Howard Franklin Blackwood, Jr

Howard Franklin Blackwood, Jr., 85, of Richmond Hills Subdivision, died Tuesday, February 06, 2007 at Oakmont East Nursing Center. Born in Winston-Salem, NC, he was the son of the late Howard Franklin Blackwood, Sr. and Ora Celeste Kiger Blackwood. Mr. Blackwood served in the Pacific Arena with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during WWII. He was a Citadel alumni and earned a Bachelors degree from NC State. He retired from NASA in 1981 and is a sustaining member of NASA Alumni League. Surviving are his wife of sixty-four years, Jean Hylton Blackwood; a daughter, Ann Celeste Blackwood; a son, Howard Franklin Blackwood, III and wife Carol Ann; a granddaughter, Rhonda Farrell and husband Bill; a grandson, Walter Blackwood and wife Marla; five great grandchildren; and an ?adopted daughter? Candy Clarke. Services will be held at a later date.