Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMary Cornelia Blalock
Birth4 Oct 1919, Stanly County, NC
Death21 Sep 2009, Stanly County, NC
Burial24 Sep 2009, Norview Gardens, Norwood, Stanly County, NC
FatherWalter Black Blalock (1882-1972)
MotherEsther Mae Kirk (1885-1969)
Spouses
Birth12 Apr 1920, Stanly County, NC
Death18 Aug 1994, Stanly County, NC
BurialNorview Gardens, Norwood, Stanly County, NC
FatherWill Lilly (1889-1963)
MotherJessie Ada Upchurch (1884-1960)
Marriage25 Dec 1945
ChildrenWilliam Branch
 Kirk
 W. Richard
 Mary Ellen
Notes for Mary Cornelia Blalock
Mary Lilly

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — Mary Blalock Lilly, 89, of 12500 Mary Branch Road, Norwood, died Sept. 21, 2009, at her home.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Hartsell Funeral Home-Albemarle. The family meeting place is at her home.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, with a 30-minute state at Memorial Baptist Church, where she was a charter member. The Rev. Daniel Flynn will officiate and burial will be in Norview Gardens, Norwood.

Born Oct. 4, 1919, in Stanly County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Black and Esther Mae Kirk Blalock and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Triple L. Club of Memorial Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Branch Lilly; four brothers, William Thomas Blalock, Frank Blalock, Orville “Duck” Blalock and Billy Blalock; and a sister, Lillie Mae Eudy.

She is survived by three sons, William B. and wife Lynn of Norwood, Kirk and wife Susan of Houston, Tex., and W. Richard and wife Brenda of North Wilkesboro; a daughter, Mary Ellen Robinson and husband Gary of Jamestown; a brother, Calvin Blalock of Shelby; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Memorials may be made to: Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 873 Pee Dee Ave., Norwood, NC 28128.

Hartsell Funeral Home-Albemarle is serving the family.

Stanly News & Press, 23 Sep 2009
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