Jackie Ray "Blues" Kallam, Sr Obituary (1934 - 2022)

JACKIE RAY "BLUES" KALLAM, SR. MAYODAN - Jackie Ray "Blues" Kallam, Sr.,88, passed away early Wednesday morning, March 30, 2022, at Gibson House in Reidsville. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Friday, April 1st, at Glenn's Chapel, 752 Glenn Chapel Road in Stoneville with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Brother Paul Sisk will be officiating.The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service (1 - 2 PM) at the church and other times at the home of his son, Jackie Kallam, Jr., 1237 Ridge Road in Pine Hall. Blues was born March 27, 1934 in Rockingham County, NC. He was the son of the late Buford Ray Kallam and Elkanna Vernon Kallam. Blues was a US Army veteran and a retired tobacco farmer. He is survived by his wife, Carleen Cox Kallam of the home; three sons, Jackie Ray Kallam, Jr. and wife, Sandra, Dickie Dyson Kallam and Phillip Anthony Kallam; six grandchildren, Dickie Kallam, Jr., Amber Kallam, Jason Kallam, Jordan Kallam, Ashley Crews and Phillip Kallam, Jr.; multiple great-grandchildren; brother, Buford Maynard Kallam and wife, Margaret; sister, Nannie Mae Miller; along with a sister-in-law, Brenda Kallam. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Vickie Lynn Amos and his brother, Moyer Kallam. Colonial Funeral Home & Chapel in Madison is serving this family. Online condolences may be offered to the Kallam family at www.colonialfh.net