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Thomas Bascom “Bass” Blanton

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Thomas Bascom “Bass” Blanton

Birth
Fannin County, Texas, USA
Death
22 Jul 1961 (aged 83)
Fannin County, Texas, USA
Burial
Whitewright, Fannin County, Texas, USA
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Sherman Democrat, July 23, 1961 THOMAS B. BLANTON WHITEWRIGHT - Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Earnheart Funeral chapel for Thomas B. Blanton, 83, who died at 6:40 p.m., Friday at a Savoy Rest Home. He was a retired farmer. Rev. Larry Ravert, pastor of the Marvin Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery. Mr. Blanton, a Whitewright resident, was married to the former Cordelia Nicely of Savoy. He is survived by five sons, Roland Blanton of Bakersfield, Calif., Ewing Blanton and Emmett Blanton of Waco., Calif., Irving Blanton of Fort Worth, and Clarence Blanton of Wichita, Kan; three daughters, Mrs. Lee May of Sherman, Mrs. R.E. Walt of Whitewright and Mrs. Virgil Ward, Wichita, Kan.; two brothers Foster Blanton of Sherman, and Ben Blanton of Denison; one sister, Mrs. Charlie Layman of Whitewright; 32 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. (RESEARCH NOTE: Thomas B. Blanton was the son of Thomas Jefferson Blanton and Louisa Jane Locke. He was the grandson of Josiah Blanton and Lucy Westbrook.)
Sherman Democrat, July 23, 1961 THOMAS B. BLANTON WHITEWRIGHT - Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Earnheart Funeral chapel for Thomas B. Blanton, 83, who died at 6:40 p.m., Friday at a Savoy Rest Home. He was a retired farmer. Rev. Larry Ravert, pastor of the Marvin Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery. Mr. Blanton, a Whitewright resident, was married to the former Cordelia Nicely of Savoy. He is survived by five sons, Roland Blanton of Bakersfield, Calif., Ewing Blanton and Emmett Blanton of Waco., Calif., Irving Blanton of Fort Worth, and Clarence Blanton of Wichita, Kan; three daughters, Mrs. Lee May of Sherman, Mrs. R.E. Walt of Whitewright and Mrs. Virgil Ward, Wichita, Kan.; two brothers Foster Blanton of Sherman, and Ben Blanton of Denison; one sister, Mrs. Charlie Layman of Whitewright; 32 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. (RESEARCH NOTE: Thomas B. Blanton was the son of Thomas Jefferson Blanton and Louisa Jane Locke. He was the grandson of Josiah Blanton and Lucy Westbrook.)

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There is a controversy among his descendants about what his middle name was? Some say his middle name was Bascom while others claim his middle name was Bass. He always signed his name Thomas B. Blanton.

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