Rex B. Blakeney

Mr. Blakeney was born in Johnson City, TN, and was a son of the late Bennett and Dollie Burleson Blakeney. He was a Navy veteran of WW II and Korea and was a graduate of Asheville Biltmore College. He also attended Western Carolina College and retired after 25 years as an instructor at Asheville-Buncombe Technical College. He was a NC licensed electrical contractor and a member of Local 238, Electrical Union. He was a charter member of Grace Baptist Church where he was a former deacon and Sunday school teacher.

Surviving are his wife, Charlotte S. Blakeney, and a daughter, Kimberly Ann Blakeney of Charlotte.

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. J. Derrill Smith and the Rev. Jane Smith officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park.

His family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.