Celebrating Life’s Stories

Established by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, join us in celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week from May 13-19th.  Due to the 2018 theme of “Celebrating Life’s Stories”, we’ll be having a resident spotlight. This series will allow us to share some of the life stories of our residents.  Check back, each day, as we highlight a patient/resident at our center. Click here to read about some of our other residents!

Ms. Blackman
Resident Spotlight Day 3

Ms. Blackman was born in Faison, North Carolina. She later moved to Virginia, where she was mostly raised in Fairfax. She graduated from Mt. Vernon High School and went on to college at Old Dominion University, where she graduated with her degree in Criminal Justice. During summers of high school and college, she worked in various government jobs. After graduating from college, she continued to work for the government, she first worked for the State Department for about five years. She then went on to work for the United States Postal Service for about 22 years. She retired in 2007. Bobby has always enjoyed reading and movies; she also has a great love for animals and always has. The last cat she owned was named Emily.