Mr. Leroy Edward Blassingame

BLASSINGAME, Mr. Leroy Edward - Age 77, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2023 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 10:00 AM Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at St. Paul Baptist Church, 2115 Coldwater Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM. Pastor Michael Pettigrew, officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd., Holly, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:00 AM Tuesday. Mr. Blasingame will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Monday, with family present from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM to receive friends. Leroy Edward Blassingame known as-(The Captain, Daddy Blass or Big Blass) was born October 10, 1945, in Flint, Michigan. The son of Paul and Mary Ellen Blassingame. Leroy was raised on the north side of Flint and attended Jefferson Elementary, Emerson Junior High, Flint Central High School, and graduated from Flint Northwestern High School. He later attended Flint Junior College. Leroy was drafted into the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War, receiving an Honorable Discharge. Leroy worked and retired 33 years from General Motors Corporation (GM) – “Chevy in the Hole”, where his position was a Floor Checker. Leroy excelled in three sports, basketball, football and track. In basketball he had the best scoring average among the four high schools here in Flint. He was the second highest regular season scorer in the Flint City series, scoring more than 200 points during the six regular season games. Leroy was named his senior year to the 10 Man All State Team by the Associated Press , he was named Honorary Captain for the 1964-1965 season, and the Most Valuable Player by his teammates. Leroy was the first winner of the Earl Emery Award. He received the Optimist Scholarship Citizenship and Athletic Award his senior year. He was a 2001 Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame Inductee, category- Multiple Sports. Leroy loved his family, friends, all sports, fishing, cooking and hanging with the guys. He had so many fond memories of his Grandparents, Myles & Louise Walker, Mother Mary Ellen Blassingame, and the Detroit Street Church of God in Christ. Leroy E. Blassingame leaves to cherish his memory : Loving wife of 26 years Mary Alice Blassingame, Daughters: Nikole ( Michael) Fleming, Robin (David) Rivers, Darletha Wanda Johnson- Overton, Goddaughter: Thressa Green Bradley, Son: Troy Boynton, Grandchildren: Lauren Blassingame- Hooker, Essence Giles, JuWuan Boynton, Candra Fleming, Michael Malik Fleming, Naijha Friend, Great Grand Children: Aubrey, Jordyn and Elijah Blassingame- Hooker, Nieces: Carla Tedford Foreman, Lisa Riggs Johnson, Irene Harrison, Sabrina Brown, Eraina Crosby-Lillard, Dana Blassingame, Dionna Ross , Da’Shawn Ross, Nephews: Marshall “Puncho” Riggs, Mark Riggs, Darus Riggs, Percy Anderson, Damarius Anderson, Walter Luke Lang, Rawlan Lillard II, Eddie Lang, Dale Blassingame Jr., In- laws: Claudine (Walter)Lang, Mattie Taylor, Dorothy Crosby, Jethene Ross, Claudette Brandon, Maxie Brandon, Cousins: Clayton Blassingame (Brother/Cousin), Rodney Blassingame (Brother/Cousin), Marva Hodge, Marcia Blassingame, Lynn Richmond, Karlene Wells, Diane Blassingame, Tina Blassingame, Darrin Ellis, a host of other relatives and special friends; The Jarrett, Wells, Harper Miller Family, Gene Summers, Tiny Laster, Justus Thigpen, Monroe Dent, Richard (Vos) Vosburgh, Sydney Alexander, Robert Shannon, Melvin Summers, Wayne Shumpert, Chief of Police, Terence Green, Terence (Tee) Greene, as well as other relatives too numerous to name but are on our minds and in our hearts. Leroy was preceded in death by his father, Paul H. Blassingame Sr., Mother Mary Ellen Blassingame; Brother, Paul Blassingame Jr., Sister Sharon Riggs; Son Leroy Blassingame Jr; Nephew James Edward Blassingame Sr., Brother-in-Law Nate Betts; Grandfather Myles Walker and Grandmother Louise Walker. The family would like to extend a special thanks to everyone who called and spent time with Leroy at the hospital. A special thanks to McLaren 4th, 8th and Select 5th floor Nurses and Doctors, Dialysis Tech Tasha, and our cousin Tasha Simpson CNA. A BIG thank you to cousin Rodney for all the rides to the doctor. Eternal gratitude to Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home and Pastor Michael Pettigrew and St. Paul Baptist Church.

Mr. Leroy Edward Blassingame

October 10, 1945 - July 20, 2023