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      ObituaryJoann Blankenship(August 15, 1927 - May 26, 2017)
 
 
     
 JOANN BLANKENSHIP, wife of the late 
    Riley "Jack" Blankenship, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 
    26, 2017, at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. Funeral services will be 
    conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 28, 2017, at the 
    Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by 
    Pastor Phil Chapman. Burial will be in 
    Enon Cemetery, Salt Rock. She was born in Cabell 
    County on Aug. 15, 1927, to Bob and Kathryn Hobbs Bailey. She was the 
    granddaughter of Lyda and Jim Hobbs and the great-granddaughter of Mamie 
    Martin of Barboursville. She had one brother, Jimmy Bailey, deceased. She is 
    survived by son and daughter-in-law, Lonnie Joe and Leah Bledsoe of 
    Huntington, W.Va., with whom she resided the last five years, and another 
    son, Terry Lee Bledsoe of South Point, Ohio. She also has six grandchildren. 
    She worked for the government and county and worked at Woolworth's store. 
    She wanted to tell all her friends she appreciated all the good times and 
    memories. Her CB handle was "firefly" on Channel 3. Her hobbies were rummage 
    sales, eating out and giving to charities. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 
    p.m. Sunday at the 
    Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. 
    
    
    
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