Sybil Blackburn

New Iberia – Memorial services will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia for Sybil Margaret Blackburn, who passed away October 17, 2018 after suffering from acute pneumonia. Interment will be at a later date. Deacon Durk Viator will officiate. A gathering of family and friends will be Saturday from 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm at Pellerin Funeral Home. She was preceded in death by her son Russell Blackburn, husband Jimmy Blackburn, sister Carol Land, brother Randy Colgin and parents Irene and Randolph Colgin. She is survived by her son Randy Blackburn and wife Heather of Maurice, Louisiana; grandchildren Matthew Blackburn and wife Tori, James Blackburn, Elizabeth Blackburn, Haley Blackburn, Jillian Blackburn, Brittany Richard & Alex Guillory, her brother William Colgin, nieces Dawn Lynd and Michele Dove, and nephews John Gottschalk and Kelly Aucoin. Sybil was a drafter for Dynamic Industries for over 20 years. She preferred to be barefoot and outside, and had a green thumb. Sybil enjoyed working out in the yard with her tropical plants, and she delighted in hand-feeding a family of squirrels who came out to meet her whenever she called them. They all responded to the name “Isabelle”. Her Miniature Sheltie, Peanut was her constant companion. Sybil was a “picker” before picking was a thing. She could spot a treasure at a garage sale or on the side of the road from a block away. When she lived in Hawaii, she combed the beaches for glass floats that washed up from old fishing nets. She had quite a collection of little trinkets and treasures. In July of this year, Sybil returned to Hawaii for a well-deserved vacation. She reconnected with some old friends, visited the attractions, spent time with family and enjoyed watching the sea turtles clambering up to the beach. Always on the lookout for a good deal, she had a great time bargain hunting at the big flea market. She stopped to smell all the flowers and even picked some of them, and brought cuttings home for her yard. Sybil always had a pot of coffee on and invited family and friends over in the mornings to visit. She will be dearly missed by those she left behind. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd, New Iberia, LA 70560, 337.365.3331 is in charge of the arrangements.