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Submitted: 8/18/09 • Approved: 7/14/21 • Last Updated: 7/17/21 • R223938-G223938-S3
24 Aug 1906 - 29 Nov 1970
Christebel (Doyle) Blankenship wife of Melburn H Blankenship. Christebel (Doyle) Blankenship daughter of James I Doyle and Margaret M (Willmuth) Doyle.
Melburn "Heavy" Blankenship husband of Christebel (Doyle) Blankenship. At an early age Melburn was taken in and raised to his maturity by his brother-in-law and half sister, Benjamin Franklin Sheets and Bertie (Stevens) Sheets. In 1930, Melburn was serving as a Private, US Army, stationed at Fort Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. His wife, Christebel, and daughter, Mary Jo, were living with the Sheets family in Walnut Ridge, AR.
Death Notice
Walnut Ridge-Melburn (Heavy) Blankenship, 69, of Walnut Ridge, Wednesday. Funeral was Friday
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Contributed on 8/18/09 by tootied
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