Mildred Delores "Millie" Blackmore, 80 of Lansing, Ohio died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Forest Hill Retirement Community in St. Clairsville after a long struggle with her illness.

She was born May 15, 1929 in Hamilton, Ohio, a daughter of the late Clarence Carr and Bessie Matilda Hicks Carr.

Millie was a former employee of LS Good & Co. in Wheeling and Sears Roebuck & Co. at the Ohio Valley Mall, she was a member of the St. Clairsville Christian Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Richard Blackmore; brothers, Walter, Lewis, and Homer Carr.

Surviving are her husband, Orville A. Blackmore, Sr.; children, Orville A. Blackmore, Jr. of Wheeling, WV., John Lynn Blackmore of Chillicothe, Ohio, Bonnie Musgrave of Essex, VT., and Bruce Edward Blackmore of Columbus, Ohio; four brothers, Wayne, George, Ira, and Eugene Carr; 9 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Friends will be received at Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville on Wednesday from 2 to 4 & 7 to 9 p.m. where services will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. with Pastor Curtis Hallstrom officiating. Burial follows in Linwood Cemetery, Blaine, Ohio.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Belmont County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 115, St. Clairsville, Ohio 43950.