Minnie Lee Blackwell Obituary
We are sad to announce that on January 20, 2024 we had to say goodbye to Minnie Lee Blackwell of Metropolis, Illinois. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, James C. Allen and Olyn Veide Allen; her husband Phinis Norman Blackwell; and her siblings, Lynford Fields Allen, Hanford Allen, Andrew Lincoln Allen and Virginia Catherine Curtis.
She is survived by: her children, Norma Lee Blackwell, Patricia Ann Blackwell, Gregory Allen Blackwell (Valerie P. Lane) and David Kevin Blackwell (Audrey Armstrong Blackwell); her grandchildren, Paul Norman Blackwell, Sky Lane Blackwell and Rachel Quinn Blackwell; her nieces and nephews, Richard Curtis (Diana), Jetheda Merritt, Rodney Allen (Pam), Daryl Allen and Steve Allen; her great-nephews, Aaron Curtis, Richard Merritt, Ian Allen, Victor Allen, Jonathan Allen and Steve Allen Jr.; her great-niece Elena Van Curan; and her nephew Jeremy Allen. She is also survived by numerous other nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews, special cousins and friends.
Memorials may be made in Minnie's name to St. Paul AME Church, 818 Vienna Street, Metropolis, IL 62960 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.
