Ms. Joyce Sparks Blackmon

MS. JOYCE SPARKS BLACKMON, age 73, of Ringgold, Georgia formerly of Chattooga County, Georgia passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2015, in a Rome hospital.  A native of Hamilton County, Tennessee, She was born to the late Howard and Gladys Harvey Morgan on September 16, 1941.  She was retired from the State of Georgia Mental Health Agency, having worked with children having substance abuse difficulties for 30 years, prior to this she was a cosmetologist in Chattooga County, Georgia.  Ms. Blackmon was preceded in death by a brother the late Gene Morgan.

            Surviving are daughters, Teresa Darlene Lanier of Ringgold, Kathy Corbitt and Sheila Hill both of Warner Robbins; grandchildren, Jason Cash, Joseph Palmer, Eddie Helms, Ashley Blackmon, Michelle Helms, Emily Palmer; Eleven Great Grandchildren; sister, Vivian Morgan; several Nieces and Nephews.

            Funeral services will be held Sunday, June 7^th, at 3:00 P.M. from the J. D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, with Pastor David Smith and Mrs. Connie Witt officiating, private interment will follow.  Active Pallbearers Jason Cash, Joseph Palmer, Eddie Helms, Kendel Baker, Grady Loveless, and Kenny Hollingsworth; Honorary Pallbearers Marsha Farrow, Ann Duncan, Jon Payne, Pam Maddox, and Pat Hollingsworth.  The Family will receive friends Sunday, at the Funeral Home, from two o’clock until the hour of service.

            Earle Rainwater Funeral Home in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Joyce Sparks Blackmon.