1990-1999, FL, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net

 

SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi , FL,           Transcribed by Jim @ Blankenshipweb.com

Blankenship, Alma P.        84, 05Aug1906 - 15Mar1991,          (not specified),                                FL-263-48-2239

Blankenship, D. F.             32, 09Jul1965 - 15Oct1997,             (PE),                                                 FL-266-75-6587

Blankenship, Daniel B.      42, 04Mar1955 - 19Feb1998,          (72),                                                 FL-264-23-1544

Blankenship, Diane           38, 27Feb1959 - 02Oct1997,           (FO),                                                FL-263-53-4556

Blankenship, Essie            67, 22Mar1932 - 12Nov1999,          (72),                                                 FL-261-44-1374

Blankenship, Hannah K.    00, 03Apr1996 - 04Apr1996,           (FO),                                                FL-593-59-8821

Blankenship, Helen           62, 23Jun1928 - 17Jan1991,            (not specified),                                FL-266-28-1632

Blankenship, Jack H.         61, 07Mar1929 - 28Jun1990,           (not specified),                                FL-262-36-4129

Blankenship, Jeanette        69, 26Jan1922 - 27May1991,          (not specified),                                FL-262-64-4729

Blankenship, Julia L.         82, 23Apr1909 - 01Feb1992,           (not specified),                                FL-265-08-8272

Blankenship, Larry L.        55, 03Feb1939 - 20Jun1994,            (not specified),                                FL-266-58-5657

Blankenship, Michael D.   13, 02Apr1983 - 24Mar1997,          (72),                                                 FL-589-78-4417

Blankenship, Minnie L.     79, 27Mar1910 - 11Feb1990,          (not specified),                                FL-267-76-6591

Blakenship, Randall          39, 07Sep1956 - 17Jun1996,            (72),                                                 FL-267-23-6455

Blankenship, Robert J.      46, 26Oct1952 - 22Jan1999,            (72),                                                 FL-262-02-4011

Blankenship, S.                  62, 02Jan1931 - 15Oct1993,            (PE),                                                 FL-267-42-5641

Blankenship, Thelma P.    74, 13Nov1917 - 09Jun1992,           (not specified),                                FL-267-56-0620

 

Alachua                                                                                                             

 

1999, St. Augustine, St. Johns Co., FL, Obituary

The Herald Dispatch, (Huntington, WV) – Saturday – 2/20/1999

              Claude Blankenship, 80, of St. Augustine, Fla., Formerly of Chesapeake, OH died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1999 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL. He was born October 2, 1918 in East Lynn, WV, the son of the late Lindsey and Laura Adkins Blankenship.

He was a retired coal mine owner and operator in Virginia and was a retired owner of Blankenship Landscaping in Detroit, MI.

              He is survived by Six sons, William C. and Kevin D. Blankenship, both of Huntington, WV; Sam Blankenship of Lavalette, WV; Robie Blankenship of Cleveland, OH; Randy Blankenship of Wichita, Kan; and Donald K. Blankenship of White Sulpher Springs; Five Daughters, Eloise Thompson of Chillicothe, OH; Janith Iverson of Cove City, KY; Joan Sansom of Ardel, WV; Joyce Traylor of Lavalette, WV; Rita Lockhart of Proctorville, OH; Wilma Willis and Husband, Wes of St. Augustine, FL. With whom he made his home; Two Sisters, Sarah Isaacs of Guyandotte, WV; Sabra Rowe of Huntington, WV; One brother, Clyde Blankenship of Lavalette, WV; 32 Grandchildren, 28 Great-Grandchildren; a host of special Nieces, Nephews and sons – and Daughters-in-law and many friends in Ohio, WV, and Florida and the mother of his children Myrtle Blankenship of Huntington, WV.

              Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21, 1999 in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, OH. Minister John Holland and Larry Burcham from the Proctorville Church of Christ will Officiate.

                                                          From David & Teressa Stuckey stuck42549(at)aol.com

 

Alachua Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Lee W.         70, 08Sep1924 - 14Mar1995,          Archer, Alachua, FL,                       WV-236-44-3863             

Blankenship, Beverly A.   58, 14Nov1935 - 14Nov1993,          Gainesville, Alachua, FL,               IN-311-32-7763

Blankenship, Verna M.      63, 01Mar1935 - 20Jul1998,            Hawthorne, Alachua, FL,               AL-421-46-0049

Blankenship, George F.     54, 28Dec1940 - 28Nov1995,          High Springs, Alachua, FL,               FL-266-60-2224

 

Bay                                                                                                                   

 

Panama City, Bay Co., FL, Greenwood Cem.,

Blankenship, Alma Miriam b.05Aug1906 d.15Mar1991, Ss/w Warren E. Blankenship, 129/21

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/bay/cemetery/greenwoodaf.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Panama City, Bay Co. FL, Evergreen Memorial Gardens,

Blankenship, C. Annie            b.1905 d.1994, "Ss/w J. Wiley Blankenship"

Blankenship, Essie H.             b.22Mar1932 d.12Nov1999, "Beloved Wife & Mother,

w/o James W. Blankenship"

Blankenship, James W.          b.07May1923 d.11Jan1997, "MOMM2 US Navy, WW II,

h/o Essie H. Blankenship"

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/bay/cemetery/evergreena-l.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Bay Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Clara A.       88, 22Nov1905 - 12Mar1994,          Panama City, Bay, FL,                    FL-267-26-1404

Blankenship, James W.     73, 07May1923 - 11Jan1997,          Panama City, Bay, FL,                    FL-266-20-5081

Blankenship, Shirley M.    83, 22Jul1912 - ??Feb1996,             Panama City, Bay, FL,                    MO-492-16-1190

 

Brevard                                                                                                             

 

+1990, Titusville, Brevard Co., FL, Obituary

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - August 24, 1990

Carl Blankenship, 71, 3415 Barbara Lane, Titusville, died Aug. 16. Born in Mercer County, W.Va., he moved to Titusville from Princeton, W.Va., in 1971. He was a retired coal mine foreman. He was a member of Matoaka Baptist Church.

Survivors: wife, Dana; son, Stanley, Miami; daughter, Betty McElroy, England; brothers, I.C., Buford, Ga., James, Lashmeet, W.Va.; two grandchildren. North Brevard Funeral Home, Titusville.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Brevard Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Kathleen R.  51, 11Mar1941 - 02Dec1992,          Cocoa, Brevard, FL,                        VA-223-52-9245

Blankenship, Imogene L.   45, 13Sep1947 - 15Jan1993,            Melbourne, Brevard, FL,                 FL-264-88-3501

Blankinship, Rebecca S.    66, 11Sep1932 - 21Apr1999,           Melbourne, Brevard, FL,                 GA-257-46-7244

Blankenship, Ruby D.        83, 04Jul1913 - 17Feb1997,            Melbourne, Brevard, FL,                 IN-316-14-2885

Blankenship, Rubert          83, 23Aug1915 - 26Jun1999,           Titusville, Brevard, FL,                   KS-513-07-6760

Blankenship, Vaughn L.    68, 12Dec1925 - 16Apr1994,           Titusville, Brevard, FL,                   WV-236-40-1656

 

Broward                                                                                                            

 

1990, Dania, Broward Co., FL, Obituary

The State Journal-Register, (Springfield, IL) - April 4, 1990 

Carrie A. Wheeler 87, of Dania, Fla., formerly of Springfield, died March 24 at Humana Hospital of South Broward in Hollywood, Fla. She was born Aug. 22, 1902, in Petersburg, the daughter of Ezra and Geneva Robinson Hinds.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Wendell G. Wheeler; and one son, Charles Robert Wilson. Prior to her retirement, she was a nurse's aide.

Surviving are four sons, Victor Wilson of Pleasant Plains, Phillip Wilson of Lawson, Mo., Leonard Wilson of Springfield and Paul Wilson of Hollywood, Fla.; one daughter, Violet Snipes of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two stepsons, Charles and Wendell Wheeler, both of Springfield; one stepdaughter, Donna Blankenship of Springfield; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Ruth Kuntz of California.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Oak Ridge Cemetery, with the Rev. Wayne Absager officiating.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Broward Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Bessie H.      80, 25Jul1913 - 07Sep1993,            Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL,         IA-480-05-9443

Blankenship, Gilmer J.      78, 16Oct1915 - 29Dec1993,           Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL,         WV-233-14-7149             

 

Charlotte                                                                                                           

 

Charlotte Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Reginald L.  86, 26Aug1903 - 20Jan1990,           Port Charlotte, Charlotte, FL,               VA-226-26-3565

 

Citrus                                                                                                                

 

Citrus Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, James H.      75, 22Mar1918 - 23Sep1993,          Dunnellon, Citrus, FL,                     IA-482-03-2208

Blankenship, Tom             64, 07May1934 - 01Apr1999,          Homosassa, Citrus, FL,                   LA-437-44-5548

Blankenship, Betty            69, 06Dec1924 - 30May1994,         Inverness, Citrus, FL,                      PA-211-14-0924

Blankenship, William C.   64, 30Oct1931 - 14Dec1995,           Inverness, Citrus, FL,                      FL-262-50-3150

 

Collier                                                                                                               

 

+1998, Naples, Collier Co., FL, Obituary

The Florida Times-Union, (Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL), Thursday, January 1, 1998

              Rev. Adrian Emory Blankenship, 81, Senior Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Naples died Monday, December 29, 1997. He and his wife, Marie celebrated over 83 years of the Gospel Ministry. In 1934 Rev. Blankenship was ordained to the Gospel Ministry by the First Baptist Church in Monette, Ark. He served as Pastor of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Pleasant Hill, Ark. In 1939 he graduated from Ouachira Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Ark. He attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and became pastor of Peathaven Baptist Church, Brookhaven, Miss. In 1945, He Graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, KY and from 1945 to 1957 he was the Missionary to Brazil appointed through the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. He served as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Lenoir, NC and at Derita Baptist Church Charlotte, NC. In 1980 he helped start a church in Columbus, Ohio and assisted the pastor and taught classes at San Pablo Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla. From 1988 untill his death, Rev Blankenship was Senior Associate Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Naples, He was a member of the American Association of Churistian Counselors.

He is survived by his wife Edith Marie Blankenship, His Children, Adrian Gerald Blankenship of Naples, Beverly Bradley of Bristol, Va., Charles Hall Blankenship and Daniel Gene Blankenship both of Jacksonville, Jon Emory Blankenship of Burlington, NC and Carl Brent Blankenship of Brocksville, Fla; thirteen Grandchildren, Michael, Robert, Adrianne, Jamie, Bart, Brett, Angel, Carly, Brittany, Daniel, Jessie, Heather, and Jan; and Eight Great grandchildren, Kyle, Colin, Casey, Molly, Gabriel, Abigail, Katie-An and Courtney. Also surviving are four sister, Doris Curreri of Toms River NJ. Maxine Goetzman of Louisiana, Carlene D’Errico of Little Eggharbor, NJ, and Pat Weltons of Lexington, KY, and a brother Bill Blankenship of Lexington, KY.

Funeral service was held Wednesday, 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Naples, 1595 Pine Ridge Road with Dr. Hayes Wicker, Pastor Officiating. Arrangements by Fuller Funeral Home.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

Transcribed by Jim @ Blankenshipweb.com

 

Collier Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Adrian E.     81, 24Nov1916 - 29Dec1997,          Naples, Collier, FL,                         AR-429-12-6012

 

Duval                                                                                                                           

 

+1999, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, Obituary

The Herald-Dispatch, (Huntington, WV) - November 14, 1999

Mary Ellen "Dixie" Parsons Sanders, 86, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of East Lynn and Dickson, West Virginia, died Thursday, November 11, 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 15, 1999 at Morris Funeral Home, Wayne, WV, with Minister Teddy Tackett. Burial will follow in the Sanders Cemetery, East Lynn, WV.

She was born November 05, 1913 in East Lynn, WV, a daughter of the late Enoch and Mary (Burns) Parsons. Dixie was a homemaker, was Church of Christ by faith, and was a Kentucky Colonel.

Survivors include her husband of 70 years, Wayne Lincoln Sanders one daughter and son-in-law, Faye and Jack Mills of Ceredo, WV five sons and four daughters-in-law, E. J. and Ann Sanders of Wayne, WV, McKinely and Onalee Sanders of Rittman, OH, Willis and Linda Sanders of Jacksonville, FL Willie Sanders also of Jacksonville, FL, and Carl and Debbie Sanders of Lavalette, WV one sister, Marie Osburn of Wayne, WV one brother, Pearl Blankenship of East Lynn, WV four granddaughters, Karen Pyles, Debbie Lewis, Kathy Sanders, and Patricia Wise four grandsons, Randy Sanders, Greg Sanders, Jeff Sanders, and Jeremy Sanders four great granddaughters, Kim Sanders, Heather Sanders, Jaclyn Wise, and Alyse Lewis five great-grandsons, Brent Sanders, Kris Pyles, Rayne Sanders, Jason Sanders and Lawrence Wise two step-grandchildren, Jennifer and Scott Hutchinson two step-great-grandchildren, Tonya Clark and Garrett Hutchinson and one step-great-great-grandson, Beau Clark.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Duval Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Bertha E.      81, 08May1912 - 20Jun1993,          Jacksonville, Duval, FL,                  WV-234-82-0036             

Blankenship, Carl D.         43, 06Jun1954 - 25Apr1998,           Jacksonville, Duval, FL,                  FL-267-13-2942

Blankenship, Gene             70, 16Oct1928 - 16Feb1999,           Jacksonville, Duval, FL,                  FL-261-32-5809

Blankenship, Lennie V.     87, 04Oct1908 - 15May1996,          Jacksonville, Duval, FL,                  WV-233-20-0924             

Blankenship, Sarah L.       54, 24Oct1941 - 01Feb1996,           Jacksonville, Duval, FL,                  FL-262-60-2634

 

Escambia                                                                                               

 

Pensacola , Escambia Co., FL, Barrancas Nat. Cem.,

Naval Air Station, 80 Hovey Road , Zip 32508, TX (850) 453-4108 

Blankenship, Ira SA USN, b. 09/16/1925, DOD 01/06/1990, Sec. 35A  #35, WWII

Blankenship, Louis Sgt USA, b. 08/26/1916, DOD 04/24/1990, Sec.N 36  #2642, WWII

                                                          From: Don Blankenship donblank(at)earthlink.net

 

Pensacola , Escambia Co., FL, Barrancas Nat. Cem.,

Blankenship, Ira                    b. 09/16/1925, d. 01/06/1990

SA US NAVY, Pensacola Escambia Florida, Plot: 35 A 35, bur. 01/18/1990
Blankenship, Ethel S.            b. 03/16/1900, d. 11/25/1919

Res: Pensacola, FL, Plot: 35 0 2162-A, bur. 12/06/1991
Blankenship, Ethel S.            b. 03/16/1900, d. 11/25/1991

Plot: 35 2162-A, bur. 12/06/1991, *
Blankenship, Louis               b. 08/26/1916, d. 04/24/1990

SGT US ARMY, Pensacola - Escambia - Florida, Plot: 36 2642, bur. 04/30/1990

http://www.interment.net/data/us/fl/escambia/barranat/barrancas_bimbon.htm

                                                          From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Escambia Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Elena E.       75, 06May1917 - 11Aug1992,         Cantonment, Escambia, FL,               AL-418-38-9792

Blankenship, Ethel S.        90, 16Mar1901 - ??Nov1991,          Pensacola, Escambia, FL,               GA-259-72-2963

Blankenship, Ira                 64, 16Sep1925 - 06Jan1990,            Pensacola, Escambia, FL,               FL-267-20-1144

Blankenship, Louis            73, 28Aug1916 - 24Apr1990,          Pensacola, Escambia, FL,               FL-266-38-6398

Blankenship, Martha         92, 24Jun1904 - 30Jul1996,             Pensacola, Escambia, FL,               FL-265-36-8225

Blankenship, Mattie J.       72, 10Jun1923 - ??Apr1996,            Pensacola, Escambia, FL,               AL-420-32-0383

 

Glades                                                                                                               

 

Glades Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Nancy M.     53, 18Nov1945 - 08Aug1999,          Moore Haven, Glades, FL,               FL-267-70-3764

 

Hendry                                                                                                              

 

Hendry Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, William H.   74, 04Jul1919 - 15Nov1993,            Labelle, Hendry, FL,                       GA-259-01-7806

 

Hernando                                                                                                         

 

1990, Spring Hill, Hernando Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - October 2, 1990

Meyer, Edward Ervin, 73, of Spring Hill, died Sunday (Sept. 30, 1990) at home. Born in Mitchell, S.D., he came here 19 years ago from Washington, D.C.

He was a retired civil service electronics engineer with the government and a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Elks Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10209 and the Lions Club, all of Spring Hill, and American Legion Post 261.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a son, Paul, Lakeland; a daughter, Linda Blankenship, St. Louis; four brothers, LeRoy, Salt Lake City, Arnold, Earl and Gary, all of Kansas City, Kan.; and two grandchildren. Brewer Memorial Funeral Home, Spring Hill.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Hernando Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Walter K.     91, 16Sep1906 - 27Apr1998,           Brooksville, Hernando, FL,               WV-236-16-1888             

Blankenship, William J.    84, 10May1913 - 07Jul1997,           Brooksville, Hernando, FL,               OH-280-03-5880

 

Highlands                                                                                                         

 

1994, Sebring, Highlands Co., FL, Obituary

The Roanoke Times, (VA) - November 2, 1994

Spicer, Ruby Hudson, 59, of Sebring, Fla., formerly of Roanoke, died Monday, October 31, 1994, in a Sebring, Fla. hospital.

Surviving are her husband, Darrell R. Spicer, Sebring, Fla.; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Lynn Blankenship , Larry and Dana Blankenship, all of Roanoke; four stepchildren; three grandchildren, Brett Blankenship , Jessica Blankenship , Jason Blankenship ; four brothers, Dalton Hudson, John Hudson, William Hudson, Michael Hudson.

Funeral services will be conducted at Oakey's Vinton Chapel, 10 a.m., Friday with the Rev. Joe Bryant officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Memorial Park.

[SSDI, 27Mar1935 - 31Oct1994]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Hillsborough                                                                                                    

 

1990, Dover, Hillsborough Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - August 23, 1990

Smith, Aaron, 84, of Dover, died Tuesday (Aug. 21, 1990) at his residence. He was born in Georgia and was a painter for a school system. He was a member of Dover Church of God.

Survivors include a son, Jimmy Rudolph, Georgia; five daughters, Nellie Pearl Hardin, Plant City, Barbara Barron and Ruby Newby, both of Dover, Bertha Mae Blankenship , Altoona, and Velma Newby, Lithia; four half-brothers, Benjamin, Jessie and Johnny Smith, all of Plant City, and Raymond Smith, Alabama; a sister, W. L. Smith, Crystal Springs; three half-sisters, Alva Kirkland, Lorene Horn and Royce Smith, all of Plant City; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Hillsboro Memorial Funeral Home, Brandon.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, Valrico, Hillsborough Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - January 31, 1990

Blankenship, Glen, 59, of Valrico, died Monday (Jan. 29, 1990) at home. He was born in Baisden, W.Va., and came here in 1986 from Columbus, Ohio.

He retired from Fisher Body in Columbus after 30 years. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member and deacon of First Freewill Baptist Church in Seffner.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia Jean; two daughters, Linda Streamer and Brenda Houston, both of Columbus; a brother, Dennis, Tampa; two sisters, Peg Berry, Tampa, and Anna Jean Diamond, Morrow, Ga.; and five grandchildren. Stowers Funeral Home, Brandon.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL, Lake Carroll Cem.,

Blankenship, Julia                b.23Apr1909       d.01Feb1992

Blankenship, Wyman            b.25Aug1910       d.24Dec1994

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/hillsborough/cemetery/lakecarroll.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Hillsborough Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Bertha M.     84, 20May1915 - 29Dec1999,         Tampa, Hillsborough, FL,                              WV-234-42-9083

Blankenship, Edward T.    93, 23Sep1900 - 16Dec1993,           Tampa, Hillsborough, FL,                              WV-234-05-5450             

Blankenship, I. W.             84, 25Aug1910 - 24Dec1994,          Tampa, Hillsborough, FL,                              FL-261-20-4053

Blankenship, Mary M.       68, 01Sep1928 - 09Oct1996,           Tampa, Hillsborough, FL,                              GA-255-34-2396

 

Lake                                                                                                                  

 

Lake Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Harold L.     87, 15Feb1912 - 20Sep1999,           Eustis, Lake, FL,                                             AL-419-05-7172

Blankenship, George G.    77, 03Aug1920 - 05Sep1997,          Lady Lake, Lake, FL,                      WV-235-32-4673             

Blankenship, Herman C.   92, 06May1904 - 06Jun1996,          Lady Lake, Lake, FL,                      DC-578-09-5257

 

Leon                                                                                                                  

 

Tallahassee, Leon Co., FL, Tallahassee Memory Gardens,  

Blankenship, Jeanette           b.1922   d.1991   "Married Oct 31 1936"

Blankenship, Eugene B.        b.1916   d.1994   "Married Oct 31 1936"

Blankenship, Gary E.           b.1949 

Blankenship, Levada b.1950 

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/leon/cemetery/talmemgard.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Leon Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Charlotte S.  57, 12Feb1937 - 27May1994,          Tallahassee, Leon, FL,                    WV-233-50-1886             

Blankenship, Ruth             94, 07Nov1902 - 27Apr1997,          Tallahassee, Leon, FL,                    FL-266-78-5826

Blankenship, Eugene         77, 12Dec1916 - 08Apr1994,           Woodville, Leon, FL,                      AR-432-14-4511

 

Levy                                                                                                                  

 

Levy Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Evelyn C.     80, 22Sep1917 - 28Apr1998,           Inglis, Levy, FL,                              FL-264-34-6007

 

Manatee                                                                                                            

 

Manatee Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Albert S.      78, 08Jun1916 - 23Aug1994,           Bradenton Beach, Manatee, FL,         GA-258-01-6262

Blankenship, Beatrice       83, 27Apr1907 - 24Aug1990,          Bradenton, Manatee, FL,                 WV-235-26-8776

Blankenship, Henry W.     94, 17Jan1904 - 25May1998,          Bradenton, Manatee, FL,                 WV-234-07-7621             

 

Marion                                                                                                              

 

+1997, Belleview, Marion Co., FL, Obituary 

Ocala Star-Banner (FL) - January 9, 1997

Rose Nall Blankenship, 81, a homemaker, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 1997, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.

A native of West Point, Ky., she moved here from Tennessee 30 years ago. Mrs. Blankenship was a member of Seventh Day Adventist Church in Belleview.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Albert Nall and Charles Nall.

Survivors include her husband, Wiley Blankenship, Belleview; sons, Kenneth Wiley Blankenship, Pedro, and Gary Thomas Blankenship, Silver Springs Shores; daughters, Judith Ellen Blankenship, Marion Oaks, and Roseann Blankenship, Ocala; brothers, Carl Nall, Randall Nall, Raymond Nall and Joseph Nall, all of Michigan City, Ind.; sisters, Beuloh Nall, Leona Hurley, Thelma Qualls and Barbara Hurley, all of Michigan City; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Jennings-Archway Funeral Home is handling arrangements. 

 

1990, Oklawaha, Marion Co., FL, Obituary 

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - August 5, 1990 (Saturday)

Demetra Patiry, 84, 12570 S.E. Maricamp Road, Oklawaha, died Friday (04Aug1990). Born in Pireaus, Greece, she moved to Oklawaha from Orlando in 1972. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Survivors: daughters, Caliope P. ''Callie'' Wells, Oklawaha, Mary Blankenship, Orlando; son, Dennis, Orlando; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Marion Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Rose O.        81, 02Apr1915 - 05Jan1997,            Belleview, Marion, FL,                   NY-084-20-9698

Blankenship, Ted J.           76, 30Mar1916 - 21Jan1993,           Fort Mc Coy, Marion, FL,                              WV-236-07-0409             

Blankenship, Chester         77, 13Apr1921 - 26Feb1999,           Ocala, Marion, FL,                          KY-406-18-5223

Blankenship, Jean L.         64, 31Oct1928 - 02Feb1993,           Ocklawaha, Marion, FL,                  MA-029-22-8039

 

Miami-Dade                                                                                                      

 

1992, Miami, Miami-Dade Co., FL, Obituary

The Roanoke Times, (VA) - August 12, 1992

Blake Williams Liddle, age 71, died August 7, 1992 in Miami, Fla. He was a Miami resident since 1951 and was formerly of Roanoke, Va. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Coral Gables, Fla. He was a school teacher for 30 years and was a member of Phi Kappa fraternity and Alpha Psi Omega drama fraternity and the Blue Key fraternity. He was also a member of the American Legion Post #133 and the Timberwolf Infantry Association.

He is survived by a brother, Clarence James, Roanoke; a sister, Mabel F. Blankenship, Fairfax.

Graveside services will be in Evergreen Burial Park, 11:00 a.m. Thursday with Rev. A. Benjamin Childester officiating.

[SSDI, 28May1921 - 07Aug1992]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Miami-Dade Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Spencer B.   64, 18Jan1933 - 12Jul1997,             Homestead, Miami-dade, FL,               TN-415-48-6582

Blankenship, Goldie          90, 14Apr1908 - 03Nov1998,          Miami, Miami-dade, FL,                 WV-236-30-1688             

Blankenship, Hazel L.       83, 09Mar1913 - 17May1996,         Miami, Miami-dade, FL,                 MA-030-09-3202              

 

Okaloosa                                                                                                           

 

1998, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa Co., FL, Obituary

http://www.genealogybuff.com/uco/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=956

Susan Dianne Ciontea, age 42, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., passed away Sunday, Oct. 4. 1998, in a local hospital. Ms. Ciontea was born on Sept. 19, 1956, in Jonesboro, Ark., to Bill Barber and Mary Nadine Garrison. She moved to Fort Walton Beach three years ago from Tampa, Fla., and was manager of Classic Memorials. She was preceded in death by her father, Bill Barber.

She is survived by her mother, Mary Nadine Garrison of Jonesboro; sister, Sandra Headrick of Mary Esther, Fla.; sister, Lisa A. Betts of Jonesboro; grandmother, Ruby Adams of Jonesboro; nephew, Dennis Blankenship of Memphis; niece, Blair Betts of Jonesboro; stepfather, Jim Garrison of Jonesboro; niece, Twilla Pierce of Jonesboro; nephew, Chris Blankenship of Mary Esther, Fla.; fiance, Joe Kramer of Fort Walton Beach.

A memorial service for Ms. Ciontea will take place in Jonesboro at a later date.
Emerald Coast Funeral Home, 113 Racetrack Road N.E., Fort Walton Beach, is in charge of local arrangements.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Okaloosa Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, J. M.             57, 03Jul1935 - 15Jun1993,             Valparaiso, Okaloosa, FL,                              TN-414-48-8324

Blankenship, Elzie             76, 11Feb1920 - 28Jan1997,            Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa, FL,      MD-220-03-8746              

 

Orange                                                                                                              

 

+1996, Lake Butler, Orange Co., FL, Obituary

The Roanoke Times, (VA) - April 18, 1996

Blankenship, Aubrey R., 67, of Lake Butler, Fla., and formerly of Roanoke, passed away Monday, April 15, 1996.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Florence Lee and Willie R. Blankenship; three brothers, Lewis, David, and George Blankenship.

Survivors include his daughter, Peggy Fulton, of Roanoke; two grandchildren, Amy Fulton and Ron Fulton; his sisters, Dorothy Draper, Mary St.Clair, both of Roanoke, Martha Tingler of Buchanan; his brothers, Willie R. Blankenship Jr., James Blankenship, Ralph Blankenship, Eugene Blankenship, John Blankenship, Norman Blankenship, all of Roanoke.

Funeral arrangements are being handling by Archer Funeral Home in Lake Butler, Fla

[SSDI, 12Sep1927 - 15Apr1996]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, Orlando, Orange Co., FL, Obituary

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - March 30, 1990 (Friday)

Wynell Sorreiro, 53, 3500 Meadow Lake Lane, Orlando, died Thursday (29Mar1990). Born in Geneva County, Ala., she moved to Orlando from Cocoa Beach in 1980. She was a homemaker.

Survivors: daughters, Elizabeth Ann, Orlando, Dana Sue Blankenship, Tallassee, Ala.; brother, Audie Murphy, Melbourne; sisters, Orene Holt, Betty Hime, Wilda Murphy, Stephanie Murphy, all of Orlando; five grandchildren. Colonial Carey Hand Funeral Home, Orlando.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, Orlando, Orange Co., FL, Obituary  

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - June 26, 1990 (Tuesday)

Virginia Ann Cutten, 62, 3204 Albert St., Orlando, died Saturday (23Jun1990). Born in Longacre, W.Va., she moved to Orlando from Charleston, W.Va., in 1945. She was a homemaker. She was a Catholic.

Survivors: sons, James ''Larry,'' Houston, William Lance, Orlando; brothers, Jack Blankenship , Winter Garden, Bob Blankenship , Longwood; sister, Mary Pharas, Charleston; three grandchildren. Colonial Carey Hand Funeral Home, Orlando.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, Orlando, Orange Co., FL, Obituary

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - November 9, 1990

Raymond E. Luke, 72, 2633 Sandy Lane, Orlando, died Wednesday. Born in Moultrie, Ga., he moved to Orlando from Tampa in 1960. He was a retired industrial technician. He was Baptist.

Survivors: wife, Alice; mother, Mary A., Thomasville, Ga.; sons, Jimmy Hutto, Donnie H., both of Eustis; daughters, Betty Blankenship , Orlando, Linda Howell, Woodbury, Ga., Brenda McBride, Lakeland; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.

Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Orlando.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1992, Orlando, Orange Co., FL, Obituary

The Kentucky Post, (Covington, KY) - June 30, 1992

Sherman R. Kopp, 61, of Orlando, formerly of Henry County, died Sunday in Orlando. He was a retired master sergeant in the Air Force, having served in Korea and Vietnam, and was a retired Orange County, Fla., deputy sheriff. He was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife, Carla Marcum Kopp; a son, Robert Wayne Kopp of Orlando; a brother, John H. Kopp of Carrollton; sisters, Pauline Blankenship and Jessie Thomas, both of Carrollton, Edith Herndon of Metairie, La.; Jean Ratlief of Orange, Va., and Faye Arvin of Madison, Ind.; and a granddaughter.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, Carrollton. Burial will be in the Carrollton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

[SSDI, 31May1931 - 28Jun1992]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1998, Orlando, Orange Co., FL, Obituary

http://www.genealogybuff.com/uco/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=932

Sharon Blankenship King, age 42, of Orlando, Fla., died June 21, 1998, at ORMC-Orange Division, Orlando. She was born on Dec. 30, 1955, in Amarillo, Texas, and had resided in central Florida for 15 years. She was Protestant by faith. Mrs. King was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Rodney King, of Orlando; daughter, Amanda Crumpler; granddaughter, Ashley Crumpler, both of Eufaula, Ala.; father, Jack Blankenship; mother, Mary Blankenship, both of Crestview, Fla.; sisters, Carter Jacque of Panama City, Fla., and Terri Pender of Mary Esther, Fla.

Banfield Funeral Home, Winter Springs, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1999, Orlando, OrangeCo., FL, Obituary

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - September 22, 1999

Betty B. Blankenship, 56, Chinaberry Drive, Orlando, died Monday, Sept. 20, of cancer. Mrs. Blankenship was a secretary. Born in London, Ky., she moved to Central Florida in 1977. She was a member of Ladies of the Moose. She was Protestant.

 Survivors: husband, Murray; daughters, Penny S. Schadel, Bridgeport, Ala., Fay Richardson, Apopka, Sherrie Brown, Jamie L., Nikki A., all of Orlando; sister, Mary Ann McCullough, Orlando; five grandchildren.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Orange Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Clyde R.       78, 23Jun1920 - 01Sep1998,            Orlando, Orange, FL,                       VA-229-01-0798

Blankenship, Geo E.          81, 12May1914 - 09Apr1996,          Orlando, Orange, FL,                       PA-172-18-1143

Blankenship, Gladys B.     77, 09Jun1915 - 20May1993,          Orlando, Orange, FL,                       WV-235-64-7861             

Blankenship, James E.       66, 21Dec1925 - 22Nov1992,          Orlando, Orange, FL,                       MS-426-46-5557

Blankenship, Sarah V.       76, 28Dec1922 - 03Mar1999,          Orlando, Orange, FL,                       FL-264-24-4078

Blankenship, Paul B.         38, 28Jul1955 - 01Aug1993,            Winter Garden, Orange, FL,               FL-261-21-7264

 

Osceola                                                                                                              

 

Osceola Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Glenn C.       40, 31Jul1956 - 06Nov1996,            Saint Cloud, Osceola, FL,               GA-255-02-8717

 

Palm Beach                                                                                                                

 

Palm Beach Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Carole D.     53, 23Feb1940 - 14Nov1993,          Delray Beach, Palm Beach, FL,         IL-328-32-9806

Blankenship, C. E.             63, 26Nov1933 - 15Sep1997,          Jupiter, Palm Beach, FL,                 WV-234-48-7693             

Blankenship, Mary L.        83-84, 28Feb1912 - 10Feb1996,      Jupiter, Palm Beach, FL,                 FL-263-07-1560

Blankinship, Fred D.         78, 27Jul1920 - 07Jan1999,             West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, GA-252-26-4660

Blankinship, Jeanne Z.      77-78, 28Nov1920 - 21Nov1998,    West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, PA-177-16-0135

 

Pasco                                                                                                                 

 

1990, Port Richey, Pasco Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - February 18, 1990

Fuller, Robert W. 69, of Port Richey, died Friday (Feb. 16, 1990) at home. He came here eight years ago from his native Wilmington, Del.

He was retired from the Delmarva Power and Light Co., was a World War II Navy veteran, a Mason, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Pearl; a son, Warren, Annapolis, Md.; two sisters, Viola Zippe and Evelyn Blankenship, both of Wilmington; and four grandchildren. North Guardian Funeral Home, Hudson.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, Port Richey, Pasco Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - September 9, 1990

Doak, Thomas L. 81, of Port Richey, died Friday (Sept. 7, 1990) at HCA Bayonet Point/Hudson Medical Center. Born in Doddridge, W.Va., he came here 20 years ago from Weirton, W.Va., and was a retired foreman for a steel mill. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Bayonet Point, the Masons, Weirton, and the Scottish Rite and Shrine, Wheeling, W.Va.;

Survivors include his wife, Wilma; three sons, Jimmie, Maryville, Tenn., Frederick, Wintersville, Ohio, and Stanley, Weirton; a daughter, Catherine Blankenship , Aiken, S.C.; two brothers, John, Lakeland, and Robert, Beverly, Ohio; three sisters, Edith Chipps, Beverly, Annabelle Rohrer, Tampa, and Leora Rohrer, Waterford, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Bell Funeral Home, Bayonet Point.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, New Port Richey, Pasco Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - January 18, 1990

Allee, Marlene, 49, of New Port Richey, died Tuesday (Jan. 16, 1990) in Bronson. She was a native of New Port Richey and a Baptist.

Survivors include two sons, Wesley Blankenship , Morriston, and George, Norfolk, Va.; three daughters, Georgina Winningham, Morriston, Elizabeth Marlene Cofer, Gainesville, and Angela Faye Blankenship , Morriston; a sister, Jimmie Sutcliff, Homosassa Springs; her father, James Yancey, Homosassa; and seven grandchildren.

North Guardian Funeral Home, New Port Richey.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

South of Dade City, Pasco Co., FL, Chapel Hill Cem.,

Blankenship, Shirley R.        b. 1911 d. 1992

Blankenship, Betty J.            b. 1929 d. No Date

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/pasco/cemetery/chapelhill.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Pasco Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, S. R.             80, 25May1911 - 24Mar1992,         Crystal Springs, Pasco, FL,               WV-233-12-2495             

Blankenship, Kenneth E.   67, 29Mar1928 - 02Aug1995,          New Port Richey, Pasco, FL,               MI-379-20-3581

Blankenship, Thelma L.    83, 08Jan1914 - 01Sep1997,            New Port Richey, Pasco, FL,               TN-408-24-5860

 

Pinellas                                                                                                             

 

+1998, Clearwater, Pinellas Co., FL, Obituary

The Charlotte Observer, (NC) - April 10, 1998

Clyde Blankenship, 83, of Clearwater, Florida, died Monday, April 6, 1998 at Clearwater Community Hos-pital. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Friday, April 10th at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte.

Mr. Blankenship was born in Lexington, North Carolina. He was a painter. Survivors include his daughters, Charlotte Clemons of Sarasota, Fl., Sharon Angeletti of Boise, Idaho, Montese Wallace of Charlotte, NC; 8 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren.

[SSDI, Clyde T. Blankenship - 12Oct1914 - 06Apr1998]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL, Obituary

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - March 17, 1990

Utz, Lydia M., 91, of St. Petersburg, died Friday (March 16, 1990) at Majestic Towers Health Center. She was born in Wayne County, W.Va., and came here in 1982 from Oxford.

 She was a member of Oxford Methodist Church, attended 30th Avenue Baptist Church, St. Petersburg, and was a member of Women of the Moose, Wildwood.

Survivors include two sons, Walter W. Booth, St. Petersburg, and Sylvester F. Booth, Federal Way, Washington; a daughter, Gypsy L. Lohbauer, Elgin, Ill.; a brother, Doc Blankenship, Lavalette, W.Va.; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

+1991, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL, Obituary

The Roanoke Times, (VA) - January 24, 1991

Inez M. Zimmerman, age 89 of 483 39th Avenue, North, and formerly of Bedford, passed away Monday, January 21, 1991 in the Bayfront Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla. She was born January 22, 1901 in Bedford County, a daughter of the late Robert Martin and Virginia Blankenship Martin. Her husband was the late James E. Zimmerman. She was a retired grocery store operator.

She is survived by one son, James Lewis Zimmerman, Thaxton; one daughter, Lucille Z. Burnett, St. Petersburg, Fla; twin-sister, Eunice Scott, Bedford; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be conducted Friday, January 25, 1991 at 11:00 a.m. from the Oakwood Cemetery, Bedford, by the Rev. David Engleman.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Largo, Pinellas Co., FL, Anona Pioneer Cem.,

Blankenship, James H.         b. 1918 d. 1993

Blankenship, Mildred B.      b. 1924 d. n/a

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/pinellas/cemetery/anona.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Pinellas Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Clyde T.       83, 12Oct1914 - 06Apr1998,           Clearwater, Pinellas, FL,                 VA-226-03-5752

Blankenship, Lawrence W. 93, 10Jul1906 - 13Aug1999,          Palm Harbor, Pinellas, FL,               TN-413-09-8584

Blankenship, Katie            61, 27Jan1935 - 16Mar1996,           Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, FL,         VA-229-42-8945

Blankenship, Linda A.       46, 12Jan1951 - 23Dec1997,           Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, FL,         FL-266-92-9984

 

Polk                                                                                                                   

 

1996, Lake Wales, Polk Co., FL, Obituary

Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - June 12, 1996

The Rev. Byron Miller Wilkinson, the first Southern Baptist pastor to have a weekly program on television, died of cancer Monday in Lake Wales, Fla. The former pastor of bGrove Avenue Baptist Church and Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church here was 83.

In 1946, Mr. Wilkinson, then 33, became pastor of Grove Avenue Baptist Church. Two years later, he was featured on a series of 13 half-hour programs on WTVR. Mr. Wilkinson remained at Grove Avenue Baptist until 1952, when he was named pastor of First Baptist Church in Lakeland, Fla, said his son, Byron Wells Wilkinson of St. Augustine, Fla. Mr. Wilkinson returned to Richmond in 1957 as pastor of Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church, where he served until 1967, when he accepted the pastorate of Tattnall Square Baptist Church on the campus of Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Mr. Wilkinson was a former speaker for the Southern Baptist Convention on "Frontiers of Faith," NBC's nationwide television program broadcast from Radio City Music Hall in New York in the 1950s. On March 23, 1950, Mr. Wilkinson became the first visiting minister to offer the congressional prayer in both houses of Congress on the same day.

He was born in Huntington, W.Va., and graduated from Marshall University, where he was captain of the tennis team for four years. He also studied at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and at the University of Louisville. Mr. Wilkinson was a former president of the Baptist Pastor's Conference for the city of Richmond and for the state of Florida. He was a former trustee of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Tift College in Georgia.

In addition to his son, survivors include his wife, Moselle Blankenship Wilkinson, and a daughter, Ricki Lou Bowholtz of Lake Wales.

[SSDI, 20Jun1912 - 10Jun1996]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1996, Lake Wales, Polk Co., FL, Obituary

Gladys G. Blankenship, 61 of Lake Wales, Florida, died Friday, March 28, 1 997, at the Lake Wales Medical Center. Born July 31, in Fire Creek, she was the daughter of the late Lewis H. Perdue and Parthenia Perdue. Mrs. Blankenship had been a resident of Lake Wales since moving there from Fayetteville in 1987. She was a homemaker and a member of The First Baptist Church of Lake Wales.

Survivors include three sons; Ronnie L. Blankenship and Donnie R. Blankenship, both of Lake Wales, and Jimmy Dale Blankenship of Fayetteville; two daughters, Carolyn Sue Weaver if Fayetteville and Audrey Kay Gill of Oak Hill; a brother Herbert E. Perdue of Lake Wales; a sister Joann Ellison of Oak Hill and 10 grandchildren.

Services were Tuesday April 1, at the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel in La ke Wales with Rev. Frank Whitaker of the First Baptist Church officiatin g. Interment followed in Lake Wales Cemetery.

Posted by Audrey Kay Blankenship Gill @myfamily.com

 

+1991, Lakeland, Polk Co., FL,

Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - June 5, 1991

Ralph Blankenship, 87, of Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Wayland, a retired coal miner, father of Orville Blankenship of Flint, Mich., died Monday at Lakeland Health Care Center.

Services 11 a.m. Friday at Hall Funeral Home.

[SSDI, 18Mar1904 - 03Jun1991]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1990, Winter Haven, Polk Co., FL, Obituary

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - December 7, 1990

Carl Jay Sims, 66, 650 NW Lake Howard Drive, Winter Haven, died Thursday. Born in Asheville, N.C., he moved to Winter Haven from Columbia, S.C., in 1988.

He was a retired supervisor of engineering procedures in the aerospace electronics field. He attended the First Christian Church of Winter Haven. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

 Survivors: daughters, Becky Blankenship , Winter Haven, Jenni Radeker, Asheville; sons, Chuck, Orlando, Randy, Apple Valley, Minn.; brother, Mim, Apple Valley, Calif.; nine grandchildren. Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, Winter Haven.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

1999, Winter Haven, Polk Co., FL, Obituary

The Herald-Dispatch, (Huntington, WV) - May 6, 1999

Norman Earl Sheppard, 69, of Winter Haven, Florida formerly of Milton, WV, died May 4, 1999, at James A. Halley Veterans Hospital in Tampa. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Mitchell-Harden Funeral Home in Winter Haven. Burial will be at 2 p.m. at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.

Norman was born August 11, 1929, in Myrtle, Mingo County, WV. He is the son of the late Pierce and Bertha Hayes Sheppard.

He was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers, Annetta Hatfield, Vernie Clagg Blankenship, Marie Sheppard, Rush "Rusty" Sheppard and William "John" Sheppard. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, VFW and American Legion Post 8. He was a World War II U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Keeler Sheppard two daughters, Mary Jane Adkins of Huntington, WV, and Joyce Renee Gilkerson of Paintsville, KY one brother, Fredrick Sheppard of Crossville, TN four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Polk Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Charles L.    69, 09Apr1927 - 28Nov1996,          Lakeland, Polk, FL,                         WV-236-32-8331

Blankenship, Frances S.    75, 25Apr1923 - 13Jul1998,            Lakeland, Polk, FL,                         KY-404-18-4254

Blankenship, Marie G.      83, 18Apr1909 - ??Oct1992,            Lakeland, Polk, FL,                         WA-532-24-9578

Blankenship, Raymond H. 83, 25Oct1910 - 12Apr1994,           Lakeland, Polk, FL,                         IL-351-01-6273

Blankenship, Nancy M.     63, 04Jan1935 - 07Jan1998,            Winter Haven, Polk, FL,                 OH-274-30-3160

Blankenship, Ruth A.        90, 05Mar1907 - 12Jan1998,           Winter Haven, Polk, FL,                 VA-225-26-9853

 

Putnam                                                                                                             

 

Putnam Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, James E.       55, 24Mar1936 - 11Jun1991,           Palatka, Putnam, FL,                       GA-260-54-4335

 

Saint Johns                                                                                                       

 

+1999, St. Augustine, St. Johns Co., FL, Obituary

The Herald Dispatch, (Huntington, WV) – Saturday – 2/20/1999

              Claude Blankenship, 80, of St. Augustine, Fla., Formerly of Chesapeake, OH died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1999 at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL. He was born October 2, 1918 in East Lynn, WV, the son of the late Lindsey and Laura Adkins Blankenship.

He was a retired coal mine owner and operator in Virginia and was a retired owner of Blankenship Landscaping in Detroit, MI.

He is survived by Six sons, William C. and Kevin D. Blankenship, both of Huntington, WV; Sam Blankenship of Lavalette, WV; Robie Blankenship of Cleveland, OH; Randy Blankenship of Wichita, Kan; and Donald K. Blankenship of White Sulpher Springs; Five Daughters, Eloise Thompson of Chillicothe, OH; Janith Iverson of Cove City, KY; Joan Sansom of Ardel, WV; Joyce Traylor of Lavalette, WV; Rita Lockhart of Proctorville, OH; Wilma Willis and Husband, Wes of St. Augustine, FL. With whom he made his home; Two Sisters, Sarah Isaacs of Guyandotte, WV; Sabra Rowe of Huntington, WV; One brother, Clyde Blankenship of Lavalette, WV; 32 Grandchildren, 28 Great-Grandchildren; a host of special Nieces, Nephews and sons – and Daughters-in-law and many friends in Ohio, WV, and Florida and the mother of his children Myrtle Blankenship of Huntington, WV.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. Feb. 21, 1999 in Rome Cemetery, Proctorville, OH. Minister John Holland and Larry Burcham from the Proctorville Church of Christ will Officiate.

From David & Teressa Stuckey stuck42549(at)aol.com

 

1999, St. Augustine, St. Johns Co., FL, Funeral

The Charlotte Observer, (NC) - May 11, 1999

Selma Graybeal Blankenship, 78, died Sunday, May 9, 1999. Funeral is 8:30 pm Wednesday at Crowe's Funeral Chapel and 11 am Thursday, graveside. Burial is at Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.

[SSDI, 15Jul1920 - 09May1999]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Saint Johns Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Claude          80, 02Oct1918 - 18Feb1999,      Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, FL, WV/NC-232-24-9168

Blankenship, Selma           78, 15Jul1920 - 09May1999,           Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, FL,         NC-238-44-4750

 

Saint Lucie                                                                                                       

 

Saint Lucie Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Viola M.      80, 31Aug1917 - 12Jul1998,            Port Saint Lucie, Saint Lucie, FL,         MO-494-14-1308

 

Sarasota                                                                                                            

 

Sarasota Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Beatrice G.   90, 31Dec1904 - 25Aug1995,          Sarasota, Sarasota, FL,                    VA-224-48-6946

Blankenship, Charlene L.  82, 12Aug1916 - 26Jun1999,           Sarasota, Sarasota, FL,                    OH-280-03-8722

Blankenship, Jewel J.        62, 17Jan1936 - 29May1998,          Osprey, Sarasota, FL,                      OH-301-30-9227

Blankenship, Virgil           81, 17Oct1911 - 01Jan1993,            Venice, Sarasota, FL,                      OH-280-05-7695

 

Seminole                                                                                                           

 

1990, Oviedo, Seminole Co., FL, Obituary

The Orlando Sentinel, (FL) - January 19, 1990 (Friday)

Pauline Edith Blankenship, 83, 3471 Seminola Ave., Oviedo, died Thursday (18Jan1990). Born in Bristol, Va., she moved to Oviedo from Indiana in 1988. She was a vault manager for Merchants National Bank. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Peru, Ind. She was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ladies Auxiliary.

Survivors: son, Kenneth L. Ashbrook, Oviedo; sisters, Alice Howell, Peru, Jean Gordon, Minneapolis, Helen Leeb, Ann Gunderson, Elaine Blackburn, all of Indianapolis; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Goldenrod.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Casselberry, Seminole Co., FL, Slovak Nat. Cem.,& Dike Cem.,

Blankenship, Clyde R.          b.23Jun1920        d.01Sep1998

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/fl/seminole/cemetery/slovak.txt

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Seminole Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Lucy A.        79, 17Jul1913 - ??Sep1992,             Casselberry, Seminole, FL,               MA-024-20-8830              

Blankenship, Mack F.        45, 19Jun1951 - 15Mar1997,           Longwood, Seminole, FL,                              FL-264-88-6108

Blankenship, Margaret M. 63, 10Aug1929 - 06Feb1993,          Longwood, Seminole, FL,                              FL-264-38-8901

Blankenship, Pauline         83, 03Aug1906 - 18Jan1990,           Oviedo, Seminole, FL,                    IN-308-18-4670

Blankenship, Bernice        73-74, 21Apr1925 - 11Apr1999,     Sanford, Seminole, FL,                   MI-378-32-0266

Blankenship, Orba F.         77, 29Jan1916 - 02Sep1993,            Sanford, Seminole, FL,                   OH-283-14-9067

 

Sumter                                                                                                              

 

1990, Bushnell, Sumter Co., FL, Obituary

The Commercial Appeal, (Memphis, TN) - September 29, 1990

Mrs. Juanita Carter, 69, of Bushnell, Fla., formerly of West Memphis, retired bookkeeper, died Thursday at her home after a long illness.

Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Purcell Funeral Home in Bushnell. She was a member of the Church of Christ.

She leaves her husband, Walter Carter; a daughter, Mrs. Terri Stellavega of Riverview, Fla.; a son, Allen Carter of Lutz, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Lois Blankenship of West Memphis and Mrs. Betty Walden of St. Petersburg, Fla., and three grandchildren.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Bushnell, Sumter Co., FL, Florida Nat. Cem.,

6502 SW. 102nd Ave., Zip 33513,  TX (352) 793-7740 

Blankenship, George Francis Sr. TSGT USAF, b. 12/28/1940, DOD 11/28/1995, Sec. 204  #45, V 

                                                          From: Don Blankenship donblank(at)earthlink.net

 

Sumter Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Kate C.         81, 18Feb1910 - ??Sep1991,            Lake Panasoffkee, Sumter, FL,         VA-226-03-5151

 

Suwannee                                                                                                          

 

1999, Live Oak, Suwannee Co., FL, Obituary

The Herald-Dispatch, (Huntington, WV) - July 5, 1999

Lucy Irene Harmon Kent, 92, of Live Oak, Fla., formerly of Huntington, wife of Ronald Kent and widow of Floyd Thomas Harmon, died Saturday at the Anson Community Hospital in Wadesboro, N.C.

Additional survivors include a daughter, Fay Thompson of Taylor, Mich. three sons, Walter Harmon of Huntington, William Harmon of Lesage, and Earl Thomas Harmon of San Bernardino, Calif. two sisters, Lethie Mayes of Huntington and Kathleen Evans of Cleveland two brothers, Robert Blankenship of Huntington and Ace Jr. Blankenship of Peachland, N.C.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crossroads Baptist Church burial in Crook Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, and after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

[SSDI, 05Jun1909 - 03Jul1999]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Taylor                                                                                                               

 

Taylor Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, James W.     83, 04Sep1913 - 07Jul1997,            Perry, Taylor, FL,                            WV-234-20-0864             

Blankenship, Thomas D.   81, 23Nov1917 - 24Apr1999,          Perry, Taylor, FL,                            WV-235-12-6703             

 

Union                                                                                                                

 

Union Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Aubrey R.    68, 12Sep1927 - 15Apr1996,           Raiford, Union, FL,                         VA-223-30-7188

 

Volusia                                                                                                              

 

Volusia Co., SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Blankenship, Charles W.   71, 05Nov1926 - 10Jun1998,           Deltona, Volusia, FL,                      MO-494-22-7672              

Blankenship, Lacy             61, 24Oct1934 - 02Mar1996,           New Smyrna Beach, Volusia, FL,         VA-230-38-8027

 

Walton                                                                                                              

 

1999, DeFuniak Springs, Walton Co., FL, Obituary

http://www.genealogybuff.com/uco/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/1002

Jeanette Griswold, age 78, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., passed away Tuesday night, February 23 (1999). Mrs. Griswold was a native of Holmes County, Fla., and had lived in DeFuniak Springs most of her life. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of DeFuniak Springs. Mrs. Griswold was preceded in death by her husband Lyle Griswold

Survivors include two sons, Thomas W. Hutchinson of Coden, Ala. and Arnold Glen Hutchinson, Jr. of New Hampshire; one brother, Harvey Mitchell of DeFuniak Springs; one sister Mildred Brown of DeFuniak Springs; numerous nieces and nephews including Charles and Lorraine Blankenship of DeFuniak Springs, and three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, from the First United Methodist Church of DeFuniak Springs with the Rev. Bobby Ellisor officiating. Burial will follow in the Magnolia Cemetery.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com