Walter Leon Blackwelder

Walter Leon “Blackie” Blackwelder, 89, husband of Frances Godley Blackwelder, passed away at Clarendon Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.

Born Oct. 26, 1920, in Charlotte, N.C., he was the son of the late Roger Wardsworth and Mary Jane Earnhardt Blackwelder. He was a retired supervisor from Western Electric; a WWII United States Army Staff Sgt., 80th General Hospital in New Guinea and the Philippines; secretary of the Charleston Breakfast Exchange Club, member of Woodmen of the World, charter member of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, and a member of Summerton Presbyterian Church.

Surviving in addition to his wife of Summerton are a daughter, Nancy Blackwelder Evans of Summerton; and a grandson, Dr. Scott C. Evans and his wife Dr. Elizabeth N. Dacus of Charleston.

A graveside service was held on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Adnah United Methodist Church Cemetery in Islandton, S.C., with the Rev. Garland Hart officiating.

Memorials may be made to the National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory of Manning was in charge of the arrangements.