Charles Ross Blackmon
| ID: | I505 |
| Last: | Blackmon |
| First: | Charles |
| Middle: | Ross |
| Birth: | 30 Mar 1888 at Lancaster Co., South Carolina 1 2 |
| Death: | 9 Aug 1969 at Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina 3 4 5 |
| Burial: | Kershaw Cemetery, Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina 6 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | The hospital where Mr. Blackmon died was named for the physician James Marion Sims, a distinguished native of Lancaster Co., South Carolina who was known as the Father or Modern Gynecology. Charles Ross Blackmon was a member of Abney #211Masonic Lodge. |
| Sources: | 7 |
| Mother: | UNKNOWN |
| Father: | UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | Mamie E. Jordan b: 9 Sep 1889 d: 22 Apr 1971 |
| Wedding: BEF 1911 | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Jordan and Threatt Genealogy Author: Jordan, Emma Lee, and Marie Driskell, compilers Publication: Published privately. Note: Part 1: Descendants of Joseph Jordan. Part 2: Descendants of Michael Thweatt Page: I.2 |
| 2 | Title: Obituary |
| 3 | Title: Jordan and Threatt Genealogy Author: Jordan, Emma Lee, and Marie Driskell, compilers Publication: Published privately. Note: Part 1: Descendants of Joseph Jordan. Part 2: Descendants of Michael Thweatt Page: I.2 |
| 4 | Title: Obituary Date: 19 Aug 1969 Note: Thanks to Gloria Stogner Cook for transcribing this obituary, May 2002. Text: The Lancaster News, Tues Aug 19, 1969 C. R. Blackmon Funeral services for Carl Ross Blackmon Sr., 81, of Kershaw, were conducted Sunday afternoon, August 10, from First Bapitst Church by his pastor, the Rev. Billy K. Fallaw. Interment, with Masonic rites, was in the Kershaw Cemetery. Active pallbearers were six nephews, Ebin Young of Columbia, Jack Jordan of Kershaw, William (Sonny) Jordan of Bishopville, Edwin Verdery of Orangeburg, Robert Gardner Jr. of Lancaster, Johnny Blackmon of Charlotte. Honorary pallbearers were: D. E. Baxley, Roy Croxton, Orie Morgan, Frank Blackwell, Truman Faukenberry, Dr. Danny Blackwell, Harold Mackey, Minor Gardner, John C. Clyburn, Albert Cunningham, W. C. Cook, Tommy Faile, and John M. Graves. Mr. Blackmon died Saturday, August 9, in Marion Sims Hospital, after a lengthy illness. Born in Lancaster County, March 30, 1888, he was a son of R. L. and Almetta Hinson Blackmon. A retired farmer, he owned much property in Lancaster County. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Kershaw. For 25 years, he served on the Board of Trustees for the Flat Creek School community. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Lynches River Rural Electric Cooperative for many years. He was a life-time member of Abney Lodge No. 211, AFM. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mamie Jordan Blackmon; two sons, Ross Blackmon Jr. and James Lloyd Blackmon, both of Kershaw; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Kate Gardner of Kershaw, Mrs. Nan Verdery of Orangeburg, and Mrs. Ersie Stewart of Warrenton, NC; and one brother, John M. Blackmon of Rock Hill. |
| 5 | Title: Social Security Death Index Note: Last residence Kershaw, Lancaster Co., South Carolina 29067. |
| 6 | Title: Obituary Note: Cemetery also given in Joanne Ellis, Lancaster County, SC Cemetery listing. |
| 7 | Title: Jordan and Threatt Genealogy Author: Jordan, Emma Lee, and Marie Driskell, compilers Publication: Published privately. Note: Part 1: Descendants of Joseph Jordan. Part 2: Descendants of Michael Thweatt Page: I.2, II.4 |
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