This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1NE.2ACIB/158 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal - January 12, 2003 Mary Alice Hall Blackshear, 93 a resident of Mountainair, NM since 1948, formally of Muleshoe, TX, passed away Friday January 10, 2003, in Albuquerque, NM. Mrs. Blackshear was born in Stevens County, TX, December 7, 1909 to Samuel & Rosie Loue Bell (Forbes) Hall. She married NC"Dick" Blackshear February 14, 1932 in Baileyboro, TX, he has preceded her in death in 1984. Mrs. Blackshear was a school teacher for 43 years. She started teaching at 16 years old, she received her teaching degree in 1952. Mrs. Blackshear taught in Cebollia, NM Muleshoe, TX, and in Mountainair, NM from 1948 until she retired. She was the co-owner of the Coronado Motel in Mountainair in 1948. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mountainair, NM, the Coronado Club, and the Eastern Starr. Mary Alice Hall Blackshear was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. People that knew her, knew how generous she was, there were times she had very little, but if there was someon! e in need she always had a hot meal and motel room for them. She will be greatly missed. Mrs. Blackshear is survived by two sons and daughter-in-laws, Du-Wayne and LaJune Blackshear of Albuquerque, NM and Sam and Mary Blackshear of Mountainair, NM; six grandchildren, Debbie and husband, Steve Hennig, Sandy and husband, Gary Bridges, Royce and wife, Debbie Blackshear, Sean Blackshear, Jackie Blackshear, and John Greeson; seven great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Aaron and wife, Averil, and Ryan Hennig, Kelli and Chelsea Blackshear, Nate and Cale Bridges. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, Dickie Don in 1941, three brothers, Carl, Dan and Graden Hall, and two sisters Dora Barber, and Bertha McGough. Funeral services will be held Sunday January 12, 2003, 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Mountainair, with pastor Terry Morris officiating. She will lie in state Sunday January 12, 2003, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Noon at Harris-Hanlon Mortuary in Mounta! inair, NM. Pallbearers will be Richard Shovelin, Glenn Goar, Carl Hollon, Jim VanHassell, Wendell Wells, and LeRoy Nix. Honorary pallbearers will be Royce Blackshear, Sean Blackshear, John Greeson, Don Lyles, Elliot Ferrer, and Reuben Garrison. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Harris-Hanlon Mortuary in Mountainair, NM 847-2331.