Jessie Byrd Blount

June 4, 1936 - May 17, 2008

Funeral Service for Jessie Byrd Blount, 71, who died May 17, 2008, at North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20 at Lankford Funeral Home, 220 E. New York Ave., DeLand. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery. Calling hours are from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20 at the funeral home.

Her husband was Judge Uriel Blount Jr., longtime resident of Gainesville. Mrs. Blount was born in Florence, SC and moved to this area in 1959 from South Carolina. She was a Legal Secretary/Judicial Assistant/Homemaker. She was President of West Voluisa Lawyers Club, Pres. Garden Circle DeLand, and a member of Pilot Club.

She was predeceased by her husband and her brother, James C. Byrd. Survivors include A Very Special Cat, Ella; her two daughters, Cherie Fine (Jack), Gainesville, Camile Huie (Phil), Gainesville; one sister, Lola Gardner (Less Farrar), DeLand; five grandchildren, Stephen Fine, Julia Fine, Stewart Walker, Westleigh Walker, Kent Walker; numerous nieces and nephews; brothers-in-law, Rear Admiral Robert Blount, Norfolk, VA and Bruce Wigle, Orlando, FL.

Memorial donations may be made to Alachua County Humane Society, Friends of Music of University of Florida, NW 6th Street, Gainesville, FL.  We invite you to sign the Guest Book maintained by the Daytona Beach News Journal.