Esther Fletcher Blackwell

Mrs. Esther Fletcher Blackwell, 84, of Dalton, passed away Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Wood Dale Health Care Center.

She was the daughter of the late George and Eula Fletcher and was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Blackwell; brother, Ralph Mann Fletcher and sister, Evelyn Fletcher Legg.

Esther was a member of Crown View Baptist Church.

She is survived by her sister, Lois Fletcher Blaylock of Athens; sister-in-law, Glenda Smith of Chatsworth; nieces, Linda Fletcher Alford of Loudon, Tenn., Carole Fletcher Crighton of Alpharetta, Teresa Blaylock Hobson of St. Augustine, Fla., Natalie Davis of Dalton, Delana Lewis of Chatsworth; nephews, David Smith of Chatsworth, Tony Smith of Jasper, Keith Blackwell and Chrissie Blackwell, both of Chatsworth; great-nieces, Amber Lewis, Emily Lewis and great-nephews, Greg and Mike Legg, all of Chatsworth; among several other nieces and nephews; special friends, Myrna Jenkins, Clifford and Mary Helen Maney, Cliff and Joyce Wright, Pat and Jimmy Mathis, all of Dalton.

Services are Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Love Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Whitfield Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Love Funeral Home on Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m.

Words of comfort may be sent to the family at lovefuneralhomega.com.

Love Funeral Home, 1402 N. Thornton Ave., Dalton (across from Hamilton Medical Center), is in charge of arrangements.