Obit of Blankenship, Ralph Leo (b452) - Texas County, Oklahoma

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Ralph Leo Blankenship

GUYMON, Okla. - Ralph Leo Blankenship, 90, died Friday, Aug. 20, 1999, at 
Crawford, Ga.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Elmhurst Cemetery with 
the Rev. Mike Chaffin, pastor of Victory Memorial United Methodist Church, 
officiating. Arrangements are by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors.

Mr. Blankenship was born in Pattonsburg, Mo., and moved to Guymon when he 
was a child. He was the owner of a new and used furniture business, and at 
the time of his retirement sold wholesale chemical supplies in the 
Oklahoma Panhandle area.

He was a member of Victory Memorial Methodist Church and of Guymon Masonic 
Lodge Post 335 AF&AM. He was a 67-year Mason.

Mr. Blankenship was an Army veteran of World War II and had served in 
Patton's Ninth Army in Europe.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Mary Ruth Shackelford, 
and an infant son, Ronald Leo.

Survivors include two daughters, Sandra B. Cook of Crawford, Ga., and Pam 
W. Bentley of Ordway, Colo.; four grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren. 

The family requests memorials in lieu of flowers be to Tuckston United 
Methodist Church, Capital Funds Drive, Athens, Ga.; Texas Scottish Rite 
Hospital for Children, 2222 Welborn St., Dallas, Texas; Children's 
Hospital of Denver, 1056 E. 19th Ave., Denver, CO 80218.

Amarillo Globe News 24 Aug 1999
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