Reedia Lofton Blackford, 93, of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away at 3:10 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center at Mercy Health Lourdes.
Ms. Blackford was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Paducah and she had worked as a Nurse from 1969 until 2004 (35 years) with the Pediatric Group of Paducah.
Ms. Blackford is survived by her two daughters, Rita Jo Wilson of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Kathy Kneer of Paducah, Kentucky; three grandchildren,… Cayce Wilson McCrary of Ramstein, Germany, Joey Kneer of St. Louis, Missouri and Tanner Winfield Wilson of Bowling Green, Kentucky; two nieces, Debbie Jones of Paducah, Kentucky and Karen Hamilton of Franklin, Tennessee; one nephew, Marvin Higgins of Bardwell, Kentucky.
A funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, September, 2, 2019 at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Charles Uhlik officiating. Burial will follow at Fairdealing Cemetery in Fairdealing, Kentucky.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday September 1, 2019 at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to, Paducah Cooperative Ministry 402 Legion Dr. Paducah, KY 42003 or to, Lourdes Hospice P.O. Box 7100 Paducah, KY 42002-7100