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Submitted: 1/21/20 • Approved: 1/21/20 • Last Updated: 1/24/20 • R257623-G234473-S3
Sylvia
June 11, 1939-February 20, 2015
Married June 11, 1956
*Obituary
Funeral services for Sylvia Bill Blount, 75, will be conducted Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at 2 p.m. in the Westside Church of Christ with Brother Ray Young officiating. Interment will follow in the Gaines County Cemetery with services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole.
She passed away Friday, Feb. 20 in Seminole. Bill was born June 11, 1939, in Haskell County, Texas to Marvin and Sallie Tanner. Bill married Kenneth Blount on June 11, 1956 in Plains, Texas. They moved to Seminole in 1974. She attended South Plains College, had worked for St. Romaine Telephone Company and Plains State Bank. Bill was a member of the Church of Christ and Llano Estacado Porcelain Art Club. She loved cooking and gardening.
She is preceded in death by two sisters, Joyce Jenkins and Jane Ivey. Bill is survived by her husband Kenneth Blount, of Seminole; a son, Kreig Blount and his wife Darice, of Seminole; a daughter, Robbie Blount, of Seminole; two grandchildren, J'Anna LeClair and her husband James, of New Home; Josh Howard and his wife Amanda, of Seminole; five great-grandchildren, Kaleb LeClair, Kye, Taylor, Saige and Channing Howard; three sisters, Frankie Baker, Lela Hobbs, and Becky Ferguson.
The family suggests memorials to the charity of your choice.
Obituary by Ratliff Funeral Home.
Kenneth
May 26, 1938 - December 29, 2019
*Obituary
Funeral services for Kenneth Lee Blount, 81, of Seminole will be conducted Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. in the Westside Church of Christ with Bro. Ray Young officiating. Interment will follow in the Gaines County Cemetery with services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Seminole. He passed away Sunday, December 29th in Lubbock.
Kenneth was born May 26, 1938 to G.T and Ila May Medford Blount in Terry County. He married Sylvia Bill Tanner on June 11, 1956 in Yoakum County, he worked as an AG Banker from 1973 to 1992 for Production Credit Association. Kenneth was a member of the Westside Church of Christ, he raised cattle, loved agriculture and helped his kids with show animals.
He was preceded in death by his wife Bill Blount on February 20, 2015; a brother George and a sister Mary Curry.
Kenneth is survived by a son Kreig Blount and his wife Darice of Seminole; a daughter Robbie Blount of Seminole; two grandchildren J'Anna LeClair of Lubbock, Josh Howard of Seminole; five great grandchildren; two brothers Fred Blount of Midland, Tommy Blount of Levelland.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be made to New Mexico Children's Home, Portales, New Mexico.
Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Jan. 2 to Jan. 3, 2020.
Contributed on 1/21/20 by neldapat
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