Cheryl Lucille Blalock of San Antonio, Texas passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023.

She is survived by Burlene and Vance Blalock, Jr., (parents) of Jourdanton, Texas; and Robert Blalock (brother) and his wife Maria of Schertz, Texas.

Cheryl was born on February 27, 1974, in Jourdanton, Texas.  She graduated from Jourdanton High School in 1992, then went to San Antonio to attend the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).  She graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.  She started working at the UT Heath-San Antonio in 1997.  In 2005, she returned to UTSA for graduate school, earning a Master of Science in Sociology in 2008.  Her time working at UT Health was rewarding and she particularly enjoyed the friends she made.  She especially appreciated her life-long close friendships with Brenda, Grace, Lucina, Yan and Mario.

Cheryl's favorite activities were reading, gardening, camping and traveling.  She was fortunate to travel to China, England, Italy, Spain and the Caribbean.  In the USA she travelled to Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington DC.

Cheryl loved cats!  She had an exceptional life with wonderful family and friends.  In our Father's house there is a place for me and a place for you and we will meet again

Visitation will be held at Hurley Funeral Home, 118 W. Oaklawn Road, Pleasanton on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, starting at 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm.  The funeral service will be on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 10:00 am, at Hurley Funeral Home (Pleasanton).  Interment will follow at the Christine City Cemetery in Christine, Texas.

Memorial donations can be made to the Jourdanton Education Foundation, 200 Zanderson Avenue, Jourdanton, Texas 78026 or to the Animal Defense League, 11300 Nacogdoches Road, San Antonio, Texas 78217.

A Prayer by Vance Blalock, Sr.

We thank thee, heavenly Father that you have permitted us to come together in thy name.  We are grateful, heavenly Father, because you have said that where two or three would be gathered in thy name you would be present.  Help us, heavenly Father, to realize more and more our need of thee.  Permit us, heavenly Father, to bring all our cares and burdens to thee now as children of thine.  Amen

I am the way and the truth and the life. – John 14:6

Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again: Rejoice!  Let your gentleness be evident to all.  The Lord is near. – Philippians 4:4-5