NATCHEZ — Graveside services for Johnnie Wiley Blalock, 86, of Waterproof, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Evelyn S. Riggs officiating.

Burial will follow under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home.

Mr. Blalock was born Oct. 21, 1927, in Woodland, the son of Frank Benjamin Blalock and Clemmie Irene Keyes Blalock. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a Private First Class. Mr. Blalock worked at Armstrong Tire as a tire builder for 40 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Adele B. Powerll and Frances Lauer Gates.

Mr. Blalock is survived by his wife of 67 years, Frances Slover Blalock; one daughter, Ginny Stockstill and husband Butch of Waterproof; two grandsons, Greg Stockstill of Waterproof and Mark Stockstill and wife Macky of Natchez; two great-grandsons, Tyler Blalock Stockstill and Mark Weston Stockstill, and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Pallbearers will be Mark Stockstill, Greg Stockstill, Tyler Stockstill, Wes Stockstill, Donald Black and Carl Frank Olds.

Online condolences may be made to youngsfh.com.