Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Blanchard, Lonnie Edward 1977 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net July 4, 2021, 10:58 am DAILY PRESS LONNIE EDWARD BLANCHARD DAILY PRESS 03-26-1977, P.7 WAVERLY – Lonnie Edward Blanchard, 78, of Waverly, died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. A native of Gates County, N.C., he had been a resident of Waverly for the past 10 years. He retired in 1964 as an electrician with Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. and was a member of Waverly Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Annie Mae Magee Blanchard; four sisters, Mrs. Lloyd M. Wiggins of Sunbury, N.C., Mrs. Frank L. Brinkley of Suffolk, Mrs. Fernando R. Chappell of Elizabeth City, N.C., and Miss Sallie Mae Blanchard of Hertford, N.C.; two brothers, Emmitt C. Blanchard of Portsmouth and Herbert L. Blanchard of Sunbury. A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. G.L. Blackwell. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Waverly Rescue Squad. LONNIE EDWARD BLANCHARD DAILY PRESS – 03-27-1977, P.4 WAVERLY – A funeral for Lonnie Edward Blanchard of Waverly, who died Friday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Waverly Rescue Squad. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gates/obits/b/blanchar2082nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb