obit - BLANTON, Reva Lee
Author: Sharon Dulcich Date: 9 Feb 2004 6:00 AM GMT
Surnames: Blanton, Williams, Marlow, Missert, Hopper
Classification: Obituary
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BLANTON REVA LEE
born: 05/29/1906 FEMALE TX
father: HOPPER
died: KERN 01/06/2000
age: 93
Requested by: [email protected]

The Bakersfield Californian, Sunday, January 9, 2000
Reba Lee Blanton
May 29, 1906 - January 6, 2000
Services: Mon., Jan. 10, 1 p.m.

Graveside funeral services will be conducted by Peters Funeral Home, Monday, January 10 at 1 p.m. at Shafter Memorial Park for Reva Lee Blanton, age 93, of Shafter who passed away January 6 in Bakersfield. Memorial Services will be held Monday Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. at the Olive Knolls Nazarene Church, 6201 Fruitvale Ave. Pastor Chuck Miller will officiate and be assisted by Pastor John Calhoun.
Visitation will be held at Peters Funeral Home, Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Mrs. Blanton was born May 29, 1906, in Tom Bean, Texas to John and Minnie Hopper. She married Ewing Thomas Blanton Oct. 6, 1928 in Texas and they later moved to the Sahfter/Wasco area in 1948. She graduated from Fay's Beauty School and retired after 15 years in cosmetology in 1971. She was a hard worker and did lots of sewing and quilting out of necessity. She was a member of the Shafter Nazarene Church for many years before transferring her membership to Olive Knolls in 1992.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ewing Thomas Blanton in 1990; son, Thomas Lee Blanton in 1941; and great-granddaughter, Devon Missert, in August 1999.
She is survived by her son, Jim Blanton and wife, Linda of Bakersfield; daughter, Anna Louise Blanton of Shafter; sisters, Mildred Williams and Zelma Marlow, both of Texas; three grandchildren, Deanna Missert and husband Thomas of New Hampshire, Jeffrey Ewing Blanton and wife, Christine of Bakersfield and Jayme Blanton of Alhambra, four great grandchildren, Timothy Blanton, and Justin, Kaley and Britney Missert.