Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Lou Pennington Mallow Blankenship ******************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************* Lou Pennington Mallow Blankenship Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Mallow Blankenship, who died Friday night, May 31, 1963, in a Greenville hospital were held at 2:00 PM Sunday in the First Baptist Church in Celeste. The Rev. H. B. Gideon and Dr. Harrison Baker officiated. Burial was made in McWright Cemetery. Pallbearers were J. W. Hazal, C. E. Brewer, O. L. Nichols, Jr., O. Lipsey, and Rayford Nichols. The daughter of the late H. Pennington and Sara Taylor Pennington, Mrs. Blankenship was born on August 15, 1884, in Salem. She was a longtime resident of Celeste. In 1906, she was married to the late A. B. Mallow. In 1955, she was married to E. H. Blankenship. She was a member of the Celeste Baptist Church. Surviving are one son, O. A. Mallow of Greenville; one daughter, Mrs. C. E. Sumrow of Greenville; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Lem Warren of Celeste; two sisters, Mrs. Jeffie Orme and Mrs. Mattie Deck, both of Greenville; and seven grandchildren. One son preceded her in death. (June 7, 1963, The Celeste Courier)