Lifestyles
Happy 70th Birthday Lillie Bell Blakey
By Fae Roberts, photojournalist
Mar 22, 2005

Happy 70th Birthday

To Lillie Bell Blakey, the lovely wife of Thomas Blakey of   Iredell Tx.

 

Lillie was born on March 22,1935 in the community of Oakland, Texas just north of Lake Bonham.

 

She graduated from Gober in 1954.

 

Tom and Lillie celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary August 9, 2004 in Hawaii.

 

Lillie is a cancer survivor, and in 1992 she was diagnosed with Lymphomia, and underwent a bone marrow transplant with chemo and radiation and today she is the proud grandmother of Tyler, Ryan, And Jillian Blakey.

 

A birthday party was given in her honor at the beautiful home of Trent and Tiffany Blakey (daughter) on Saturday evening March 19th in Keller, Tx.

 

Also hosting the event were Eric and Kathy Blakey and sons of Dripping Springs,Tx.

 

Those attending were;

 

Tom and Lillie Blakey, Iredell Tx.

 

Eriic and Kathy, Tyler and Ryon Blakey,Dripping Springs, Tx.

 

Trent and Tiffany and Jillian Blakey, Keller, Tx.

 

 Fae And Cleatus Roberts, Bonham Tx.

 

Nolan and Pat Graham, Bonham Tx

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B.J.And Clareen Melton, Richardson, Tx.

 

Robert and Libby West, Garland Tx.

 

Clark and Pat Choate, Glenn Heights Tx.

 

Roy and Doris Denney, Dallas Tx

 

Jessica Blakey, Grapevine, Tx.

 

Ken And son, Kaleb Blakey, Keller, Tx.

 

O.J. Blakey, Arlington, Tx.

 

Dean Cooksey, Arlington, Tx.

 

Dillard and Hazel Graham, Dallas, Tx.

 

Neal and Sue Graham and Nate, Mesquite,Tx.

 

Gideon Mazambani, Commerce, Tx

The Blakey family.

Blowing out her candles.

This beautiful cake was made by Kathy and Tiffany Blakey.

BJ and Clareen Melton

Dean and Jillian

Fae, Dean and Lillie

Gideon singing 'How great thou are' in his Zimbabawae native tongue.

Hazel and Dillard

Jillian and her dad.

Kathy cutting the cake.

Happy Birthday Lillie

Nolan and Lillie

Tom and OJ Blakey

Tom introducing Gideon from Africa.