Dr. Churchill L. Blakey Obituary (1938

Churchill L. Blakey, MD aged 84, passed to the other side on June 12 at Sentara RMH Medical Center. He was a resident of Broadway, VA, formerly of Wenonah, NJ. He was the son of Mamie and J.C. Blakey, Eqs. of Birmingham, Al. He married the former Gretchen Whitaker on June 15, 1963. He was a Family Physician for 35 years and had many awards and office positions. He was twice named Physician of the Year by the Visiting Nurses of South Jersey. He held many offices with the Gloucester County American Medical Assoc. and represented the five southern counties of NJ for the NJ State AMA. He was a member of the American Family Physicians Assoc. He was a council member for the Borough of Wenonah for six years and ran for Gloucester County Freeholder three times. During his time in Wenonah, he was a member and officer of the Lions Club. He continued his membership with the Broadway Lions Club. All knew him as a history buff and duplicate bridge contender. He was only 20 pts short of the Silver Life Master rank As a child and young man he spent his summers in Beattyville, KY, hometown of his parents and his grandmother Molly Lyon. There he picked up a lifelong passion for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. Being from Alabama, he was also a fanatic about the U of Alabama football team. He graduated from Vanderbilt University, summa cum laude, and then graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He interned at the University of Alabama Hospital, was a resident at Norfolk General, and then served in the US Navy as a ship's physician. He was predeceased by his parents and sister, Elizabeth, and many cousins. He leaves his wife Gretchen Whitaker Blakey just days short of 60 yrs. of marriage, his son James W. Blakey, of Harrisonburg, daughter Elizabeth Clare (Bob) Lumley of Littleton, Co, grandchildren Mathlan Lumley of Littleton, Co and Elizabeth Lumley, of Gladstone, OR, sisters-in-law Selma Whitaker of Broadway and Mary (Travis) Blalock of Albemarle County, VA and cousin John Kirschner of Ga. Cremation will be private with internment at the Blakey Cemetery in Beattyville, Ky. The family will be at home on Saturday, June 17 from 2 to 5 pm. Online Condolences at the McMullen funeral home: www.mcmullenfh.com McMullen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.