Bernice Elaine Wilson Blackwell, 58, a longtime resident of Granville County, passed away Friday, February 26, 2016 at Duke University Medical Center in Durham.
A native of Person County, she was the daughter of the late Bernice Alexander Wilson and JoAnn Hall Mitchum. She was a member of Delrayno Baptist Church and was an ECG technician at Duke Medical Center for many years.
Memorial services will be conducted Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. in the Eakes Funeral Chapel in Oxford by Rev. Sam Brewer. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and other times at the home.
Survivors include her husband of 29 years, Ronald Blackwell of the home, a daughter, Melinda Boyd of Rougemont, a sister, Donna Wilson Nobling of Knightdale, two grandchildren, Megan Sorrell and Jesse Leonard. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Ricky Wilson and Lynn Wilson.