Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Dec. 17, 1974 (extracted from Blanton families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Funeral services for John R. Blanton, 83, of the Edhube community were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Wise Funeral Home with the Rev Joe Eubanks and the Rev Wayne Dyer officiating. Burial was in Willow Wild.
Mr. Blanton died in a Sherman hospital at 3:15 p.m. Saturday Dec. 14, 1974.
He was born at Trenton, April 29, 1891, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Blanton. He married Ida Clark in Bonham July 16, 1916.
A member of the Edhube Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer and carpenter.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Blanton of the home; two sons, Wesley Blanton of Cleburne and Leslie Blanton of Edhube; five daughters, Mrs. Glowrene Wright of Picton, Mrs. Margaret Hill of Pine Forest, Mrs. Helen Stinson, Mrs. Bonnie Krempling and Mrs. Mildred Abbott of Sherman, 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. A son Harold J. preceded him in death.
Grandsons served as active pallbearers.
Funeral services for John R. Blanton, 83, of the Edhube community were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Wise Funeral Home with the Rev Joe Eubanks and the Rev Wayne Dyer officiating. Burial was in Willow Wild.
Mr. Blanton died in a Sherman hospital at 3:15 p.m. Saturday Dec. 14, 1974.
He was born at Trenton, April 29, 1891, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Blanton. He married Ida Clark in Bonham July 16, 1916.
A member of the Edhube Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer and carpenter.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Blanton of the home; two sons, Wesley Blanton of Cleburne and Leslie Blanton of Edhube; five daughters, Mrs. Glowrene Wright of Picton, Mrs. Margaret Hill of Pine Forest, Mrs. Helen Stinson, Mrs. Bonnie Krempling and Mrs. Mildred Abbott of Sherman, 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. A son Harold J. preceded him in death.
Grandsons served as active pallbearers.
Bonham (TX) Daily Favorite, Dec. 17, 1974 (extracted from Blanton families research records of Ruth Hasten Walsh)
Funeral services for John R. Blanton, 83, of the Edhube community were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Wise Funeral Home with the Rev Joe Eubanks and the Rev Wayne Dyer officiating. Burial was in Willow Wild.
Mr. Blanton died in a Sherman hospital at 3:15 p.m. Saturday Dec. 14, 1974.
He was born at Trenton, April 29, 1891, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Blanton. He married Ida Clark in Bonham July 16, 1916.
A member of the Edhube Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer and carpenter.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Blanton of the home; two sons, Wesley Blanton of Cleburne and Leslie Blanton of Edhube; five daughters, Mrs. Glowrene Wright of Picton, Mrs. Margaret Hill of Pine Forest, Mrs. Helen Stinson, Mrs. Bonnie Krempling and Mrs. Mildred Abbott of Sherman, 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. A son Harold J. preceded him in death.
Grandsons served as active pallbearers.
Funeral services for John R. Blanton, 83, of the Edhube community were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Wise Funeral Home with the Rev Joe Eubanks and the Rev Wayne Dyer officiating. Burial was in Willow Wild.
Mr. Blanton died in a Sherman hospital at 3:15 p.m. Saturday Dec. 14, 1974.
He was born at Trenton, April 29, 1891, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Blanton. He married Ida Clark in Bonham July 16, 1916.
A member of the Edhube Baptist Church, he was a retired farmer and carpenter.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida Blanton of the home; two sons, Wesley Blanton of Cleburne and Leslie Blanton of Edhube; five daughters, Mrs. Glowrene Wright of Picton, Mrs. Margaret Hill of Pine Forest, Mrs. Helen Stinson, Mrs. Bonnie Krempling and Mrs. Mildred Abbott of Sherman, 19 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. A son Harold J. preceded him in death.
Grandsons served as active pallbearers.
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