 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas  Nadine Blanton 4 November 1909 - 6 September 2002 Herald Democrat
September 10, 2002 NADINE BLANTON - Sherman - Graveside services for Nadine Blanton, retired Sherman educator, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 at West Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Tom Price, Methodist minister, will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Nadine Blanton died Friday, Sept. 6, 2002, in Sherman, Texas. She was born in Savoy, Texas on Nov. 4, 1909, the daughter of William Foster and Jennie Wrenn Blanton. // In 1918 the family moved to Sherman where she received her early education, graduating from Sherman High School. She attended Kidd Key College and received her B.A. Degree from Austin College. As a career woman, she worked as a secretary in the U.S. Probation Office in both Sherman and Tyler. She taught in several small schools in the area and retired as a history teacher at Piner Middle School in 1975. Nadine began her pursuit of genealogy when she was very Young. It was an interest she carried throughout her entire life. She collected information on the Wrenn and Blanton families and soon was helping other family members in their research. She was a life-long member of the first United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the United Daughters of Confederacy, and the Magna Carter Dames. Surviving is a niece, Mrs. Charles Crabtree of Granbury and an nephew, Bob Blanton of Houston; seven great-nieces and nephews and four great-great-nieces and nephews. // Miss Blanton will lie in state at Dannel Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 10 from 10a.m. until 8 p.m. (Researcher's note: Nadine was the granddaughter of Thomas J. Blanton and Elizabeth Jane Locke.)  West Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2014 Grayson County TXGenWeb |