Jasper "J.R." Blackmon, Jr.

Four Oaks, NC:  Mr. Jasper Riley "J.R." Blackmon, Jr., age 93 of 3325 Lassiter Road, passed away Wednesday at UNC Johnston Health in Clayton. Funeral Service will be 3:00PM-Saturday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks.   Burial will follow in  Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery.  Officiating will be Rev. Jerry Hicks and Rev. Brian Beasley.             Mr. Blackmon was born November 16, 1922 in Johnston County to the late Jasper Riley, Sr. and Cassie Lee Blackmon.  He was preceded in death by brothers, Newby Blackmon and Homer Blackmon and sisters, Deane Evans and Varena Wood.  Mr. Blackmon was a retired farmer and member of Pisgah Baptist Church.                 Surviving are wife of seventy-one years, Dorothy Lassiter Blackmon; sons and daughters-in-law, Tony and Sally Blackmon of Four Oaks; Rob and Becky Blackmon of Raleigh; daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Doug Lancaster of Swansboro; four grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Stanford of Georgia and Jackie Carey of Benson; many nieces and nephews.             The family will receive friends 1:30PM-2:45PM Saturday prior to the service at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks and other times at the home.             Flowers are welcomed, however, memorials may be sent to Pisgah Baptist Church 3689, NC HWY 210, Smithfield, NC 27577.             Arrangements  by Rose and Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks, NC.