Kathleen Blackman

Garner, NC:  Mrs. Kathleen Rose Blackman, age 83, died Monday at Transitions Life Care in Raleigh.  Funeral Services will be 11:00AM Saturday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks. Officiating will be Pastor Eddie White.  Burial will follow in Parker Family Cemetery in Four Oaks. Mrs. Blackman was born on July 27, 1932 in Johnston County to the late Jarvis and Ella Parker Rose.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Cleveland Blackman; great-granddaughter, Kristin Coats; sister, Ethel Byrd; and brother, Melvin Jernigan.  Mrs. Blackman was a homemaker. Surviving are son, Randy Cleveland Blackman of Clayton; daughters, Judy Mae Coats of Four Oaks and Sonya Rose Blackman of Garner; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 10:00AM to 10:45AM Saturday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks. Flowers are welcomed or memorials may be made to Transitions Life Care, 250 Hospice Cir., Raleigh, NC 27607.