Naomi Corene Bledsoe

TYLER — Funeral services for Naomi Corene Kelly Bledsoe, age 100, will be Friday February 21, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Jackson’s Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home located at 215 East Front St. Tyler, Texas. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m., before the service.
Naomi was born April 3, 1919 in Kempner, Lampasas County, Texas. She joined our Lord in her heavenly home on February 13, 2020 in Tyler, Texas.
She was a dedicated and loving wife of Dale Hill Bledsoe. They were married 55 years before Dale’s passing in 1993. She was a loving mother to her two sons and daughter-in-laws – Derrell Bledsoe & his wife Nelda and Nick Bledsoe & his wife Yvonne and a very special ‘Nonnie’ to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Naomi was a retired elementary school teacher from Tyler Independent School District. She taught 3rd & 5th grades for 26 years. Her professional attitude and dedication brought many awards, high esteem from her coworkers and touched the lives of many children. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an organization for key women teachers and held numerous offices in the organization over the years. Naomi was also involved with the Retired Teachers Association and served as local and district President.
Naomi loved the Lord and was very active in her church – Westlake Baptist in Chandler. Over the years she taught Sunday School, was Sunday School director, directed Church Outreach, traveled on many Mission trips, worked on committee’s, helped in the nursery and sang for many years in the Westlake ‘Singin’ Saints’ performing choir.
Naomi always had a project. She loved flower and vegetable gardening, canning, sewing, reading, scrapbooking, traveling, cooking, and projects with her church. In the early 1990’s she made quilts for her children and grandchildren. In 2007 she organized a cookbook of all her recipes and gave copies to all the family. In 2008 she wrote the story of her life – ‘I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ for My Journey Now’ and sold over 100 copies to family and friends.
Mrs. Bledsoe is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dale Hill Bledsoe; her parents, Jesse & Lucy Kelly; sister, Jessie Cowden; brother, Thomas W. Kelly; brother, Ralph A. Kelly; granddaughter, Cindy Bledsoe; grandson, Kelly Joe Bledsoe; and great-granddaughter, Amanda Bledsoe.
She is survived by her two sons and their wives, Derrell & Nelda Bledsoe, Chandler and Nick & Yvonne Bledsoe, Tyler. Grandchildren include Derrell Bledsoe Jr. & wife Kelly of Tyler, Lisa Bledsoe of Garland, David Bledsoe & wife Becky, Round Rock, Brian Bledsoe, Speculator NY; eight great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and 2 step-grandchildren; Naomi’s surviving sister Norma Lou Beddingfield of Flint, many cherished nieces & nephews, long-time friends Lynda & Charles McQuaid, and her wonderful home heath care givers, Carmen Hill, Janet Sluder, and Billie Zane.
The family would like to thank the staff, nurses & nurses’ aides at Petal Hills Nursing Care Facility and Heart to Heart Hospice Care of Tyler for taking care of Naomi.
Memorials may be made to Westlake Baptist Church, FM 315 South, Chandler, TX, 75758 or the American Cancer Society. To view online, please go to www.burkswalkertippit.com.