ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BLANKS, ERNEST "PANK", SR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Jones Funeral Home, Inc., Morgan City and Franklin, La.

Died: Wednesday, October 29, 2014

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BLANKS, ERNEST "PANK", SR.
(May 7, 1938 - October 29, 2014)

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Ernest "Pank" Blanks, Sr. age 76, a resident of Franklin, La., died Wednesday, 
October 29, 2014 at Iberia Medical Center at 11:50 AM.

Visitation will be Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Jones Funeral Home 1101 Main 
Street in Franklin, LA., from 10:00 AM until funeral services at 1:00 PM. 

Burial will be in the Franklin Cemetery - Main Street in Franklin, LA. 

Minister Carl Lewis will officiate the services.

"Pank" leaves to cherish his memories; his wife, Debra Blanks of Franklin, LA; 
five daughters, Linda (Hosie) Henderson, Angela (Pastor Kenneth) Walton, Pamela 
(Gary) Romes, and Jessica (Donoven) Rudolph all of California, and Kessie 
(Derek) Neville of Franklin, LA; four sons, Ernest Blanks, Jr. of California, 
Jamal Johnson of Franklin, LA, Nick (Danielle) Johnson, Sr. of Baker, LA and 
Henry (Warren White) Johnson of New Iberia, LA; one sister, Annie King of Lake 
Charles, LA; twenty-six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a special niece, 
Sandra (Mitchell) Marks of Lafayette, LA; a special nephew, Michael Westley of 
New Iberia, LA; a devoted sister-in-law, Linda (Nathaniel) Bowles of Franklin, 
LA; two special friends, Sarah B. Darby and Joseph Callery both of Franklin, LA 
and a host of other nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Mr. Blanks was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Blanks and Beulah 
Pickett; one daughter, Sonia Blanks; two grandchildren, Shemerly Brokaw and 
Donoven Rudolph, Jr.; four brothers, Ivory Pickett, Arthur Westley, Henry D. 
Westley, and James Westley and two sisters Audrey Mae Blanks and Beulah Conner.

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