Buchanan County, Virginia, Obituaries:  General J. Blankenship

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, December 13, 2002

General J. Blankenship

BREAKS, Va. -- General Jedeth "Jed" Blankenship, 80, passed away, Wednesday, 
Dec. 11, 2002, in Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. A 
native of Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Zekliah and Rebecca 
Coleman Blankenship. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Olive 
Deloris Belcher Blankenship; sisters, Wilma Oquinn, Annarae Hamilton and 
Florence Deel and one sister who died in infancy. He was a U.S. Navy veteran 
of World War II, a retired UMWA mine worker and attended the Old Regular 
Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Loretta Gay Blankenship; a son, David Wade 
Blankenship of Breaks; two granddaughters, Elizabeth and Shannon Blankenship 
of Breaks; two stepdaughters, Vickie Swiney of Breaks and Tina Sykes of 
Prater; one stepson, Larry Eugene Looney of Breaks; three step-grandchildren, 
Joshua Looney of Breaks, Jordon Sykes of Prater and Cynthia Duffy of 
Lexington, Ky.; one brother, Curtis Blankenship of Garden City, Mich.; and 
two sisters Edith Charles of Breaks and Alma Gay Hadwick of Cleveland, Ohio.

The funeral service will be Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at 1 p.m. at Little 
Jocie Church at Breaks with Elders Frank O'quinn, David O'quinn and Jerry 
Newsome officiating. Burial will follow in the Little Jocie Church Cemetery. 
Friends and family will serve as pallbearers. American Legion Post 164 of 
Grundy will conduct military graveside rites. The family will receive 
friends after 5 p.m. on Friday at Haysi Funeral Home where an evening 
service will be held at 6 p.m.

Haysi Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.