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Bernice <I>Blankenship</I> Driskill

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Bernice Blankenship Driskill

Birth
Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, USA
Death
7 Jul 1932 (aged 40)
Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
1-6-24-5
Memorial ID
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Mrs.Bernice(Blankenship)Driskill the wife of J.E.Driskill and the Daughter of Samuel Newton and Hortense(Crenshaw)Blankenship.A twin to Burney who was killed in France in 1918 has passed.

Mrs.Bernice Driskill passed away at the family residence,117 South Pear on July 7,1931 at the age of 40 years and 11 months.Mrs.Bernice Driskill was ill but a few days,having suffered an attack of Ptomain poisoning.

Funeral Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Pauls Valley Friday at 3pm.Services were conducted by Rev.J.B. Reavis.Interment took place at the Mount Olivet Cemetery

Bernice married Mr.Driskill in 1910 and they had 6 children.

I got to know Helen Driskill Armstrong,Bernice daughter,she told me how Bernice would gather all the children, on Sunday after church and they would walk from Pauls Valley to Klondike, about 5 miles. Samuel Newton and Hortense would feed the whole family a roast dinner. Helen told me when grandpa Samuel Newton would get mad at his grand kids he would tell them he was going hang them on a nail on the front porch.
Mrs.Bernice(Blankenship)Driskill the wife of J.E.Driskill and the Daughter of Samuel Newton and Hortense(Crenshaw)Blankenship.A twin to Burney who was killed in France in 1918 has passed.

Mrs.Bernice Driskill passed away at the family residence,117 South Pear on July 7,1931 at the age of 40 years and 11 months.Mrs.Bernice Driskill was ill but a few days,having suffered an attack of Ptomain poisoning.

Funeral Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Pauls Valley Friday at 3pm.Services were conducted by Rev.J.B. Reavis.Interment took place at the Mount Olivet Cemetery

Bernice married Mr.Driskill in 1910 and they had 6 children.

I got to know Helen Driskill Armstrong,Bernice daughter,she told me how Bernice would gather all the children, on Sunday after church and they would walk from Pauls Valley to Klondike, about 5 miles. Samuel Newton and Hortense would feed the whole family a roast dinner. Helen told me when grandpa Samuel Newton would get mad at his grand kids he would tell them he was going hang them on a nail on the front porch.

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  • Created by: Joyce
  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62067089/bernice-driskill: accessed ), memorial page for Bernice Blankenship Driskill (23 Jul 1891–7 Jul 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62067089, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Joyce (contributor 47388687).