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Submitted: 11/27/20 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R368540-G368538-S3
Albert L.
January 7, 1903-March 12, 1985
Lou Vesta
December 30, 1907-November 12, 1983
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Albert
Funeral services for Albert L. Blankenship, 82, of Morse, Texas, who died Tuesday in Golden Plains Community Hospital will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Gruver Church of Christ with Mr. Harold Sneed, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Lieb Cemetery in Morse under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Casket bearers will be his grandsons.
A retired grocer, he was born in Marquez, Texas, was an area native for 30 years and was formerly of Gruver.
He married Lou Vesta Hogue on May 20, 1933. She preceded him in death in November 1983.
He was a member of the Gruver Church of Christ.
He is survived by four sons, Pat Blankenship of Adrian, W.L. Blankenship of Morse, Eschol Blankenship of Spearman, and John Blankenship of Amarillo; two daughters, Martha Davis and Beth Dortch, both of Morse; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Tucker and Ellie Brom, both of Seymour, Texas, and Minnie Bench of Plainview; thirteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, March 13, 1985)
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Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Albert Blankenship
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1903
Marriage Date: 20 May 1933
Marriage Place: Cotton, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Louvesta Hogue
Film Number: 002109314
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Albert Blankenship
Death Date: 12 Mar 1985
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: A. Blankenship
Last Residence:
79109 Amarillo, Randall, Texas, USA
Born: 7 Jan 1903
Died: Mar 1985
*Lou
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lou Blankenship
Death Date: 12 Nov 1983
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Lou Blankenship
Last Residence:
79109 Amarillo, Randall, Texas, USA
BORN: 30 Dec 1907
Died: Nov 1983
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