WALTER BLANTON
1926-1950
Killed In Car Wreck
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday for Walter Blanton, 23, of
Pal, Ohio, who was killed instantly in a car wreck on Highway 161 near
Mechanicsburg, Ohio, about 6:00 p. m., Sunday, April 23, 1950.
Services were held at the State Road Fork United Baptist Church by
Rev. Cullie Sparks.
The son of Edd and Mary Salyer Blanton, he was born in this county
July 26, 1926. He had resided in Pal, Ohio, for the past several
years where he was employed by the Farmers Exchange.
Survivors include the following brothers and sisters: Hayes and Jessie
Clinton Blanton, Falcon, Mrs. Clara Blair and Mrs. Esta Conley, Oil
Springs, Mrs. Sarah Shepherd, Portsmouth, O., and Mrs. Pearlie
McKellip Springfield, Ohio.
Burial was in the Bill Rice cemetery under the direction of the
Paintsville Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
4-27-1950
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