Nancy Lee Roper Blackwell Ansley

Nancy Lee Roper Blackwell Ansley, age 89, of Mansfield, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at The Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello.

Nancy Blackwell Ansley was born on April 27, 1929, in Jacksonville, Fla. to the late Tyre Lee “Preacher” Roper and Nora Stradley Roper. Her family moved to Jasper County; she lived in Monticello until 1969.

Before moving to Madison in 1969, Nancy owned and operated Kathryn’s Flowers for a few years. Her late husband, Thomas Leon Blackwell, passed away in 1981; and she remarried the late Hamilton Goss Ansley in 1983. She worked as a real estate developer in the Lake Oconee area for a few years. They moved to North Carolina in the late 1980’s and managed condominiums.

In 2003, she moved to Mansfield to live near her son, Wayne. She was a member of Luther Hays Presbyterian Church in Mansfield.

Nancy Ansley was a Girl Scout leader for a number of years, an avid gardener, great cook and seamstress.

In addition to her parents and two husbands, she was preceded in death by her son, Sammy Blackwell; brothers, Tommy Roper and T. L. Roper; and sister, June Walton.

She is survived by her children, Ginny Toulou of Panama City Beach, Fla., Wayne Blackwell (fiancée, Jackie Lindsey) of Mansfield; Gene (Lauri) Blackwell of Lake Granby, Colo., and Jo (Craig) Clark of Cartersville; grandchildren, Randi Decosta-Peiler, Neil Youngblood, Taylor Chriswell, Lee Chriswell, Christine Blackwell, Robert Blackwell, Thomas Clark, Jason Clark and Joseph Clark; 10 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Becky Henderson of Monticello and Susie Layton of Delaware.

A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m.., Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Newborn. Chaplain Jim Ross will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at Jordan Funeral Home.

Jordan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Visit its website at www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.