Brenda Joyce Blackburn Brenda Joyce Blackburn, 47, Clarksville, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 after a long battle with cancer, at Gateway Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 1 pm Saturday at Neal-Tarpley Chapel with Rev. Hubert Cunningham officiating. Burial will be in Mount View Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dover, TN. Visitation will be from 9 am until the hour of the service Saturday at the funeral home. Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born March 12, 1960 in Chicago, IL. She was preceded in death by her father, Henry J. Blackburn and a brother Richard Nathansen. Brenda worked in the office at Ramblewood Apartments. Survivors include her mother, Martha Nathansen, Clarksville; three sisters, Janet Haynes (Kenneth), Clarksville; Mary Lou and Charlotte Blackburn; seven brothers, Tom Broactte, Eddie, Jimmy, John, Henry, and Thomas Blackburn and David Nahansen. Family and Friends will serve as pallbearers. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences can be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.