Ludlum H. "Rocky" Rockwell Jr., 92, husband of the late Carolyn M. (Zinbinski) Rockwell, of Phoenixville, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 29, 2021 at his home. Born in Wilkes Barre and raised in Bloomsburg, he was a son of the late Ludlum H. Rockwell Sr. and Helen D. Reader.

Rocky was a self-taught musician who learned to play the guitar at the age of 8. As a teen, he was a member of a family band called "Chuck Martin and the Ozark Mountain Boys" that allowed him the opportunity to play background music for country stars such as George Morgan, Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Kline, Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Eddie Arnold, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins.

Mr. Rockwell served during the Korean War in the United States Army. In about a year's time, he rose to the rank of Sergeant, while stationed in Korea. After the war, he moved to Phoenixville, where he began playing guitar again. He was a member of several bands, before forming the Tempests, which he played in for several years in clubs all around Philadelphia. An artistic family, Ludlum was a second cousin to Norman Rockwell.

Rocky was employed for a short time at Roberts Meat Packing, Hollandsworth, and Phoenix Steel, before long term employment in milk delivery at Maple Croft Dairies and Country Maide Dairies. He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church in Phoenixville.

Mr. Rockwell is survived by his sister; Beverly Keller, two granddaughters, and 2 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and wife Carolyn (Zinbinski) Rockwell, he is preceded in death by his children Cynthia Rockwell, Harold Thomas Rockwell, and Robert Rockwell, two sisters, and two brothers.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing at the Campbell-Ennis-Klotzbach Funeral Home, Inc., Main Street at Fifth Avenue, Phoenixville, on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from 10AM-11AM. A funeral ceremony will begin at 11AM. Interment will take place on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10am, in the Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer. In lieu of flowers donation may be made in Ludlum’s name to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation, 406 W. 34th St., Suite 920, Kansas City, MO 64111.