May 17, 1965

Ben F. Blanton, Sheriff's Father Dies in Denison
Denison - Ben F. Blanton Sr., 76, of 706 W. Morgan, father of Grayson Sheriff Woody Blanton, died at 9:45 a.m. Monday in Katy Hospital here after a short illness.  Funeral arrangements were held at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home.  
Mr. Blanton was a retired Katy Railroad machinist.  He was born July 3, 1888.  On January 2, 1910, he married Miss Frances Della Hodges.  She died in 1960.  He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church.
Mr. Blanton made his home with the Sheriff and a daughter Miss Louise Blanton, secretary to the Denison city manager.
Survivors besides the Sheriff and the daughter are another son, Ben F. Blanton and another daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Wells, both of Denison.
(Researcher's Note : Benjamin Franklin Blanton was born on July 3, 1888.  Ben was the son of Thomas Jefferson Blanton and Eliza Jane Smith. He was the grandson of Fannin Co., Texas pioneers, Josiah Blanton and Lucy Westbrook.)


Sherman Democrat
May 18, 1965
pg.8

Denison - Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in Johnson-Moore Funeral Chapel for Ben F. Blanton, 76, retired Katy Railroad machinist, who died Monday in Katy Hospital here.
Rev. H.E. Smithee, minister of the First Assembly of God Church, conducted the services.  Burial was in Cedarlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Blandon is the father of Sheriff Woody Blanton and Miss Louise Blanton, secretary to the Denison City Manager.