Funeral Service for Johnny Mark Blankenship, age 53, of Valley View, Texas, will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at the Jackson Funeral Home Chapel in Frederick with Rev. John Johnson and Art Barker officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Snyder, under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home. Mr. Blankinship passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Valley View, Texas.
He was born May 7, 1956, at Frederick, to Johnny Bob and Leola Faye (Barker) Blankinship. He was raised in the Panhandle of Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He attended school at Grand Prairie and Plano, Texas and completed his education in Chula Vista, California. On September 2, 1973, he and Kimberly Sue Wulf were united in marriage at Chula Vista. They returned to Frederick, where he worked for the family plumbing company and raised their three children; later was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Lawton. He later married Brenda Faye Shelton on September 15, 1991. They made their home in Mountain Park and then in Valley View, Texas, where he worked as a line locator for major utility companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Mark's passion for music began early in life and he passed this talent onto his children. Music, singing, guitar, and his children and grandchildren were his greatest joy.
He is survived by his mother and step-father, Lee and Dale Maddux of Euless, Texas; his father and step-mother, John and Helen Blankinship of Hobart; two sons, Micah Blankinship of Valley View, Texas and Jesse Blankinship and wife Stacie of Healdton; a daughter, Katie Chapman and husband Chris of Lawton; a daughter-in-law, Amber Hoyle of Sanger, Texas; three brothers, Jimmy Blankinship and wife Carolyn of Hillsboro, West Virginia, Bill Raines and wife Peggy of Hobart and Troy Maddux of Davidson; a sister, Kristi McCullough and husband Earl of Blair; six grandchildren, Aaron, Kleya, Nyla and Brian Blankinship and Karlee and Josilyn Chapman; a nephew, Jeremy Besson; and a host of cousins, aunts, uncles and many nieces and nephews from the Shelton family.
Family will receive visitors on Monday evening, August 24, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home in Frederick.
Jackson Funeral Home
(580) 335-7447
He was born May 7, 1956, at Frederick, to Johnny Bob and Leola Faye (Barker) Blankinship. He was raised in the Panhandle of Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He attended school at Grand Prairie and Plano, Texas and completed his education in Chula Vista, California. On September 2, 1973, he and Kimberly Sue Wulf were united in marriage at Chula Vista. They returned to Frederick, where he worked for the family plumbing company and raised their three children; later was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Lawton. He later married Brenda Faye Shelton on September 15, 1991. They made their home in Mountain Park and then in Valley View, Texas, where he worked as a line locator for major utility companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Mark's passion for music began early in life and he passed this talent onto his children. Music, singing, guitar, and his children and grandchildren were his greatest joy.
He is survived by his mother and step-father, Lee and Dale Maddux of Euless, Texas; his father and step-mother, John and Helen Blankinship of Hobart; two sons, Micah Blankinship of Valley View, Texas and Jesse Blankinship and wife Stacie of Healdton; a daughter, Katie Chapman and husband Chris of Lawton; a daughter-in-law, Amber Hoyle of Sanger, Texas; three brothers, Jimmy Blankinship and wife Carolyn of Hillsboro, West Virginia, Bill Raines and wife Peggy of Hobart and Troy Maddux of Davidson; a sister, Kristi McCullough and husband Earl of Blair; six grandchildren, Aaron, Kleya, Nyla and Brian Blankinship and Karlee and Josilyn Chapman; a nephew, Jeremy Besson; and a host of cousins, aunts, uncles and many nieces and nephews from the Shelton family.
Family will receive visitors on Monday evening, August 24, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home in Frederick.
Jackson Funeral Home
(580) 335-7447
Funeral Service for Johnny Mark Blankenship, age 53, of Valley View, Texas, will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at the Jackson Funeral Home Chapel in Frederick with Rev. John Johnson and Art Barker officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Snyder, under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home. Mr. Blankinship passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Valley View, Texas.
He was born May 7, 1956, at Frederick, to Johnny Bob and Leola Faye (Barker) Blankinship. He was raised in the Panhandle of Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He attended school at Grand Prairie and Plano, Texas and completed his education in Chula Vista, California. On September 2, 1973, he and Kimberly Sue Wulf were united in marriage at Chula Vista. They returned to Frederick, where he worked for the family plumbing company and raised their three children; later was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Lawton. He later married Brenda Faye Shelton on September 15, 1991. They made their home in Mountain Park and then in Valley View, Texas, where he worked as a line locator for major utility companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Mark's passion for music began early in life and he passed this talent onto his children. Music, singing, guitar, and his children and grandchildren were his greatest joy.
He is survived by his mother and step-father, Lee and Dale Maddux of Euless, Texas; his father and step-mother, John and Helen Blankinship of Hobart; two sons, Micah Blankinship of Valley View, Texas and Jesse Blankinship and wife Stacie of Healdton; a daughter, Katie Chapman and husband Chris of Lawton; a daughter-in-law, Amber Hoyle of Sanger, Texas; three brothers, Jimmy Blankinship and wife Carolyn of Hillsboro, West Virginia, Bill Raines and wife Peggy of Hobart and Troy Maddux of Davidson; a sister, Kristi McCullough and husband Earl of Blair; six grandchildren, Aaron, Kleya, Nyla and Brian Blankinship and Karlee and Josilyn Chapman; a nephew, Jeremy Besson; and a host of cousins, aunts, uncles and many nieces and nephews from the Shelton family.
Family will receive visitors on Monday evening, August 24, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home in Frederick.
Jackson Funeral Home
(580) 335-7447
He was born May 7, 1956, at Frederick, to Johnny Bob and Leola Faye (Barker) Blankinship. He was raised in the Panhandle of Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He attended school at Grand Prairie and Plano, Texas and completed his education in Chula Vista, California. On September 2, 1973, he and Kimberly Sue Wulf were united in marriage at Chula Vista. They returned to Frederick, where he worked for the family plumbing company and raised their three children; later was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Lawton. He later married Brenda Faye Shelton on September 15, 1991. They made their home in Mountain Park and then in Valley View, Texas, where he worked as a line locator for major utility companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Mark's passion for music began early in life and he passed this talent onto his children. Music, singing, guitar, and his children and grandchildren were his greatest joy.
He is survived by his mother and step-father, Lee and Dale Maddux of Euless, Texas; his father and step-mother, John and Helen Blankinship of Hobart; two sons, Micah Blankinship of Valley View, Texas and Jesse Blankinship and wife Stacie of Healdton; a daughter, Katie Chapman and husband Chris of Lawton; a daughter-in-law, Amber Hoyle of Sanger, Texas; three brothers, Jimmy Blankinship and wife Carolyn of Hillsboro, West Virginia, Bill Raines and wife Peggy of Hobart and Troy Maddux of Davidson; a sister, Kristi McCullough and husband Earl of Blair; six grandchildren, Aaron, Kleya, Nyla and Brian Blankinship and Karlee and Josilyn Chapman; a nephew, Jeremy Besson; and a host of cousins, aunts, uncles and many nieces and nephews from the Shelton family.
Family will receive visitors on Monday evening, August 24, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home in Frederick.
Jackson Funeral Home
(580) 335-7447
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