Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Blankenship, Roy William d. August 9, 1998


Kansas City Star, The (MO) - August 10, 1998 
Deceased Name: ROY WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP Roy William Blankenship, 82, Hardin, MO, passed
away Saturday, August 9, 1998, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO. Funeral services will
be 10 a.m. Thursday, August 11, at Thurman Funeral Home, Richmond, MO; burial in Lavelock
Cemetery, north of Hardin. 
Visitation will be 7-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, where a Masonic service will be
at 6:30 p.m. The family suggests contributions to Lavelock Cemetery, Children's Mercy
Hospital, or the donor's choice. 
Mr. Blankenship was born August 11, 1915, in Macon County, TN, to W.S. and Minnie Velma
(Sadler) Blankenship. He married Ellen Lorene Howard of Rayville, MO, on July 20, 1935;
she survives of the home. 
They had recently celebrated their 63rd anniversary. 
Additional survivors include four sons and their wives, Roy ''Sonny'' and Jean Blankenship,
Hardin, MO, David and Karen Blankenship, Lexington, MO, Larry and Peggy Blankenship, 
Carrollton, MO, and Darrell and Lois Blankenship, Corder, MO; daughter, Nancy Cooper, 
Richmond, MO; brother, J.W. Blankenship, Richmond, MO; two sisters, Rosie Bowman, Hardin,
MO, and Hazel Kennedy, Raytown, MO; 14 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 22 
great-grandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his 
parents; daughter, Doris Ann Blankenship; and two brothers, Elvin Blankenship and M.S. 
"Mattie" Blankenship. 
Mr. Blankenship served as mayor of Hardin, MO, for three terms from the 1940s to 1960s. 
During his tenure as mayor, he was instrumental in implementing Hardin's first water and
sewer system. 
Roy owned and operated Roy's Garage, Hardin Oil Company, and J.I. Case Implement Dealership.
He was also a farmer before retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Hardin school board
and Hardin Methodist Church, a 50-year member of Wakenda Masonic Lodge 52, a 50-year member
and past Noble Grand of I.O.O.F. 28, and a member of Woodmen of the World. 

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