Funeral service for Perly Blackmon, age 89, of Tipton, Oklahoma will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 22, 2016, at the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Tipton with Minister James A. Callins and Pastor James Towers officiating. Burial will follow in the Tipton Cemetery under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick. Mr. Blackmon passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016, in an Altus care center.

Perly Blackmon was born on April 7, 1927, in Mullins, South Carolina to Willie P. and Annie L. (Gilchrist) Blackmon. After high school, he entered and served in the United States Air Force. He retired at the rank of Airman First Class. He was united in marriage to Ida Mae Stevenson on January 11, 1956, in Vernon, Texas. His family was his life. He enjoyed traveling. He served his community of Tipton by mowing lawns throughout the community. He was a faithful member of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and drove the church van. Perly was also a member of the Masonic Lodge of Altus.

He is survived by his wife Ida of the home; three sons, Leroy Blackmon and wife Judith of Boca Raton, Florida, David Stevenson and wife Jo Ann of Pampa, Texas and Willie Blackmon and wife Lori of Oklahoma City; five daughters, Jackie Brown of Sumter, South Carolina, Patricia Gaffney and husband Benny of Lawton, Vanessa Robinson and husband Michael of Lawton, Glenda Johnson of Dallas, Texas and Linda Wood of Tipton; twenty grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, other family members and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Shepard Blackmon; and one sister who died in infancy.


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Frederick, OK 73542
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