Updated: January 23, 2018

CONNIS "BUTCH" BLAKE, 50, OF LAWRENCEBURG, DIED SUNDAY. HE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED BRICK LAYER.

HE IS SURVIVED BY FIVE SONS: CONNIS DERRICK, JOSHUA RAY, GAYLON ERIC, BRANDON RAY, AND TRENTON JAMES BLAKE, ALL OF LAWRENCEBURG; TWO DAUGHTERS: REBEKAH LYNN "FELICIA" SPENCE AND ELISA SHIANN BLAKE, BOTH OF LAWRENCEBURG; THREE STEP DAUGHTERS: CASSANDRA AND JESSICA KNUCKLES AND CHRISTY FISHER; SIX SISTERS: SHERRY MCKENZIE, SHARON MENDENHALL, SANDRA "SISSY" JAMES, PAM JOHNSON, LISA WILKERSON, AND BRIDGETTE WILLIAMS; ONE BROTHER: DAVID BLAKE; ONE STEP BROTHER: DALLAS JUDKINS, JR; FIRST WIFE: FELICIA GAIL SMITH; SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CONNIS "BUTCH" BLAKE WILL BE FRIDAY AT 1 AT NEAL FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL AT KIDD CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS THURSDAY FROM 4 TO 8.