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Submitted: 5/13/21 • Approved: 5/14/21 • Last Updated: 5/17/21 • R418443-G418442-S3
E. J. (Bud)
1933-1981
Daddy
F. Laverne
1932-1996
Mom
Together Forever
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Elzy
Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Elzy E Blankenship
Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1933
Birth Place: Allen, Kentucky, USA
Mother's name: Lula Henly
Volume Number: 048
Certificate Number: 23999
Volume Year: 1933
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Elzie Blankenship
BORN: 19 Jun 1933
Died: Jun 1981
E.J. "Bud" Blankenship, 48, of 204 Osage, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday in his home.
Services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Riverview Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
An operator for Fish Construction Company, Mr. Blankenship was born in Scottsville, Ky. He had been a Borger resident for 38 years.
He was a member of the Riverview Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, LaVerne, three sons, Larry and Terry, both of Borger, and Randy of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Cheryl Brown of Fritch and Tammie of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Elmer Blankenship of Stinnett; a brother, Jerry of Stinnett; three sisters, Mrs. Precilla Irvin and Mrs. Sue Doughten, both of Stinnett; and Mrs. Frances Ford of Borger; and seven grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 28, 1981)
*Obituary Laverne
LaVerne Blankenship, 63, Borger, died Friday, Jan. 12, 1996 in Golden Plains Community Hospital.
Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. today at Riverview Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Gillmore, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Quanah, she had been a Borger resident for 43 years. She was a cafeteria worker at Borger Middle School. She was a member of Riverview Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband "Bud" on June 26, 1981; a grandson; and three brothers.
Survivors include three sons, Larry Blankenship, Terry Blankenship, and Randy Blankenship, all of Borger; two daughters, Tammie Alejandro of Borger; and Cheryl Brown of Fritch; two brothers, J.R. Dennington of Bonham; and Leroy Dennington of Tulsa, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Casketbearers were J.D. Cheatwood, Alton Cheatwood, Jerald McDonald, Leon McDonald, Mike Kelly, and Jamie Cheatwood.
(Published in Borger News Herald, January 15, 1996)
Contributed on 5/13/21
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