Evelyn Irene Barringer Blackwelder, 94, of Concord, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 9, 2016 at Five Oaks Manor.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday, March 13, 2016 in Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Buck Cannup officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 pm prior to the service. She will be laid to rest in West Concord Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Glen L. “Gundy” Blackwelder and sisters, Ela Motley and Louise Fagg.
Left to cherish her memories are her daughter, Myra Cook and husband, Steve; son, Lewis “Whitey” Blackwelder; goddaughter, Phyllis Motley Schell; grandchildren, Chris Blackwelder and wife Crystal, Shelly Harwood, Larissa Beaver, and Jason Cook and wife Hollie; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
On-line condolences may be left at ww.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com
Wilkinson Funeral Home is handling arrangements for the Blackwelder Family.