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Submitted: 2/2/21 • Approved: 2/3/21 • Last Updated: 2/5/21 • R1363093-G1363093-S3
World War II
April 30, 1922 - April 23, 2015
Dalton Dean Blankenship son of Noah Blankenship and Beulah (Sutter) Blankenship. Dulcie Irene (Pate) Blankenship daughter of Marion Wyatt Pate and Dixie Nova Pate.
Marriage: 13 May 1944 3 weeks shy of 70th anniversary in 2015
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Dalton Dean Blankenship
30 Apr 1922 - 23 Apr 2015 (aged 92)
Dalton Dean Blankenship age 92 of Batesville died Thursday, April 23, 2015 at a Batesville nursing home. He was born April 30, 1922 at Floral, Arkansas to Noah and Beulah Sutter Blankenship. He was a self employed businessman and a U.S. Army veteran of WWII. He attended the Mt. Zion Baptist Church at Southside.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his wife, Dulcie Irene Blankenship; one son Ronald Dean Blankenship of Forrest City; two daughters, Barbara Ann Cannon of Vincennes, Indiana and Cathy Jean Needham of Batesville; two brothers, Donald Blankenship of Forrest City and Doyle Blankenship of Cabot; two sisters, Aunine Hughes of Maumelle and Bonnie Clark of Pleasant Plains; five grandchildren, Scott Cannon of Indianapolis, Indiana, Christopher Cannon of Evansville, Indiana, Jesse Blankenship of Jonesboro, David Blankenship of Jonesboro and Brandon Needham of Batesville; four great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be Scott Cannon, Christopher Cannon, Jesse Blankenship, David Blankenship, Brandon Needham and Steve Cannon.
Obituary located through Qualls Funeral Home Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. Published Apr 2015 © Copyright 2012 - 21 Qualls Funeral Service. All Rights Reserved.
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