Jack Blair
Memorial services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Jerry Leggett and Seminarian Ruben Rivera will officiate.
There will be no visitation. Friends are asked to meet just prior to the service at the funeral home.
The family requests that memorial contributions take the form of donations to Tennessee Diamonds in the Ruff, P.O. Box 62, Union City, TN 38281.
Mr. Blair was born Nov. 27, 1936, in Bristol, Va., son of the late Ruby Elizabeth (Houser) and Charles Franklin Blair Sr. He had been the owner and operator of the former Blair Freight Systems. Mr. Blair was a wonderful supporter of Tennessee Diamonds in the Ruff Rescue. He devoted many hours to rescuing homeless animals. He served in the U.S. Army Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C. Mr. Blair was of the Catholic faith.
He is survived by his wife, Sandra (King) Blair of Union City; two sons and his daughter-in-law, Trent and Sharon Allman of Troy and Paul Allman of Union City; two daughters, Debbie Musser and Dawn Moore, both of Bristol, Va.; three sisters, Phyllis Barb of Bristol, Va., Polly Giardina of Florida and Peggy Kolodciej of New Hampshire; two brothers, Doug Blair of Baltimore and Ronald Blair Bellamy of Bristol, Va.; and four grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his son, Tony Blair; two sisters, Charlotte Ann Blair and Pinky Willis; and his brother, Charles Franklin Blair Jr.
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