CONNIE FUQUA BLAIR

Connie Fuqua Blair, age 75, of Columbus, MS , passed away September 9, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus,MS. Rev. Bobby Sanderson will officiate.

Mrs. Blair was born April 18, 1947, in Columbus, MS, to her loving parents, the late Ira W. and Eunice Adams Fuqua, Sr. She was a graduate of S. D. Lee High School and William Carey University, where she met her husband Don. Mrs. Blair was a retired teacher, having taught for over 30 years at several schools, including Waukomis Public Schools of Waukomis, OK, and Shadow Oaks Elementary of Horn Lake, MS. Mrs. Blair  was an active member of Bellevue Baptist Church of Memphis, TN.

Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Don Blair of Columbus, MS; son, Tim Blair and his wife Robin of Waynesville, NC; and daughter, Julie Consalvo and her husband Keith of Las Vegas, NV. Surviving siblings are Judy Barnett and her husband Jim of Wichita, KS; Ira Fuqua, Jr. of Columbus, MS; and Janice Ryals and her husband Gerald of Columbus, MS. She also leaves her  grandchildren Christina Blair and Matthew Blair, two great grandchildren  and many cousins and nephews.

Memorials may be made to: Memphis Union Mission, P.O. Box 330, Memphis, TN, 38101, mempisunionmission.org and Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave, Fl. 17, Chicago, IL, 6060, alz.org

Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.