Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Thursday, December 24, 1987

Johnny Blackwell Sr.

COLUMBIA -- Services for Johnny Ray Blackwell Sr. will be at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Riser & Son with the Rev. Chris Meredith officiating. Burial will be in Harris Chapel Cemetery near Olla.

Blackwell, 36, of Olla died Monday in an offshore helicopter crash.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda Sullivan Blackwell of Olla; two sons, Johnny Ray Blackwell Jr. and Jared Lynn Blackwell, both of Olla; his father, J.L. Blackwell of Tullos; his mother, Frances Blackwell of Urania; two brothers, Bobby Blackwell and Rocky Blackwell, both of Urania; two sisters, Judy Smith of Olla and Lisa Morgan of Tullos; his paternal grandmother, Beulah Blackwell of Hebert; and his maternal grandfather, Charlie McDonald of Hebert.