Carlene Blackburn

Funeral services for Carlene Blackburn, 94, Lawrence, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, November 28, 2022 at Cornerstone Community Church, 2500 O’Connell Road, Lawrence, KS.  Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.  Carlene passed away on November 20, 2022 at her home.

Carlene was born on April 12, 1928 in Waldron, AR, the daughter of Ernest C. and Lela Belle (Taylor) Nelson. She married Willie Burl Blackburn.

She worked at Packer Plastics for many years then Aeroquip Corporation for 16 years before retiring from there in 1990.  Carlene was a member of Cornerstone Community Church where she and all her friends would sit together every Sunday while worshiping their Saviour Jesus Christ.

She enjoyed going to the lake, water skiing and family and going to garage sales with her lady friends.

Carlene is survived by one son, Lonnie Blackburn, and wife, Joyce; one daughter, Denise Blackburn, grandson, BJ Blackburn and wife, Hannah; two great granddaughters, Ainsley and Gracie, all of Lawrence; one niece, Tamara Nelson Fultz, Perryville, Arkansas; one nephew, Marty Nelson, Greenwood, Arkansas, which she loved dearly.  She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Winton Ray Nelson and M.C. Nelson and wife, Allene Nelson.

The family will greet friends beginning at 1 p.m. on Monday prior to the service at the church. Carlene will lie in state at the mortuary from 9:00 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 26, 2022.

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In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials in Carlene’s name to the Lawrence Humane Society and Midland Hospice may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13 ^th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

For more information or to post a condolence go to warrenmcelwain.com .