Carolyn Janet Pack Blackburn, 73, died from a lingering illness on Dec. 9, at NHC in McMinnville, surrounded by loved ones. She was born Sept. 9, 1944, in Sewanee, Franklin County, the daughter of Ernest William and Beulah May Gilliam Pack. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Anthony Lorring Pack, Steven Monroe Pack, and Howrie Troy Pack, and sister, Deborah Lynn Pack.She is survived by sons, James Gregory Keel of McMinnville, Stephan Benjamin (Courtney) Blackburn of Manchester, daughter, Caroline Juliana Blackburn (Lou Bahor) of Kennesaw, Ga., grandson, Benjamin Lucas Blackburn, sisters, Pamela Marlene (Glenn) Hodges of McMinnville, Mary Helen (Phillip) Fullhart of Muncie, Ind., Myra Lucille (Don) Morgan of McMinnville, and brothers, Jeffrey Daniel Pack of Ypsilanti, Mich., James Cecil (Mildred) Pack of Marion, Ill.