Lawrence
Lawrence Blake
d. March 28, 2009
Local attorney, Lawrence Lonny Blake, son of the late Lawrence Earl Blake and the late Frances Rawson Blake, passed away at his home in Prince George County on March 28, 2009. Lonny was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on December 10, 1941. His father, a toolmaker and founder of Revere Mold and Engineering, moved the family to Colonial Heights, Virginia in the summer of 1954. After graduating from Thomas Dale High School, Lonny went on to serve proudly in the United States Air Force. After serving four years in the Air Force, he returned to the Richmond area to complete his Bachelor s in Science Degree from Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University). He went on to graduate from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1969.
Lonny was a passionate artist as a young adult and enjoyed cooking immensely throughout his life. He proudly practiced law in Prince George County and the surrounding area for forty years. He was a former Virginia Assistant Attorney General, 1971-72 and a member of the Virginia State Bar.
Lonny is survived by his son, Lawrence Elliott Blake II and partner R. Bryan Reyns of Arlington; his son, Whitley Burnett Blake and wife Julie Erin Blake, and their two grandchildren, Sophie Elizabeth Blake and Jackson Whitley Blake, of Chesterfield County, and their mother, Darlene H. Blake of Chester.
He is also survived by his daughter, Hillary Ann Mistr-Blake, and her mother, Mary Mistr-Blake, of Prince George County, his sister, Ellen Blake Jackson and husband Franklin Randolph Jackson of Richmond, his brother-in-law, Richard C. Insley of Chesterfield, his uncle, Earl L. Blake of Colonial Heights; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his sister Patricia Blake Insley.
A memorial service will be held at 3:30 PM Sunday, March 29, at the Hopewell Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. There will be an internment at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
Lonny was a passionate artist as a young adult and enjoyed cooking immensely throughout his life. He proudly practiced law in Prince George County and the surrounding area for forty years. He was a former Virginia Assistant Attorney General, 1971-72 and a member of the Virginia State Bar.
Lonny is survived by his son, Lawrence Elliott Blake II and partner R. Bryan Reyns of Arlington; his son, Whitley Burnett Blake and wife Julie Erin Blake, and their two grandchildren, Sophie Elizabeth Blake and Jackson Whitley Blake, of Chesterfield County, and their mother, Darlene H. Blake of Chester.
He is also survived by his daughter, Hillary Ann Mistr-Blake, and her mother, Mary Mistr-Blake, of Prince George County, his sister, Ellen Blake Jackson and husband Franklin Randolph Jackson of Richmond, his brother-in-law, Richard C. Insley of Chesterfield, his uncle, Earl L. Blake of Colonial Heights; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his sister Patricia Blake Insley.
A memorial service will be held at 3:30 PM Sunday, March 29, at the Hopewell Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. There will be an internment at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
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