Rose Marie Blackwell

Bishopville, S.C.

Graveside services for Rose Marie Branham Blackwell age 61 will be held Sunday at 3:00 pm at Cedar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Charles Hancock will officiate. Friends may pay their respect anytime Saturday from 12:00 Noon until 5:00 pm at Norton Funeral Home in Bishopville.

Mrs. Blackwell was born in Sumter a daughter of the late Willard Branham and Margaret Ward  Branham Cain. She was a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church. She was retired from J.P. Morgan in Florence and was employed with Life Line Ambulance Service in Camden. She enjoyed helping other people all her life, never met a stranger and was loved by everyone who knew her. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother.

Surviving are her husband, Robert Gillium Blackwell, Sr., Bishopville; one daughter, Tracey (Jason) Gladden, Lugoff; one son, Robert (Heather) Blackwell, Bishopville; six grandchildren, Brycen, Tyler, Gracie and Hazel Blackwell and Jacob Gladden and Samantha Gladden; two sisters, Rebecca (Shea) Yarborough, Bishopville and Theresa (Waldo) Walters, Bishopville. Several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the S.C. Oncology Associates, 166 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29210.

Norton Funeral Home is honored to serve the Blackwell family.