Margie Ree Roberts Blades

Margie Ree Roberts Blades, age 79, of the Fountainbleau Community in Ocean Springs, MS died Monday, June 4, 2012 in Vancleave. Mrs. Blades was born in Coushatta, LA, April 30, 1933. She was a resident of Ocean Springs for 47 years and enjoyed fishing, archeology, bird watching and gardening. She was a loving mother and wife, a care giver for hospice, a wonderful cook, an excellent seamstress and loved to go to the casino to play the slots. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Eli “Buster” Blades Sr.; parents, Ed Roberts and Leona Jones Roberts; grandson, Blake Alexander Senseney; brother, Willard Roberts; sisters, Nellie Till Westberry and Ollie Mae Killingsworth and son-in-law, Weldon Watkins Jr. Survivors include: son, Thomas Eli Blades , Jr. (Elba); three daughters, Sonya Watkins, Sherry Hollingsworth(Doug) and Lora Blades; a sister, Eloise Hopson and Lottie Bee Fletcher; thirteen grandchildren, Weldon ”Tuey”(Crystal), Ian, Scott,(Ashlee), Chris (Angela), Amy(Ben), DJ(Sarah), David, Patrick, Johnny, Evelyn, Catie, Daniel, Jacob and eighteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at the Vancleave Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home. Friends may visit from 1:00 p.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Community of Christ Cemetery in Vancleave. Pallbearers will be John Toranto, Chase Rasa, Scott Rasa, Bill Dunlap, Ted Dunlap, Zachary Blades, and Patrick Hollingsworth