Edna Mae (Orm) (McGuire)
Blackwell
Tombstone Photo
Antlers City Cemetery
Pushmataha County, OK
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Edna Mae Blackwell was born October 28, 1939 in Miller, Oklahoma to
Lloyd and Dora Mae (Cochran) Orm. She passed from this life August
20, 2011 in Owasso, Oklahoma, at the age of 71.
Edna married Bill McGuire on July 31, 1955. They were married until
his passing on November 20, 1982. Edna married again, to Druce
Blackwell, on May 5, 1984 in Antlers. They remained married until he
too passed away in Waldron, Arkansas in 1995. Edna graduated from
Professional Seamstress School, and she was a member of the Gospel
Light Baptist Church of Charleston, South Carolina. She loved to
sew, travel, read books, & dance. She was the President of the Donny
McGuire Fan Club, but most of all, her enjoyment came from spending
time with her family & friends.
Edna was preceded in death by her first husband: Bill McGuire;
second husband: Druce Blackwell; parents: Lloyd & Dora Orm; brother:
Thomas Orm; sisters: Lillie Pearl Hobbs & Doris Ann Tugman; a
granddaughter: Samantha Rhodes; and her little dog: Penny.
She is survived by her children: Mary DeZuani & husband Ivo of
Newalla, Oklahoma, Bill McGuire & wife Curistie of Antlers, Dewayne
McGuire & wife Virginia of Antlers, Bonnie Malone of Poteau,
Oklahoma, and Donny McGuire & wife Tammy of Uniontown, Arkansas;
fourteen grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; as well as
many other relatives and friends.
Family Night: 6:00-8:00 PM ~ Wednesday, August 24, 2011 ~ Mills &
Coffey Funeral Home
Funeral Services: 2:00 PM ~ Thursday, August 25, 2011 ~ Christian
Family Fellowship
Officiating: Reverend G. W. Pigg ~ Pastor Billy Hunter
Music: “I’ll Fly Away” ~ “How Great Thou Art” ~ “When We All Get To
Heaven” ~ “Amazing Grace” ~ Performed by Brandy Sitton ~ “Supper
Time” ~ Performed by Bertha Bloodworth
Pallbearers: Gerald Maynard ~ Ben Sitton ~ Jonathan Lewis ~ Ivo
DeZuani ~ Shane Hindman ~ Bradley Lewis
Honorary Pallbearers: Terry Cripe ~ Calvin Collins ~ Barry Diamond ~
Kavin Bell
Interment: Antlers City Cemetery ~ Antlers, Oklahoma