Albert Blanton (1908 - 1975)

Born 27 May 1908 in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States

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Died 7 Dec 1975 at age 67 in Denver, Johnson County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Obituary

Albert Blanton, 67, died Sunday, December 7, (1975) at his Denver home after an illness of several months. Born May 27, 1908, 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, Fla., Kenneth of West Liberty, Bill of New Carlisle, Ohio and Eddie of Denver; two daughters, Mrs. Janet McCarty of Jeffersonville, Ohio and Mrs. Blanche Pelphrey of Denver; three brothers, Bert of Jenkins, John Russell of Lakeland, Fla., and Arnold of Peoria, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Salyer of Hager Hill and Mrs. Betty Jean Reichardt of Mansfield, Ohio; and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today, Wednesday, December 10, in the First Baptist Church of Paintsville with Reverends 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 VanHouse, Ellis Rice, Herbert Pratt, Don Burke, Ross Lyons, and Hershel Weddington.

Paintsville Herald

Sources

"United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2D6-95H : Tue Jul 18 17:39:23 UTC 2023), Entry for John W Fairchild and Rosie L Fairchild, 1910.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DZ-VPCB : 22 July 2021), Albert Blanton in entry for Herbert K Blanton and Shirley Hobson, 30 Jun 1954; citing Marriage, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,904,650.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #98757032