Phyllis Byrd Blackman Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Phyllis Byrd Blackman of Florence, South Carolina, who passed away on May 2, 2026, at the age of 88, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Phyllis farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Phyllis is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, David Clarence and Hyacinth McFarland Byrd; her husband Ned Jeryl Blackman; and her sisters, Ruth Byrd Galloway and Jean Byrd Smoak.
She is survived by: her daughters, Lacie Blackman and Rambel Blackman Winstead (Lindsay); and her granddaughters, Tori, Marla, Ashleigh and Alyssa Shelley.