Edith Louise Blakemore, 91, of Merit, passed away on December 6, 2021, in Farmersville. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. James Seigler and Bro. David Hawkins officiating. Visitation will be 9:00 A.M. until service time. Interment will be in Merit Cemetery.
Mrs. Blakemore was born March 20, 1930, in Buffalo Springs, Texas to William W. Seigler and Josie Serepta Smith. She married James Herman Blakemore in Whitewright, Texas on October 4, 1947. She worked for Bland ISD as a Food Service Manager. She was a member of Merit Baptist Church and was a lifelong farmer.
She is survived by her sons, Larry Don Blakemore and wife, Rita of Merit, David Blakemore and wife, Jo of Greenville, Jerry Blakemore and wife, Cindy of Garland, and Billy Blakemore and wife, Patty of Farmersville; daughter, Phyllis Kay Blakemore Sharkey and husband, Gary of Merit; sister, Earnestine Wilson; brother James Seigler and wife Lela; twelve grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband in 1998, son, Randall Blakemore, her parents and 9 siblings.
Pallbearers will be Chris Gravely, Mike Blakemore, Jeremy Blakemore, Larry J. Blakemore, Jesse Blakemore and Randy Blakemore.