Extracted from The Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS)
Tuesday, September 10, 1974

Mrs. Lina Spradley Blackwell

Mrs. Lina Spradley Blackwell, 76, Rt. 1, Box 307, Canal Road, Gulfport, died Tuesday morning at 5:45 o'clock at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport where she had been a patient for three days.

Mrs. Blackwell was born Jan. 18, 1898, in Gulfport and at her present address for 53 years.

She was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church.

Mrs. Blackwell, widow of Zack J. Blackwell, is survived by two sons, Hulbert J. Blackwell, Gulfport; and Francis Blackwell, San Pablo, Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Delia McDaniel; Mrs. Clonia Warden, Mrs. Alice Breland and Mrs. Hazel Flowers, Gulfport; one brother, Charley Spradley, Gulfport; 35 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

The body is at Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.