Nancy Alma Blackwelder

Mrs. Nancy Alma Safrit Blackwelder, age 100, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at Pruitt Health in Harrisburg surrounded by her loving family.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:30pm Friday, September 8 at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church. A funeral service will be held at 3pm with Pastor Rafe Allison officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Blackwelder was born November 6, 1916 in Cabarrus County. Her parents were the late Luther Martin and Mary Nellie Sifford Safrit. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie William Blackwelder and her 12 siblings.

Alma was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School and lettered in basketball. She married her high school sweetheart, Johnnie Blackwelder, and they were married for 49 years before his death in 1987. She was a lifetime member of Cross of Christ Lutheran Church where she was a Sunday School teacher and a member of the Martha Fisher Circle. She retired from Craftsmen Finishers after 38 years and was a wonderful seamstress, making many Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls for family and friends.

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Kay Dellinger and husband, Albert of Vale, and Ann Benson and husband, Dale of Raleigh; grandchildren, Tim and Wendy Dellinger, Amy and Kris Carpenter, Jennifer and Heath Houser, all of Vale, and Mary Catherine and Joe Grew of Raleigh; great-grandchildren, Megan Dellinger, Elizabeth and Johnathan Carpenter and Gaven Houser, all of Vale; many nieces, nephews and other loving family and friends.

Memorials may be made to Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 4500 Rimer Road, Concord, NC 28025.