Obit - Henry Blankenship Jr. - Princeton, Mercer Co., WV
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Obit - Henry Blankenship Jr. - Princeton, Mercer Co., WV
| Ricky_Weinberg58 (View posts) | Posted: 12 Mar 2007 10:48PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Blankenship
Henry Blankenship Jr.
PRINCETON — Henry Blankenship Jr., 83, of Old
Bluefield Road, Princeton, formerly of Maitland, died
early Friday morning, March 9, 2007, at Princeton
Community Hospital.
Born Dec. 15, 1923 in Iroquois, he was the son of the
late Henry and Rinda Milam Blankenship. Mr.
Blankenship was a veteran of World War II serving with
the U.S. Navy. He held a lifetime membership in the
American Legion Post No. 8 of Welch.
Mr. Blankenship retired from the McDowell County Board
of Education in the Maintenance Department. He was a
member of Airport Church of God, Bluefield. Henry
loved playing musical instruments, making music, and
listening to bluegrass and gospel music. He had moved
from Maitland to Princeton in 2002.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by his wife, Betty Marushia Blankenship, along with
three brothers, Cecil, Eddie and Johnny Blankenship.
Survivors include his only child, Libby Rotenberry and
her husband Jay of Princeton; two grandchildren, Jill
Hensley and Andrea Rotenberry, both of Princeton; two
great grandchildren, Shane and Brooke Hensley;
siblings, Stella Akers of Fayetteville, N.C., Thelma
Sliger and David Blankenship, both of Lakeland, Fla.,
Shelby Haskins and Elmer Blankenship, both of Flint,
Mich., Teddy Blankenship of Tennessee, Jimmy
Blankenship of Premier, Buddy Blankenship of Welch; a
host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March
12, 2007, from the Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Funeral Directory on Athens Road in Princeton with
Pastors Dana Hambrick and Virginia Russ officiating.
Entombment will follow in the Chapel of the Wildwood
Mausoleum of the Roselawn Memorial Gardens on
Courthouse Road in Princeton.
Friends are invited to visit with the family on Monday
from 1 p.m. until the service hour.
Family and friends may share online condolences via
www.memorialfd.com
Serving as pallbearers will be family members and
friends.
The Blankenship family is being served by Memorial
Funeral Directory & Cremation Center on Athens Road in
Princeton.
PRINCETON — Henry Blankenship Jr., 83, of Old
Bluefield Road, Princeton, formerly of Maitland, died
early Friday morning, March 9, 2007, at Princeton
Community Hospital.
Born Dec. 15, 1923 in Iroquois, he was the son of the
late Henry and Rinda Milam Blankenship. Mr.
Blankenship was a veteran of World War II serving with
the U.S. Navy. He held a lifetime membership in the
American Legion Post No. 8 of Welch.
Mr. Blankenship retired from the McDowell County Board
of Education in the Maintenance Department. He was a
member of Airport Church of God, Bluefield. Henry
loved playing musical instruments, making music, and
listening to bluegrass and gospel music. He had moved
from Maitland to Princeton in 2002.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by his wife, Betty Marushia Blankenship, along with
three brothers, Cecil, Eddie and Johnny Blankenship.
Survivors include his only child, Libby Rotenberry and
her husband Jay of Princeton; two grandchildren, Jill
Hensley and Andrea Rotenberry, both of Princeton; two
great grandchildren, Shane and Brooke Hensley;
siblings, Stella Akers of Fayetteville, N.C., Thelma
Sliger and David Blankenship, both of Lakeland, Fla.,
Shelby Haskins and Elmer Blankenship, both of Flint,
Mich., Teddy Blankenship of Tennessee, Jimmy
Blankenship of Premier, Buddy Blankenship of Welch; a
host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March
12, 2007, from the Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Funeral Directory on Athens Road in Princeton with
Pastors Dana Hambrick and Virginia Russ officiating.
Entombment will follow in the Chapel of the Wildwood
Mausoleum of the Roselawn Memorial Gardens on
Courthouse Road in Princeton.
Friends are invited to visit with the family on Monday
from 1 p.m. until the service hour.
Family and friends may share online condolences via
www.memorialfd.com
Serving as pallbearers will be family members and
friends.
The Blankenship family is being served by Memorial
Funeral Directory & Cremation Center on Athens Road in
Princeton.