Michelle Patrice Thomson-Blackburn was born on April 18, 1967, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., as the child of Joe Harlow Coberly and Patricia Ann Gregory. She entered into God’s Peaceful rest Wednesday, December 11, 2013, in Early, Brown County, Texas.

When she was 23, Michelle was married to Richard Oliver Blackburn, son of Carl Leslie Blackburn and Catherine Elizabeth McDermott, on May 6, 1990, in South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado, Calif.

Michelle is survived by her husband, Richard; her children, Shane, Camilla, Shawna, and Kyle Blackburn of the home; her parents, Joe H and Patricia A. Coberly of Early; her special aunt, Betty Harbeson; cousins, Shirley and Douglas Harbeson all of Calif.; and several Blackburn family members.

A memorial account is set up at Mills County State Bank in Early in Michelle P. Thompson Blackburn’s name.