Sikeston -- Colton Erwin Blankenship Jr., 74, died June 9, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born Aug. 29, 1930, in Canalou, son of the late Colton Erwin and Cora Edna Helms Blankenship Sr., he was raised in the Church of Christ belief. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served in the Korean War, he was a self-employed farmer before retiring.
On July 29, 1956, he married Betty Jean Sims who survives of the home in Sikeston.
Other survivors include: three sons, Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship and Terry Blankenship; three daughters, Billie Faye Strope, Sissie Wilkerson, and Wendy Blankenship; and numerous grandchildren.
Three brothers, B.R. Blankenship, Barney Blankenship and O.D. Blankenship; and three sisters, Kathryn Summers, Delbarta Snider and Hazel Lee Troxell, preceded him in death.
Visitation was at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
Graveside services were at Garden of Memories in Sikeston. The Rev. Joe Williams, pastor of Parma General Baptist Church, will officiate.
Pallbearers were: Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship, Terry Blankenship, Brandon Blankenship, Eric Blankenship and Brad Blankenship.
Honorary pallbearers will be: David Wyatt, Stan Blankenship, Steve Blankenship, Lois Newman, Donald Hammock, Michael Wilkerson and Danny Hall.
June 13, 2005 Sikeston Standard Democrat
Born Aug. 29, 1930, in Canalou, son of the late Colton Erwin and Cora Edna Helms Blankenship Sr., he was raised in the Church of Christ belief. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served in the Korean War, he was a self-employed farmer before retiring.
On July 29, 1956, he married Betty Jean Sims who survives of the home in Sikeston.
Other survivors include: three sons, Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship and Terry Blankenship; three daughters, Billie Faye Strope, Sissie Wilkerson, and Wendy Blankenship; and numerous grandchildren.
Three brothers, B.R. Blankenship, Barney Blankenship and O.D. Blankenship; and three sisters, Kathryn Summers, Delbarta Snider and Hazel Lee Troxell, preceded him in death.
Visitation was at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
Graveside services were at Garden of Memories in Sikeston. The Rev. Joe Williams, pastor of Parma General Baptist Church, will officiate.
Pallbearers were: Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship, Terry Blankenship, Brandon Blankenship, Eric Blankenship and Brad Blankenship.
Honorary pallbearers will be: David Wyatt, Stan Blankenship, Steve Blankenship, Lois Newman, Donald Hammock, Michael Wilkerson and Danny Hall.
June 13, 2005 Sikeston Standard Democrat
Sikeston -- Colton Erwin Blankenship Jr., 74, died June 9, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born Aug. 29, 1930, in Canalou, son of the late Colton Erwin and Cora Edna Helms Blankenship Sr., he was raised in the Church of Christ belief. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served in the Korean War, he was a self-employed farmer before retiring.
On July 29, 1956, he married Betty Jean Sims who survives of the home in Sikeston.
Other survivors include: three sons, Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship and Terry Blankenship; three daughters, Billie Faye Strope, Sissie Wilkerson, and Wendy Blankenship; and numerous grandchildren.
Three brothers, B.R. Blankenship, Barney Blankenship and O.D. Blankenship; and three sisters, Kathryn Summers, Delbarta Snider and Hazel Lee Troxell, preceded him in death.
Visitation was at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
Graveside services were at Garden of Memories in Sikeston. The Rev. Joe Williams, pastor of Parma General Baptist Church, will officiate.
Pallbearers were: Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship, Terry Blankenship, Brandon Blankenship, Eric Blankenship and Brad Blankenship.
Honorary pallbearers will be: David Wyatt, Stan Blankenship, Steve Blankenship, Lois Newman, Donald Hammock, Michael Wilkerson and Danny Hall.
June 13, 2005 Sikeston Standard Democrat
Born Aug. 29, 1930, in Canalou, son of the late Colton Erwin and Cora Edna Helms Blankenship Sr., he was raised in the Church of Christ belief. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served in the Korean War, he was a self-employed farmer before retiring.
On July 29, 1956, he married Betty Jean Sims who survives of the home in Sikeston.
Other survivors include: three sons, Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship and Terry Blankenship; three daughters, Billie Faye Strope, Sissie Wilkerson, and Wendy Blankenship; and numerous grandchildren.
Three brothers, B.R. Blankenship, Barney Blankenship and O.D. Blankenship; and three sisters, Kathryn Summers, Delbarta Snider and Hazel Lee Troxell, preceded him in death.
Visitation was at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
Graveside services were at Garden of Memories in Sikeston. The Rev. Joe Williams, pastor of Parma General Baptist Church, will officiate.
Pallbearers were: Charles Underwood, Rickey Blankenship, Terry Blankenship, Brandon Blankenship, Eric Blankenship and Brad Blankenship.
Honorary pallbearers will be: David Wyatt, Stan Blankenship, Steve Blankenship, Lois Newman, Donald Hammock, Michael Wilkerson and Danny Hall.
June 13, 2005 Sikeston Standard Democrat
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