Obit of Blanche South (s300) - McClain County, Oklahoma 14 Aug 2002 Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== McClain Co. Blanche South PORTALES, N.M. - Blanche South, 96, died Saturday, Jan. 24, 1998. Services will be at 10 a.m. today in First Baptist Church with Dr. Philip Fike officiating. Burial will be in the Portales Cemetery by Wheeler Mortuary of Portales Inc. Mrs. South was born in Charleston, Ark. and was raised in Oklahoma near Purcell. She married Murry South in 1920 at Criner, Okla. They moved to Portales in 1922. She was active in the First Baptist Church working with the WMU, the Cradle Roll, and teaching children. Her husband, Murry, died in 1985. Survivors include three daughters, Marie Creamer and Irene Ribble, both of Portales, and Betty Wright of Roswell; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to First Baptist Church. The body will not be available for viewing.