Dear Friends and Family, I worked on writing the following as my Mama asked me to do. I know that bits will have already been changed by the funeral home for inclusion in the Item. (They have a certain format that they follow.) I thought that I would send it to those in my address book who know me or who knew my grandmother and would like to know about her passing. Her passing was not a surprise and was fairly easy at the end. I hope that of the ones who receive that Sumter paper receive this before reading it there. Graveside services will either be Tuesday or Wednesday at 4:00 in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Sumter, S.C. Cindy Sumter, South Carolina February 19, 2000 Lucille Blackmon Frances Lucille Richburg Lowder Blackmon, 80, widow of Woodrow Wilson Blackmon, died Saturday, February 19, 2000, at Mariner West Nursing Home in Sumter. Born of French Huguenot ancestry at Davis Station in Clarendon County on March 16, 1919, she was a daughter of the late William DeWitt Richburg and Annie Vermell DuBose Cutter Richburg. For much of her life she was a Methodist, but in her later years she became a member of Eastside Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy L. Lowder of Sumter; three grandchildren, Cynthia Ridgeway Parker, Timothy Franklin Ridgeway, and Howard Lowder Jr. (Chip); four great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Scott Randall Lowder; two sons, Randall DeWitt Lowder and William Scott Lowder; siblings, Annie Louise Richburg Blackmon, Mamie Cutter Morris, Lovelle Cutter Barwick, and Johnny A. Cutter. The family will receive friends at the home of granddaughter, Mrs. Bruce (Cindy) Parker on the corner of Sandalwood Lane and Wedgefield Road in Sumter. Memorials may be made to the Sumter County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2543, Sumter, S.C. 29151-2543 Elmore-Hill-Mcreight Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Plans are incomplete at this time.