Rachel Ann Yost-Blackwell
July 15, 1987 — July 14, 2007
Rachel Ann Yost-Blackwell, of Eureka, died of injuries received in a motorcycle accident on July 14, 2007, at the age of 19.
She was born in Eureka on July 15, 1987, the daughter of Bryan Blackwell and Crystal Gulick. Rachel attended Eureka schools and graduated from Eureka Jr./Sr. High School with the class of 2005. After her schooling she worked as a waitress at Copper Kettle Restaurant.
She is survived by her mother and step-father, Crystal Gulick-Ambler and Bobby Bumgardner of Eureka; father, Bryan Blackwell of Texas; brother, Joshua Yost of Eureka; sister, Mary Holt of Eureka; half-brother, Skylar Blackwell of Texas; grandparents, John and Mary Gulick of Eureka and Betty and Steve Mantooth of Humboldt, Kansas and Michael Blackwell of Rye, Texas; great-grandmother Rita Blackwell; seven nieces; and three nephews. She was preceded in death by one nephew.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Koup Family Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the Rachel Ann Yost-Blackwell Memorial Fund. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
She was born in Eureka on July 15, 1987, the daughter of Bryan Blackwell and Crystal Gulick. Rachel attended Eureka schools and graduated from Eureka Jr./Sr. High School with the class of 2005. After her schooling she worked as a waitress at Copper Kettle Restaurant.
She is survived by her mother and step-father, Crystal Gulick-Ambler and Bobby Bumgardner of Eureka; father, Bryan Blackwell of Texas; brother, Joshua Yost of Eureka; sister, Mary Holt of Eureka; half-brother, Skylar Blackwell of Texas; grandparents, John and Mary Gulick of Eureka and Betty and Steve Mantooth of Humboldt, Kansas and Michael Blackwell of Rye, Texas; great-grandmother Rita Blackwell; seven nieces; and three nephews. She was preceded in death by one nephew.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Koup Family Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the Rachel Ann Yost-Blackwell Memorial Fund. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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