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Obituary for BLACK


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Saturday July 30, 2005

John Seaman Black, 21, born in Albuquerque, April 26, 1984, died July 24, 2005. John was a graduate of Rio Rancho High School and attended New Mexico State University before becoming a Certified Flight Instructor, employed at West Mesa Aviation. He was Cadet 1st Lieutenant MCJROTC at Rio Rancho High School and a member of the Blue Knights Honor Society, AFROTC at NMSU. He loved God and was a charter member of Christ Community Fellowship Church. John is survived by his mother, Shelley Black of Las Cruces; and his father and stepmother, Nick and Ann Black of Moriarty; his sister, Evie Black of Las Cruces; and step-brother and sister-in-law, Justin and Kari Marbury, all of Albuquerque; step-brothers, Aaron, Phillip, and Reed Marbury of Albuquerque; grandmother, Patches Willcox of Pasadena, CA; grandmother, Jean Black of Loveland, CO; aunt, Wendy Kendig of Sydney, Australia; uncles, Wayne Willcox of New Orleans, LA, Grant Willcox of South Pasadena, CA; and uncles, Fermor Black of Loveland, CO, Allen Black of Wasilla, AK, Greg Black of Winchester, VA; and many loving cousins, nieces, nephews, friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ. The Memorial Service was held on Thursday, July 28, 2005, at Christ Community Fellowship Church, 5908 Anaheim NE, Albuquerque at 7:00 p.m.