  George D. Blankenship 19 Febuary 1880 - 8 October 1956 Sallie T. Blankenship 19 September 1883 - 10 March 1967 Texas Death Certificate Name : Mary Elizabeth Blankenship white, female, single Birth : 28 May 1912 Father : G. D. Blankenship, b Tennessee Mother : Sally T. Bradley, b Grayson Co., Texas Death : 8 July 1912, 4.5 miles southwest of Denison Age : 1 month, 9 days Cause of death : whooping cough with complications Burial : 8 July 1912, Georgetown Cemetery Undertaker : W. H. Halton, Denison, Texas (Note : Mary Elizabeth Blankenship was the only daughter of Sarah T. Bradley & George David Blankenship. She was a twin to Oscar Glenn Blankenship, who survived whooping cough. Mary died at the age of six weeks in 1912. Her stone is beside her parents in Georgetown Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ Kay Blankenship) The Denison Press Friday, October 12, 1956 pg. 2 Funeral services were held at Bratcher Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 for G.D. Blankenship, 76, who died in Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman Monday at 11:30 a.m. The Rev. Harold Cummins of Hagerman Baptist Church officiated and interment was in Georgetown Cemetery with Bratcher in charge. Mr. Blankenship lived on Rt. 3. He had been ill two months and in the hospital 8 days. He was born in Tennessee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Blankenship, and was married in Sherman in 1901 to Sallie Bradley. He was a farmer and a member of the Baptist church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Sallie Blankenship, Rt. 3; six sons, L.H. Blankenship of Pennsylvania and George W., A.A., Truman, O.G. and D.B., all of Denison; two brothers, R.H. Blankenship of Denison and Braxton of Sherman; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  History of the Bradley Family of Grayson County, Texas compiled by M. C. Haggard  Georgetown Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |