Blanche Marcum Saylor

January 25, 1951 - January 18, 2010

Blanche Marcum Saylor, 58 of Middlesboro passed away on Monday, January 18, 2010 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. She was born in Insul, KY on January 25, 1951 a daughter of the late Starlin and Edna Taylor Marcum. Blanche was a member of the Black Star Pentecostal Church and had been a homemaker.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Jim Saylor; sisters and brothers, Loretta Lamarr, Jasper Marcum, Jennie Sexton and Tommy Marcum.

Survivors include her daughter, Edna Saylor of Middlesboro; brothers and sisters, Lawrence Marcum and wife, Betty of Harrisburg, IL, George Kelly and wife, Charlene of Tazewell, Zorro Marcum and wife, Angie of Hulen; special cousin, Troy and Vicky Short; special niece, Vickie Lawson; special friends, Lisa Chadwell, Dody Johnson, Melinda Johnson, General Baker and Dr. Thomas Epperson; special pets, Bubba and Whiskers and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral Information

Services will be at 2:00 PM Friday at the Black Star Pentecostal Church with Rev. J.C. Craig and Rev. Arthur Jackson. Music will be by Margie Moore, Geonoa Snellings, J.R. and Charlene Perry and Larry Roark. Burial will follow in the Alva Memorial Gardens at Black Star with family and friends serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 9 PM Thursday at the Black Star Pentecostal Church. The Arnett & Steele Funeral Home in Pineville is honored to be serving the Saylor family. Light a virtual candle and sign the online guestbook at www.arnettsteele.com