Obituaries:  Mattie J. Blankenship, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 10, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mattie J. Blankenship

  Services for Mrs. Mattie J. Blankenship, 80, of Pleasant Hill,
were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church. The Rev. Adrian Pater, and Rev. Willis Greer officiated.
Burial was in Beulah Cemetery near Marthaville. Arrangements were
under the direction of Drewett Funeral Home in Mansfield.

  She died Monday, Dec. 7, at 3:15 a.m., at her residence. Mrs.
Blankenship, born in Marthaville, and a lifelong resident of
Pleasant Hill, was a member of the Eastern Star No. 13, in
Pleasant Hill.

  She is survived by her husband, Kirby S. Blankenship of Pleasant
Hill; two daughters, Mrs. Norma Jean Brown of Shreveport, and
Mrs. Mary Ellen Cook of Natchitoches; four sisters, Mrs. Mae
Gilbert of Winnsboro, Tex., Mrs. Bessie Sullivan of Shreveport,
Mrs. Eva Brown of Keithville, and Mrs. Beulah Cole of Shreveport,
La., and one grandchild.