UPSON COUNTY GA Obits Mr. M. L. Blankenship Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dorothy Fletcher http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm :Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm :GA Table of Contents: Mr. M. L. Blankenship Funeral services were conducted for Mr. M. L. Blankenship, 71, of Decatur on Friday, September 6, 1985 at the Chapel of Horis A. Ward Funeral Home, at 11 a.m. Mr. Blankenship died on Tuesday morning, September 3 at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. Burial was held at South View Cemetery in Thomaston at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Horis A. Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Blankenship was a former resident of Thomaston. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Patricia Smith of Decatur, one son, Mr. Larry Blankenship of Deer River, Minn., sister-in-law, Mrs. Roy Pierce, and two brothers-in-law: Mr. W. R. Barnes and Mr. Clarence Barnes, both of Thomaston. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive.