Pauline (Twin) BLASINGAME
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Additional BLASINGAME Surnames in BLASINGAME (AT EL PASO) Cemetery
BLASINGAME, LeonardBLASINGAME, Lois J.BLASINGAME, Sallie M.BLASINGAME, David AlexanderBLASINGAME, McMurryBLASINGAME, Benjamin R.BLASINGAME, David N.BLASINGAME, Maggie CarolynBLASINGAME, Ben G.BLASINGAME, Ethel M.BLASINGAME, David AlexBLASINGAME, Louie A.BLASINGAME, EffieBLASINGAME, Johnny D.BLASINGAME, YvonneBLASINGAME, Jessica GraceBLASINGAME, Lorene R.BLASINGAME, Brittany SheaBLASINGAME, William MBLASINGAME, Ben J GBLASINGAME, L DewittBLASINGAME, Audrey MaeBLASINGAME, MargrettBLASINGAME, John StevenBLASINGAME, SteveBLASINGAME, Catharine SBLASINGAME, Mada DempseyBLASINGAME (VETERAN WWII), Hicks BerniceBLASINGAME, Pauline (Twin)COTTRELL BLASINGAME, Pauline (Twin)BLASINGAME, Martha Virginia Additional BLASINGAME Surnames in WHITE County
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Submitted: 1/30/22 • Approved: 1/31/22 • Last Updated: 2/3/22 • R1416732-G1416731-S3
Hicks Bernice
US Army Air Corps
World War II
February 8, 1921 - December 8, 2017
Mason
Pauline
Nov 15, 1919 - July 29, 2019
OES
*Obituary
Hicks Bernice Blasingame, 96 passed away peacefully on Friday, December 8, 2017. Born in Royal Hill Arkansas on February 8, 1921, he was the second of nine children to the late Leonard and Lois Pickard Blasingame. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a military policeman. He later used his gift of working with animals to train war dogs. Following WWII, he stayed in the Air Force Reserves until 1957.
While stationed in Dalhart, Texas (1942), a beautiful young woman from Des Moines, New Mexico caught his eye. Hicks and Pauline Cottrell married in 1944 and have spent the past 73 years walking side by side on lifes journey. They spent the first 26 years of marriage in Houston, Texas where they had one daughter, Patricia Ann. In 1970, Hicks longed to leave city life and return to Arkansas. He mapped out his dream of breeding Charolais cattle and thus the Circle 21 Farm and Ranch was formed. Over the next 47 years he produced, showed and sold registered Charolais cattle not only in Arkansas, but throughout the US. One of the greatest joys he had was helping young people learn the responsibilities of working with cattle. Often, he provided calves for them to prepare and show in local and state fairs. At the age of 90, he decided to retire from breeding cattle but his love for animals continued, especially for Kit and Blue.
He was a proud WWII veteran and thoroughly enjoyed going to Washington DC on the Flight of Honor to pay his respects to the National World War II Memorial. He was also proud of his accomplishments over the past 76 years in the Masonic order. He was Past Master of El Paso Masonic Lodge #65, a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason and former District Deputy Grand Master. He was a member of the Arkansas Cattlemens Association (White County) and a faithful member of Park Hill Baptist Church-North Little Rock.
He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Pauline Blasingame of El Paso; one daughter, Patricia (Mark) Thompson of Clemmons North Carolina; two grandsons, Duane L. Thompson of Armagosa Valley, Nevada and Marshall M. Thompson of Taos, New Mexico; two brothers, Johnnie Bee (Dorothy) Blasingame and Bobby Lewis (Lenita) Blasingame; one sister, Sallie Jo Blasingame Samuelson of Knoxville Tennessee and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Hicks was preceded in death by his brothers Dewitt Blasingame and Dannie Mack Blasingame.
A special thanks to family and friends in the El Paso community, Amedisys Home Therapy and Beebe Retirement Center.
Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, December 15, 2017 at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe, Arkansas. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home, with interment at Blasingame Cemetery in El Paso, Arkansas
*Obituary
Pauline Cottrell Blasingame, 99 passed away peacefully on Monday, July 29, 2019. Born in Capulin, New Mexico. She was the 5th of nine children, being one of three sets of fraternal twins born to Marion Madison and Florence Ratliff Cottrell
In 1942, a handsome Army Air Corps corporal from El Paso, AR caught her eye. Hicks Blasingame and Pauline Cottrell married in 1944 and spent 73 years walking side by side on life’s journey until his passing in December 2017. They spent the first 26 years of marriage in Houston TX where they had one daughter, Patricia Ann.
Pauline worked for the Houston Independent School District for 13 years. Hicks and ‘Polly’ left Houston and moved to El Paso AR where they formed the Circle 21 Farm and Ranch. Over the next 47 years they produced, showed and sold registered Charolais cattle not only in Arkansas, but throughout the US.
One of her greatest joys was helping in the community and sharing a smile and quick wit to brighten someone’s day. She was a past Worthy Matron of Eastern Star where she had been a member for 73 years. She was a long-time member of the El Paso EHS and loved making items for hospitals, nursing homes and families in need. She was also a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association (White County) and a faithful member of Park Hill Baptist Church-North Little Rock.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 73 years, Hicks B. Blasingame. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Thompson (Mark) of Clemmons NC; two grandsons: Duane L. Thompson of Little Rock AR and Marshall M. Thompson of Taos NM; one brother: Howard Cottrell (Paula) of Albuquerque NM; plus a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
A special thanks to family and friends in the El Paso community and to loving and caring staff/workers at Beebe Retirement Center.
Visitation will be held on Saturday at 1:30 pm with services following at 2:30 pm at Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe, AR. Internment at Blasingame Cemetery.
Contributed on 1/30/22 by hawkinsdonna48
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