Randolph County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Blanton, John H. 
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Cemetery:           Wadley City Cemetery
Name:               John H. Blanton

Date Of Photograph: July 13, 2006
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"SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF"
John H. Blanton, 24 July 1880 - 13 October 1911.

"Trusting in Jesus he
 passed over the river"

On slab

"Dearest husband, thou hast left us
  Here, thy loss we deeply feel,
But tis God that hath bereft us,
  He can all our sorrows heal"

Wadley City Cemetery (330727N 0853430W)
987 Highland Avenue (State Route 77)
Township 22, Range 10, Section 11
Randolph County, Alabama

Additional Comments:
The Roanoke Leader October 1911
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER",  Roanoke, Randolph County, 
Alabama for OCTOBER 1911

NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 18, 1911

WADLEY News, Oct. 16th
After a week's severe illness,  Mr. John J. Blanton died Friday morning.  He 
leaves a wife and five small children and a host of friends to mourn their 
loss.  In his death Wadley has lost a loyal citizen, his church a faithful 
member, his wife a devoted husband and his children an affectionate father.

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