Obituary of EVELYN TREADWAY BLANKENSHIP
Please share a memory of EVELYN to include in a keepsake book for family and friends.
Evelyn Treadway Blankenship, 90, of the Whittier Community went home
to be with the Lord Monday August 10, 2009 in a Jackson County Health
Care Community. A lifelong resident of Jackson County, she was the
daughter of the late Jim and Ida Wilson Treadway and wife of the late
Rev. James Eli Blankenship, Sr who she was married to for 57 years.
She was a member of the Patterson Chapel Baptist Church on Union Hill
Rd. where she attended for over 60 years. She retired from Drexel
Furniture Company. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Louise
Blankenship Anthony Phillips, and Ida Elizabeth Blankenship; two
sisters, Ruth Treadway, and Clara Treadway Davis; two brothers, Edward
and Harmond Treadway.
She is survived by children, Harold Blankenship and wife Eleanor of
Dillsboro, James Eli Blankenship, Jr. and wife Fran of Waynesville,
Jerry Blankenship and wife Pebbles of Whittier; 12 grandchildren; 11
great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; four step
grandchildren; 9 step great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Crisp
Funeral Home. Revs. Eddie Deitz and Sherrill Ammons will officiate
with burial in Eli Blankenship Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and step grandsons.
A Memorial Tree was planted for EVELYN
We are deeply sorry for your loss ~ the staff at Crisp Funeral Home
Online Memory & Photo Sharing Event
Ongoing
Online Event
About this Event
In Loving Memory
EVELYN BLANKENSHIP
Monday, August 10, 2009
Look inside to read what others have shared
Family and friends are coming together online to create a special keepsake. Every memory left on the online obituary will be automatically included in this book.
Services for EVELYN BLANKENSHIP
Plant a tree in memory of EVELYN
Share Your Memory of
EVELYN