Ruby Blackmon Edwards Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Ruby Blackmon Edwards (Morven, North Carolina), who passed away on July 31, 2019, at the age of 86, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Shirley Reagan and Madie Florence Frye Blackmon; her adoptive father Earl Lacy Blackmon; her children, Ronnie Blackmon of Memphis, TN, Mitchel Thomas Gathings of Wallace, SC, Danny Gathings of Ellerbe and Lisa Joy Smith of Ellerbe; her grandchildren, Ronnie Blackmon, Jr., Melinda Blackmon Locklear, Renee Blackmon Butler, Brandon Blackmon, Robin Gathings, Lisa Regina Smith Pierre, Brandi Joy Smith and Michael Aron Smith; her siblings, Wayne Blackmon of Wallace, SC, Jean Sellers of Wallace, SC, Carolyn Gunner of Rockingham, Betty Jo Lisenby of Rockingham, Faye Cagle of Ellerbe and MIchael Blackmon of Franklin; her husband Charles Rodney Edwards; her son Ricky Darrell Gathings; her grandson Keith Gathings; and her brother Edward Blackmon.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Union County, 700 W. Roosevelt Blvd., Monroe, NC 28110 or to Harvest Ministries Outreach Center, P.O. Box 1254, Wadesboro, NC 28170.
