BLACKWELDER MOCKSVILLE – Mrs. Bertha Louise Smith Blackwelder, 96, died peacefully Sunday, December 5, 2021. She was born September 20, 1925, in the Smith Grove Community of Davie County to the late Joel Marvin and Bertha Viola Bowden Smith. Louise was a member of Chestnut Grove United Methodist Church. She graduated from Mocksville High School in 1944, and married Harvey Franklin (Bud) Blackwelder, Jr. on November 14 of the same year. She worked in the cafeteria at William R. Davie Elementary School and then later at Drexel Heritage Furniture. Her life was dedicated to helping her husband on the family Guernsey dairy farm they started in 1948. In her free time, she enjoyed knitting, painting, and raising various garden plants. She even taught decorative painting for many years at both the Davie County and Yadkin County Senior Centers. In her more than 60 years as a member at Chestnut Grove UMC, she was a Sunday School teacher, Youth leader, and Vacation Bible School volunteer. She especially enjoyed being a part of the United Methodist Women's Chicken Pie Ministry. "Granny B," as she was so affectionately referred, was a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt. In addition to her parents, she was proceeded in death by her husband of 43 years, Bud Blackwelder; a son, Roger Wayne Blackwelder; a daughter-in-law, Vickie Hendrix Blackwelder; and her nine siblings and their spouses: Margaret Smith, Joseph Smith (Wilma), Ella Gray Brewer (Gilmer), Ruth Smith, Edith Anderson (Zollie), Mary Merrell (Aubrey), Mattie Sue Blackwelder (T.A.), Fred Smith (Louise), and Peggy Vogler (Eugene). Louise is survived by her daughter, Linda Blackwelder Harpe (Kenneth); grandson, Slayton Harpe (Emily); granddaughters, Jennifer Helton (Jeremy) and Alaina Price (Braxton); great-granddaughters, Kathryn Harpe, Jane Harpe Helton, Meredith Harpe, and Ardin Clair Helton; and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Lambert Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Briggs and Rev. Chip Webb officiating. The service will be available via webcast on the Lambert Funeral Home website, or at https://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/64842. Interment will follow in the Chestnut Grove UMC Cemetery. The family invites friends to come by Lambert Funeral Home from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, to pay their respects. The family would like to extend special thanks to Lola Hellard, Wanda Cranfill, Shiloh Carter, Karen Wall, the staff of Willowbrook Rehabilitation Center, and the nurses of Wake Forest Baptist Hospice-Wilkes for their tender loving care. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Chestnut Grove United Methodist Church, 2812 Highway 601 North, Mocksville, NC 27028. www.lambertfuneralhomenc.com