Obituaries: Mrs. Effie Blankenship, Sabine Parish B-452 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 31, 1967 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Mrs. Effie Blankenship Mrs. Effie Blankenship, 71, died May 25, after an extended illness. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. A. E. O'Connor of Dallas, Tex., and the Rev. James Eames of Shreveport. Interment was in the Spring Ridge Cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbearers. She is survived by her husband, D. D. Blankenship of Belmont; one daughter, Mrs. Eugene West of Huntsville, Ala.; three sons, Hammond Blankenship, and Dewayne Blankenship of Houston, Tex., and Edgar Blankenship of Shreveport; three brothers, Horace Moses of Converse, Jessie Moses of Vivian, and Walter Moses of Pineville; two sisters, Mrs. Lurlene Burrow, and Mrs. Marie Dyess, both of Shreveport; 13 grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.