Mrs. Joanne Pugh Blackburn, age 75, of Crumpler passed away Tuesday evening, October 30, 2012 at her home. Memorial service will be held Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 3pm at Boone Family Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Jones, rev. Billy Joe Blevins, and Speakers Mikael Blevins and Cypress Taylor. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 2-3pm at Boone Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Blackburn was born in Ashe County on Sunday, June 6, 1937 to the late Gerome Horton and Mary Phipps Pugh. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of New River Baptist Church, where she played the piano for over 55 years. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harold Kay Blackburn on October 15, 2009 and a sister Winnie Jones. Mrs. Blackburn is survived by a son, Tony Blackburn, of Crumpler; three daughters, Mona Blevins and husband, David, of Grassy Creek, Edwina Parsons and husband, Perry, of West Jefferson and Heather Holdaway and husband Jason, of West Jefferson; two brothers, Lida Pugh, of Jefferson and Rev. Jack Pugh, of West Jefferson; two sisters, Cora Young, of Grassy Creek and Mozelle Brinegar, of West Jefferson; 11 grandchildren Jessica Blackburn, Vanessa Denny, Sarah Blackburn, Mark Blackburn, Andy Blevins, Mikael Blevins, Zach Blevins, Brittany Parsons, Taylor Parsons, Cypress Taylor and Lincoln Holdaway; 12 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to High Country Healthcare Hospice, PO Box 421, Jefferson, NC 28640; Ashe County Cancer Fund, C/o Rena Adams, 372 Oscar Day Road, Jefferson, NC 28640; and American Diabetes Associates, 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311. The family request no food please!