Board: Message Boards > Surnames > Blankenship URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.blankenship/1765/mb.ashx Subject: Obit - Dixie Mae Moses Blankenship Author: Ricky_Weinberg58 Date: Saturday, March 18, 2006 Classification: Obituary Surnames:
Friday, March 17, 2006 Bluefield Daily Telegraph Obituaries Dixie Mae Blankenship PRINCETON — Dixie Mae Blankenship, 97, of Glenwood Retirement Village, Princeton, formerly of Crumpler and Bluewell, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at Glenwood Retirement Village, Princeton. She was born on Aug. 26, 1908 in Madisonville, Ind. to the late Robert Moses and Martha Jane Birchfield. She was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church, Bluewell where she was active in the Choir and Ladies Bible Class. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lonnie Blankenship; four sisters, Nannie Louise Blankenship, Susie Myers, Maggy Kirkland and Elizabeth Moses; four brothers, Woodrow Moses, Charles Moses, Albert Moses and John Moses. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Survivors: She will be sadly missed by special niece and caregiver, Janice K. Wilson and husband William J. of 15 Morningside Dr., Princeton; great-niece, Kim Pilkins and husband Charles and their son Chase of Princeton; great-nephew, Scott Wilson and wife Deborah of Charleston; numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Funeral services will be held at the Bluewell United Methodist Church in Bluewell on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Sam Cole III officiating. Burial will follow at the Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton. Friends and family may call at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, Bluewell today, March 17, 2006 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, Bluewell is serving the Blankenship family.
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