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Submitted: 2/27/22 • Approved: 2/27/22 • Last Updated: 2/27/22 • R13606-G0
Albert
May 27, 1908 - December 7, 1975
Obituary
Albert Blanton, 67, died Sunday, December 7, at his Denver home after an illness of several months. Born May 27, 1906, in Johnson County, he was the son of the late Tom and Allie Fairchild Blanton. He was a coal operator, a member of the Liberty Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge 381 F & AM. Surviving are his wife, Florence Weddington Blanton, four sons, Burnette of Lakeland, FL, Kenneth of West Liberty, Bill of New Carlisle, OH, and Eddie of Denver; two daughters, Mrs. Janet McCarty of Jeffersonville, OH, and Mrs. Blanche Pelphrey of Denver, three brothers, Bert of Jenkins, John Russell of Lakeland, FL, and Arnold of Peoria, IL; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Salyer of Hager Hill and Mrs. Betty Jean Reichardt of Mansfield, OH; and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, December 10, in the First Baptist Church of Paintsville with Reverends Michael Heacock and Charles Milam officiating. Burial will be in the Blanton Cemetery at Denver with Paintsville Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Active pallbearers are Jay Blanton, Mike Blanton, Bill Blanton, Gordon McCarty, Eddie H. Pelphrey, Rick Pelphrey, Mike Bundren and Tommy Hammond, Honorary pallbearers are Johnny Blanton, Hoosie VanHoose, Ellis Rice, Herbert Pratt, Don Burke, Ross Lyons, and Hershel Weddington.
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