Carolyn Elizabeth Blackmon passed away at her home in Holdenville on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at the age of 88 years.

Carolyn is the daughter of Carl William Brown Sr. & Charlotte (Montgomery) Brown, born on March 4, 1938, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was brought up on a farm outside Shawnee and attended Bethel schools, where she played both basketball and softball. She graduated Bethel High School with the Class of 1956, and attended NAFF Business College for one year. She married Thomas Wayne Blackmon in December of 1957 and they followed his USAF career all over the US and then in Madrid from 1969-1970, and in Izmir Turkey till their return to the States in 1975. They served in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Michigan, Colorado, South Caroline, and Mississippi, and then settled for a while in McComb, Oklahoma. Carolyn later lived for five years in Tecumseh, and for several years in Tulsa, before moving in 2005 to Holdenville, her home for the past twenty-one years. She enjoyed working puzzles, planting flowers, and picking up pecans. She loved spending time with the grandchildren and great-grandchildren, her fat dog, and fat cat. She was a member of Banner Baptist Church in Horntown.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Carl & Charlotte Brown; her son, Tommy Wayne Blackmon, in July 2026; her sister, Pearl Brown, and three brothers: Carl William Brown Jr, Clarence Brown, and Charles Brown.

She is survived by four children: Diana Hardwick (Terry) of Horntown, Mary Knapp (Bill) of Mountain View AR, William Carl Blackmon of OKC, and Kevin Blackmon of Kansas OK; grandchildren: Benjamin Hardwick (Kortine) of Stratford, Jeffery Hardwick (Ashlyn) of Horntown, William B. Knapp (Katie) of Mountain View AR, Morgan Craig of Nashville TN, Kylie Blackmon (Joel) of Kansas OK, Zack Blackmon of Kansas OK, Victoria Blackmon of CA, Chris Blackmon of OK; great-grandchildren: Sonny, Bryce, Sadie, Austin, Alice, Ellie, W.R.; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives, and many friends.

Memorial services will be Saturday, October 17, 2026, 2:00pm at Banner Baptist Church in Horntown.