Beulah Mae Blakney

Beulah Mae Blakney, 89,of Iuka, MS, passed away peacefully, Sunday, June 27, 2021, at her residence. Beulah Mae was a very humble woman. She enjoyed reading and studying the Bible. She worshipped God and accepted Jesus as her Savior at a young age. She wanted her friends and family to do the same. Beulah Mae was born September 5, 1931, and attended school at Central School where she made many lifelong friends. She went on to graduate from Iuka High School with the Class of 1951. Shortly upon graduating high school Beulah Mae left Iuka and went to work at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis working in medical records and living in an apartment at the “Y”. She later returned to Iuka where she was introduced to the love of her life, RC Blakney, on a blind date that had been set up by their cousins. They were married October 11, 1952. Both RC and Beulah Mae worked at the Iuka Shoe Factory for some time. Later she left the Shoe Factory and stayed home. There she worked on their farm raising cotton, soybeans, gardening , canning, freezing, sewing, and raising their only child, Brenda. Beulah Mae went back to the work force when Brenda was a Junior in High School working at “The Gold Mine” (Winfield Manufacturing)in Burnsville, Vendo, Pinecrest Manufacturing in Corinth, and later Toltec where she retired in her early 70s. Beulah Mae enjoyed going on many church trips and bus tours with old friends and even made many new friends along the way. She visited sites of the US and even extended her travels to Canada. She loved her two grandchildren and their spouses, and the smiles of her great-grandchildren brightened her days.

Beulah Mae is survived by one daughter, Brenda Gale Kennedy (Edwin); two grandchildren, Hannah Leah Ruple (Branden) and Seth Isaac Kennedy (Moranda); 6 great-grandchildren, Brianna Thompson, Emilyn Ruple, Kamryn Ruple, Sutton Ruple, Deacon Ruple, and Kye Kennedy; one brother JT Skinner (Neville), and one brother-in-law JT Blakney, and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, RC Blakney, her parents Jiddy Taylor Skinner, Sr. and Mamie Oberia Woolley Skinner, sisters-in-law, Judy Holt Blakney and Beatrice Blakney Alcock, and brother-in-law Howard Alcock.

Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka, MS is entrusted with the arrangements. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, June 29, 2021, from 5pm until 8pm, at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka. The body will lie in state from 10am until the time of service on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at New Salem Baptist Church. Services will be at 11am on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at New Salem Baptist Church, officiated by Bro. Ron Norvell, Bro. Ted Vafeas, Bro. Seth Kennedy, and Bro. Ed Kennedy. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Greg Adams, Eddie Morris, Greg Kennedy, Seth Kennedy, Brandon Ruple, and Bobby Felker. Donations may be made in Beulah's honor to the Antioch Cemetery Fund or to The Station Church. An online guestbook may be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.