Obituaries:  Mrs. Jessie Mae Blankenship, Sabine Parish       B-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 9, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Jessie Mae Blankenship

  Mrs. Jessie Mae Blankenship, 73, of Pleasant Hill, died at her
home, Thursday, Dec. 3.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 6, at First
Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, with interment following at
Springridge Cemetery. The Rev. Joe Thibeau officiated.

  Mrs. Blankenship was a resident of Pasadena from 1949 to 1979.
She will be remembered for the spectacular floral work she
created, and the lovely weddings she catered while she owned
Blankenship Flowers. She was born March 27, 1925, in Pleasant
Hill.

  Mrs. Blankenship will always be remembered by a host of loving
relatives and friends.

  Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Dudley "Ted"
Blankenship of Pleasant Hill; her mother, Ethel Rivers of
Pleasant Hill; three sons, David Blankenship and wife Dorothy,
Spring, Texas, Randall Blankenship and wife Sonia of Houston,
Texas, and Dennis Blankenship of Pleasant Hill; one daughter,
Donna Jean Mowad of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; one brother, W. A. Gaddis
and wife Bobbie Jean of Pasadena, Texas; six grandchildren, Dina
Vinson, Darla El-Khazen, Sharmin Moss, Patrick Blankenship, Scott
Blankenship, and Bonnie Zachary; two step grandsons, Scott
Siggins, and Mike Siggins; four great grandchildren; and a host
of nieces, nephews, and friends.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.