| Father | Oscar Benjamin Blackmon (1879 - 1966) |
| Mother | Della Mae Jones (1881 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Melvin Oscar Blackmon Sr (1901 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Mamie Wynne Blackmon (1903 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Carrie Bell Blackmon (1904 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Leon Blackmon (1905 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Lennie Ava Blackmon (1907 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Linnie H. Blackmon (1908 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Rufus Anderson Blackmon (1909 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Myrtle Ladell Blackmon (1913 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Delbert Blackman (1917 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Sedalia Maurine Blackmon (1920 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Curtis Preston "Bud" Blackmon (1922 - 1996) |