From BILL LONDRIGAN
It is my sad duty to report the passing of Kentucky Laborers’ District Council Business Manager and Member of the Kentucky State AFL-CIO Executive Board Perry Blades beloved mother Judy Blades. Judy is also the mother of LIUNA Local 1214 Business Manager Terry Blades. Please keep Perry & Terry and the entire Blades family in your thoughts and prayers. Judy’s obituary and arrangements are below.
Also, the labor movement lost a real champion with the passing of my friend and brother Florida AFL-CIO President Mike Williams. Mike was a great State Fed leader and a member of the IBEW. Mike always stood for workers and organized labor and reached out during our tornadoes and flooding disasters and with his kind assistance the Florida AFL-CIO contributed over $21,000 to help our members. Please remember Mike Williams in your thoughts and prayers and click the link below for a news article about Mike. In Solidarity, Bill.
Mike Williams, Florida's relentless labor organizer, dies at 72 (msn.com)
Please see below the service information for Perry & Terry’s mother, Judy Blades. Ms. Blades passed away in her sleep on Sunday, June 18, 2023, at her home. We ask that you keep Perry, Terry and their families in your thoughts and prayers as they endure this heartbreaking season.
Obituary
Judith "Judy" Hope Blades, 77 of Gilbertsville, Kentucky passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at her home.
Judy was born in Madisonville, Kentucky on January 3, 1946 to the late Billy Crick and Elnora Nall Crick. She was a member of Gilbertsville Baptist Church.
She is survived by her four sons, Terry Blades, wife, Paula, Perry Blades, wife, Amber, Jerry Blades and Cory Burkeen, fiancé, Jessi Walston; her daughter, Lori Blades, all of Gilbertsville; four sisters, Patricia Knight of Reidland, Billie June Ciaramitaro (Tony) of Warren, Michigan, Mary Ann Munoz (John) of Grass Lake, Michigan, and Toy Ashley (Guy) of Cuba, Kentucky; thirteen grandchildren, Joseph "Joe" Blades, Nathan Blades, Marcy Blades, Terry Blades, Lily Blades, Carter Blades, Sophia Walston-Burkeen, Jackson Walston-Grissom, Dillion Nicholas, Conner Pierce, Garrett Seay, Jarrett Seay and Laken Hope; and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Cheslie Watkins Howell; brother, William Crick and her parents.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Collier Funeral Home with Bro. Darrell Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Blades Family Cemetery in Calvert City, KY.
Visitation will begin at 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Collier Funeral Home, 211 West 5th St., Benton, Kentucky.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Gilbertsville Baptist Church, 2114 Gilbertsville Hwy, Gilbertsville, KY 42044.
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