Otis  (Skip)Thomas Blakemore age 67 of Friendship, TN. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Jackson-Madison Co. General Hospital in Jackson, TN. Visitation will be held Saturday, December 31,2016 11:00a.m.-12:55p.m. New Williams Chapel Baptist Church in Friendship, TN... Funeral service will follow at 1:00p.m. with Rev. Daniel Akins Officiating. Burial will be held in Williams Chapel Church Cemetery in Friendship, TN.  Pallbearers will be Quinton Ward, Zakolby Claybrook, Landin Shaw, Ronald Wesley, Roderick Harris & Stephon Wooldridge. Survivors include a Special Friend, Shirley Bowen, Tigrett, TN., Daughters, Tywanna Blakemore, Dyersburg, Torri Blakemore, Tigrett, TN., Brothers, Oliver James (Barbara) Cook, Harrisburg, IL., James (Ann) Akins, Brownsville, TN., Lawdell (Emma) Fields, Dyersburg. Otis was preceded in death by his Parents, Governor and Velma Blakemore., Sister, Sherria Kemp. Otis leaves (7) Seven Grandchildren, A host of Nieces, Nephews, Cousins, and Friends. You may give online condolence at www.mccreightfuenralhome.com . McCreight Funeral Home is honored to serve the Blakemore family.