Selma Grabeal^[1]

1920 - 1999  (78 years)

• Name	Selma Grabeal
  Born	15 Jul 1920	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	9 May 1999	St. Augustine Health Care, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida   [2]
  Buried	13 May 1999	Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I252904	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Belvin Arlie Grabeal
  Mother	Nola Sluder
  Family ID	F97528	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ray Gilkey Blankenship,   b. 27 Mar 1917, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 6 May 2000, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida  (Age 83 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1937	McDowell County, North Carolina
  Children	1. James Blankenship   2. Jerry Blankenship   3. John Blankenship
  Family ID	F97527	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Jul 1920 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Married - 24 Dec 1937 - McDowell County, North Carolina Buried - 13 May 1999 - Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Carroll Biddix [cmbiddix1@msn.com], 14 May 2009. [S142] Newspaper Article, The Asheville Citizen Times (NC), 11 May 1999. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Selma Graybeal Blankenship, 78, formerly of Rutherford County, died Sunday, May 9, 1999, at St. Augustine Health Care. Born in Rutherford County, on July 15, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Belvin Arlie and Nola Sluder Graybeal. She was a homemaker and a member of Glennwood United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Ray Blankenship of St. Augustine, Fla. three sons, James Blankenship of Ferndino Beach, Fla., Jerry Blankenship of Monroe, Va., and John Blankenship of St. Augustine, Fla. a sister, Gertrude Baynard of Union Mills two brothers, Danie Graybeal of Marion and Cecil Graybeal of Greenville, S.C. four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Crowe's Funeral Chapel. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Crowe's Mortuary.