Cody was born early on Monday, December 20, 2004, at Calvert Memorial Hospital, in Prince Frederick, Maryland, to parents, Russell Brent Blackwell and Jennifer Lynn Canter Blackwell.

On the evening of December 13, 2021, Cody Blackwell was called to Heaven due to complications from an automobile accident at the age of 16 years old.

Cody attended Northern High School where he was a sophomore. Cody also attended Beach Elementary and Windy Hill Middle. Cody loved taking Photography at school. He just obtained his first DSLR Mirrorless camera so he could go out with his mother and shoot photos and edit them together. He wanted to own and operate his own garage after graduating. Cody loved fishing, riding and working on his bike, taking things apart and fixing them, practicing his acoustic guitar and electric guitar, and hanging out with friends. He had a great sense of fashion. He had a great love for cars, especially classic muscle cars. Cody was one of four dream sons. He was deeply loved by his friends and family.

Cody was well known by his peers. Cody carried a charisma about him. His smile and laughter were contagious. Cody never met a stranger. Everyone couldn’t help but want to be his friend. There wasn’t an unkind bone in his body. He went out of his way to make everyone else’s day brighter. Students, teachers, friends, and loved ones will truly miss him.

Cody sadly leaves behind his brothers Russell Blackwell, Jr., 23, Brent Blackwell, 20, and Seth Blackwell, 15, along with his brothers, he leaves his grandparents, Calvin Blackwell, Shirley Blackwell, David and Marie (step-grandmother) Canter, Robert Francis, and Peggy Francis, William (Billy) Hardesty (step-grandfather). He is survived by aunts and uncles Calvin Jr. and Melissa Blackwell, Christina and Melvin Boswell, and Theresa and Zachary McGuire. He also leaves behind niece Lilianne Blackwell and longtime girlfriend Chloe Turnbaugh. He is preceded in death by grandmother Barbara Flynn Hardesty.