) [1] |
| Burial | private [1] |
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| Person ID | I123323 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 15 Jun 2023 | |
| Father | Edwin Jerry BLAYLOCK, I, b. 1933 d. 18 Jan 2014, at his residence, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 81 years) | |
| Mother | Leona Mary KAVANAGH, b. 1935, St John’s, Newfoundland,Canada d. 9 Jun 2023, Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 88 years) | |
| Marriage | Abt 27 Apr 1954 | in a chapel at The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada [2, 3] |
| _UID | 6F36FB16036D4E939DC3A394F20E91538256 | |
| _UID | 6F36FB16036D4E939DC3A394F20E91538256 | |
| Family ID | F80522 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Robin Renee COLLAKE, b. 1966 d. 9 Feb 2006 (Age 40 years) | |||||
| Marriage | 1988 [4] | |||||
| _UID | 9270ED2CA2DC4D2F82AE4B2D0193269209A7 | |||||
| _UID | 9270ED2CA2DC4D2F82AE4B2D0193269209A7 | |||||
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| Family ID | F84913 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 9 Mar 2006 | |||||
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