FRANKLINTON - Lorraine Overton Blackley, 86, died Saturday, March 13, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Franklinton. Visitation will follow the service.

Her family included her husband, the late Ed Blackley; children, Anne Tunstall and Lennie Blackley and their spouses, Bobby and Laura; sister, Joyce Belcher; and four grandchildren. She was predeceased by one grandchild.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in memory of Landon Blackley to Oxford United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 757, Oxford, NC 27565 or Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Franklinton, NC 27525.