Alvin Glenn Blankinship

1932 - 2008  (76 years)

• Name	Alvin Glenn Blankinship
  Born	13 Jul 1932	Granite, Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Campbell Township, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Died	5 Dec 2008	Murray County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Buried	9 Dec 2008	Oaklawn Cemetery, Garvin County, Oklahoma   [3]
  Person ID	I425329	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Epps Blankenship,   b. 29 May 1893, Oklahoma ,   d. 12 May 1964  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Beeda Chandler,   b. 22 May 1898, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jul 1995  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F11574	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	LaDonna Jean Cradduck
  Married	13 Jul 1956	Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
  Children	1. Tracy Andrew Blankinship + 2. Terry Alan Blankinship,   b. 25 Sep 1962  (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F169796	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1940. Name Alvin Blankenship Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Campbell Township, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States Gender Male Age 7 Marital Status Single Race (Original) White Race White Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Relationship to Head of Household Son Birthplace Oklahoma Birth Year (Estimated) 1933 Last Place of Residence Hobart, Kiowa, Oklahoma HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Cyrus E Blankenship Head M 46 Oklahoma Beeda Blankenship Wife F 42 Tennessee Oscar Blankenship Son M 21 Oklahoma Ovitt Blankenship Son M 20 Oklahoma Alvin Blankenship Son M 7 Oklahoma [S142] Newspaper Article, The Davis News (OK), 10 Dec 2008. Services for Alvin Glenn Blankinship were held on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at 2 p.m. in the Oaklawn Cemetery at Wynnewood. Officiating the services was Father Russell Hewes of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sulphur. Alvin was born on July 13, 1932, in Granite to Cyrus Epps and Beeda (Chandler) Blankinship. He passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at his home in Davis at the age of 76. Alvin and LaDonna Jean Cradduck were married July 13, 1956, in Pauls Valley. Alvin served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a retired auto and aircraft mechanic. Alvin had a love for motorcycles, especially the Harley Davidson. He always enjoyed "tinkering" with anything mechanical, whether it be something as small as a lawn mower or even as large as an airplane. He also liked going boating. Alvin was a member of the Catholic faith and attended the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sulphur. Alvin is survived by his wife, LaDonna; two sons, Tracy Andrew and Terry Alan Blankinship; four grandchildren, Kalina, Kyle, Stasia and Ryan, and one great-granddaughter, Taylor. Preceding him in death were his parents; one granddaughter, Carina; one sister, Vera Lewis, and two brothers, Oscar and Ovitt Blankinship. Services were "entrusted to" Hale's Funeral Home of Davis. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 32065728).