Margaret Blackwood

Margaret Elizabeth Graham (Margie) Blackwood, 86, of Carmel and Zionsville, IN was called home to be with her beloved Lord Jesus Christ on November 16, 2011. Margie was born June 30, 1925 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania to Rev. Dr. Thomas E. and Wilba K. Barber Graham. They preceded her in death as did her brothers David, Paul, and Wylie. After graduating from Ambridge High School, Margie worked for a ship builder in Ambridge making landing ship transports for the US Navy during World War II. Later she attended Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA where she graduated with a degree in Secondary Education. In 1948 she married Roy Blackwood who was in seminary to become a pastor in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. Mrs. Blackwood was a teacher for 19 years in the Indianapolis area. For most of that time she taught English, Social Studies, and Guidance in the Junior High classes of Indianapolis Public School 55. Margie was very artistic. She wrote poetry, some of which was published. She developed a talent for watercolor painting, but her greatest enjoyment came from music, and she played the piano all through her life. She wrote many songs and composed music. Her lovely voice had a wide range with which she harmonized well with others, often improvising. She was a Proverbs 31 pastor's wife to Roy. Her support enabled him to concentrate on the ministry. She also had her own very active and godly influence in the lives of the women in the church through counseling, Sabbath School, Bible studies, and at the Brown County Women's Retreats. Margie touched the lives of generations of children through the Covenanter Hour and Junior Church classes each Sabbath. She travelled widely with her husband through Scotland, Ireland, Russia, Australia, and around the world twice, meeting with churches, government and church leaders, and Christian organizations. Mrs. Blackwood is survived by her husband of 63 years, Dr. Roy Blackwood, her children, William Andrew Blackwood (Lynda) of Scotland, Elizabeth May Brodie (Robert) of England, and Robert Roy Blackwood (Toni) of Ft. Wayne, IN. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Hannah Woods (Jonathan), Peter Blackwood, Kathryn Reinhart (Tony), Thomas Blackwood, Graham Blackwood, her great granddaughter Evangeline Joy Woods, and her sister Ruth Duncan of McMurray, PA. The funeral service will be held at Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, 4800 North Michigan Road, at 11:00 am Friday December 16. Friends may call the evening before, on Thursday, December 15 at the same location, from 3:00 - 7:00pm, and at 10:00 - 11:00am Friday before the service. The burial service will be in the New Concord Cemetery, Friendship Drive, New Concord, OH on Saturday December 17 at 11:00 am, followed by a remembrance reception at the New Concord United Methodist Church, 20 E. High Street, New Concord, OH. Online condolences may be sent to www.flannerbuchanan.com. Memorial contributions can be sent to Second Reformed Presbyterian Church, 4800 North Michigan Road, Indpls, IN 46228. You are invited to go to the Guest Book page to pass along your personal message or tell a story. Sincerely, -Your friends at Flanner and Buchanan