Obituary
Joann 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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