Earl Blake

Earl L. Blake, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, July 5, 2010 at McGuire VA Medical Center. He was the son of the late Louis E. and Ella Barber Blake, and the widower of Rita A. Blake. Mr. Blake was a veteran in the United States Army Air Corp having served during WWII. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, and retired from ICI in 1988. He is survived by two sons, Richard E. Blake and wife, Peggy, and Bruce E. Blake and wife, Christina all of Colonial Heights; three grandchildren, Richard E. Blake Jr. and wife, Kristen of Glen Allen, Matthew Wayne Blake and wife, Adina of South Boston, and Kathryn B. Gobble and husband, Travis of Colonial Heights; four great-grandchildren, Ashton. Blake, Tucker Blake, Audrey Blake, and Tyler Blake; a sister-in-law, Ann Blake of Pittsfield, Massachusetts; several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday July 7, 2010 in the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard with the Reverend Fred Adkins officiating. Private interment. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 or the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Central Virginia Chapter, 2104 W. Laburnum Avenue, Suite 102, Richmond, Virginia 23227. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.