ROSALIND BLACKMON

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Rosalind Blackmon, 66, wife of David C. Blackmon, died on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital.

Born on Jan. 25, 1953, in Selma, Alabama, she was a daughter of Paul Leonard Thigpen and the late Rosa Lee Hinson Thigpen. She was a member of Bible Fellowship Church.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years; two children, Sharolyn Ellis (Ted) of Sumter and Chris Blackmon of Turbeville; a granddaughter, Chloe Blackmon; a brother, the Rev. Dr. Paul Daniel Thigpen (Faye) of Orangeburg; and a sister, Ann Duby (Gary) of Sumter.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Chris Moore and the Rev. Dr. Dan Thigpen officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.