Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr.

AIKEN - Mr. Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr., died December 14, 2009 at the VA Hospital in Augusta, GA. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Interment will be held privately in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Mr. Blystone was born in the Panama Canal Zone, a son of Elsie Zona Aruda Blystone, Aiken, and the late Arthur Leroy Blystone, Sr. He was a resident of Aiken since 1963, and was a Heavy Equipment Mechanic for Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority. He was a member of the NRA, and was proud to be known as a jack-of-all-trades. He could fix anything. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his beloved wife, Nevada Ruth Geary Blystone; a daughter, Denise (Kenneth) Arnett Blystone-Hogan, Aiken; two sons, Charles LaVerne (fiancee Dawn Brummett) Blystone, Jr., Aiken, Travis Dean (Ootie) Blystone, Aiken; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; a brother, Marvin Carl (Lynda) Blystone, Aiken; sister in law, Glenda (the late Arthur Blystone, Jr.) Blystone, Aiken; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Aiken SPCA, 401 Wire Rd., Aiken, SC 29801. Mr. Blystone's online guest book may be signed at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Charles LaVerne Blystone, Sr., please visit our flower store.