From "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Friday, February 10, 1967:

Mrs. Sudie Clara Blankenship of Pearl died Saturday in the local hospital. She was 91 and had resided in Coryell County most of her life.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Scott's Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Dwayne Martin conducted the rites and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Blankenship was born in Walker County July 27, 1875, and was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Lightsey.
She married J. M. Blankenship, a farmer, in 1907 and they made their home in the White Hall community.
Mr. Blankenship died in 1923.
Mrs. Blankenship moved from White Hall to Pearl in 1947.
She was a member of the White Hall Baptist Church.
Survivors are one son, Raymond Blankenship of Rt. 2, Gatesville; one daughter, Mrs. Clara Wright of Pearl; a brother, Louis Lightsey of Seguin; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A son, George Blankenship, died in 1937.
Pallbearers for Mrs. Blankenship's funeral were J. B. Parish, Earnest Mariott, T. J. Smith, Grady Keeton, Herman Hardie and John Holland Crow.

From Texas Deaths, 1890-1976:

Name: Sudie Clara Blankenship
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 04 Feb 1967
Event Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1875
Birthplace: Walker, Texas
Father's Name: George Lightsey
Mother's Name: Nannie Clara Abbott
Certificate Number: 07929
GS Film number: 2138241
Digital Folder Number: 005164797
Image Number: 02592
Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3FM-MZ9 : accessed 03 Apr 2014), Sudie Clara Blankenship, 04 Feb 1967; citing certificate number 07929, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2138241.