Keith Lloyd Blackburn
Section 10, Lot 4116
Pine Hills Cemetery
Keith Blackburn was just 50 years old when he died of a heart attack in February, 1988. A native of Jamaica, the Reverend Blackburn came to Canada in 1973. Manager of Kern Thermal Equipment Ltd., a refrigerator and air conditioning firm in Scarborough, the Reverend Blackburn was also part-time pastor of the Scarborough branch of the British Methodist Episcopal Church, for the last seven years of his life. Before coming to Canada, he built three churches in his homeland. In 1986, Keith Blackburn was awarded an honorary doctorate of divinity by the Caribbean Ministerial Academy for his work in both his countries. The Reverend Blackburn died while vacationing in Jamaica.