It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Emma Lea Blackwood (Tuckerman, Arkansas), who passed away at the age of 98, on December 14, 2019. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Emma Lea Blackwood to show support.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her parents, Will Slaten and Pearl Cook Slaten; her husband Samuel Hale Blackwood, Jr; her siblings, Estell Slaten, Katherine Murphy and Bill Slaten; her daughters, Elizabeth Turner of Batesville, Linda Ford of Tuckerman and Nancy (David Coleman) of Batesville; her grandchildren, Sam (Jamie McMinn) of Batesville and Candy (Matt Thompson) of McMinnville, Oregon; her great grandchildren, Madeline McMinn and Slaten Thompson; and her grandmother Amber (Chad Schuchmann) of Charlotte. She was also cherished by many nephews and nieces and a host of friends.

Memorials may be made to Trails to Tuckerman or the church of your choice.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Dillinger Funeral Home