Mrs. Margaret M. Blakes 

Mrs. Margaret M. Blakes , “The Cake Lady”, 74, of 355 Alspaugh Street, went home to her savior on Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston­-Salem, NC. A wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, was born on August 4, 1931, in Darlington, SC to James McCloud and Katie Thomas.
Mrs. Blakes was retired from Domestic Engineering and became a self - employed caterer. She was a member of Union Baptist Church. She also once held the position of President for “The Women Christian Birthday Club”, of Winston-Salem.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by children, James, Jr.. and Robert Blakes; sisters, Suzanna Jenkins, Juanita Lockheart, and Mable McCloud; and one grand-daughter, Margaret B. Alexander.
She leaves to cherish her husband of fifty-nine years, Mr. James Blakes; children, Walter Blakes, Mary B. White (Bernard), Johnny Blakes (Yolanda), Randolph Blakes, Ralph Blakes, Sr., Ivan (Ricky) Blakes, all of Winston-Salem, NC; siblings, Ella Mae Moses, Corina Lewis, Katie “Helen” Kinzer (Lazzir), Mary Grantham of Brooklyn, NY, Edna Williams(Clarence) of East Orange, NJ, Dexter McLendon and Robert Lee Thomas(Cynthia) of Darlington, SC, Willie T. McCloud of Durham, NC, and John Henry Thomas (Marie) of Brooklyn, NY; brothers-in-law, Past Charlie Jenkins, John Lockheart of Darlington, SC; an uncle, Sears Simon of Winston-Salem, NC; eighteen grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren, and five great, great, grandchildren all of Winston-Salem, NC. A homegoing celebration will be held at Noon Friday, March 17, 2006 at Union Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 11 am until Noon Friday at the Church. The family will assemble at the home of Mary B. White, 136 Dunleith Ave.