Obituaries:  Arthur H. Blankenship, Sabine Parish       B-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 2, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Arthur H. Blankenship

  Services for Arthur H. Blankenship, 77, of Lufkin, were held at
3:30 p.m., Monday, in the Chapel of the Last Supper, with Rev.
John Withem officiating. Interment followed in the Garden of
Memories Memorial Park.

  Mr. Blankenship was born December 17, 1917, in Sabine Parish. He
fought a courageous fight with his illness since February of this
year, and died Sunday, July 30, 1995, at his residence.

  Mr. Blankenship was a retired U. S. Air Force Master Sergeant,
and a retired aircraft mechanic. He was a Baptist. A former
resident of Austin and Houston, Mr. Blankenship had lived in
Lufkin since March 1980.

  Survivors include his wife, Hazel Blankenship of Lufkin; sons
and daughters-in-law, Arthur Wade and Sandra Blankenship of
Houston, Rodney Lynn and Dorothy Blankenship of Lufkin;
daughters, Mary Elaine Clark of Plano, Barbara Ann Taylor of
Dallas, Frances Jeanine Blankenship of Lufkin; nine
grandchildren, Todd Mestemacher, Steven Mestemacher, Christy
Waldrop, Garland Waldrop, Tammy Taylor, Andrew Blankenship, Alan
Blankenship, Jennifer Blankenship, and Holley Blankenship;
brothers, Ted Blankenship of Pleasant Hill, and Mr. Edgar
Blankenship of Shreveport; sister, Doris A. West of Huntsville,
Ala.; and a number of nieces and nephews.