Wife of John Blackman Sr. S.C.M.(First Principal of Deighton Griffith Secondary School).

Mother of John Jr. (Dave), Don, Dean Blackman and Joy Coppin.

Daughter of the late Edith (Ivy) Walrond and James Wiltshire.

Grandmother of Russell, Brian, Christina and Dr. Alissa Blackman, Jhayrise and Jhayden Coppin.

Great- grandmother of Theodore Phillips.

Sister of Myrle and Cedric Moore, Emmerson, Patrick and Roger Wiltshire

Cousin of Kevin Padmore, Trevor Walrond, Glyne and Wayne Clarke, Claudette Stanton, Jacqueline Richards, Esther Johnson, Joyce Codrington and the late Cameron Clarke.

Niece of Keith and Marjorie Mapp ,  the late Albertha Clarke, Doreen Squire, Ivan Nightingale and  Adele Thorne.

Relative of the Mapp, Nightingale,  Grant,  Yearwood and   Wiltshire families, Joyce Blackman and Joyce Payne.

Mother-in-law of Deborah Blackman, Hayden Coppin and the late Doodmattie (Katie) Blackman.

Sister-in-law of the late Daniel, Sylvanus, Ezra and Philip Blackman and the late Shirley Edwards.

Friend of Collin Carter (UK), Clothilda  McClean, Clarissa Layne,  Owen Codrington, Horris Linton, Dr. Donley Carrington, Victor Benn, Celeste Porte, Doriel Hazzard,  Stephanie Greaves, Beverley Prescod, Murline Bowen,Phyllis Brathwaite, Clement Edwards, Rudolph Parris, Denise Coppin and Wallace Fitt.

Neighbour of Benjie Gibson, Barbara Jordan, Peter Alkins, Jean Webster, Maureen Foster, Lorraine Forbes, Lynette Small, the late Elaine Williams and  many others .

Special thanks to the Abundant Life Assembly family.

A service of thanksgiving for the life of Lyris Olreta Blackman  neè Walrond takes place on Saturday 14^th March 2026 at  1:00p.m. at the Abundant Life Assembly, Haynes Hill, Bank Hall, St. Michael where relatives and friends are asked to  meet.

The cortege will then proceed to Westbury Cemetery for the interment. Floral tributes may be sent to Keith Jones Funeral Home no later than 11:30a.m. on Saturday.

Family and friends are invited to a visitation in the chapel of Keith Jones Funeral Home on Wednesday 11^th March from 4:30p.m. to 6:00p.m.

Live streaming of the funeral service can be viewed at:

https://keithjonesfunerals.live/LyrisBlackman

Condolences can be sent to  keithjonesfunerals@caribsurf.com

Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Keith Jones Funeral Home, Passage Road, St.Michael.