Jerome Alvin Blankenship , May 09, 1938 — January 07, 2019

Jerome Alvin Blankenship (Burnsville, North Carolina, NC) May 09, 1938 January 07, 2019 Death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
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Birth date: May 09, 1938

Death date: January 07, 2019

Death place: Burnsville, North Carolina(NC), USA

Funeral Home: Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home

Jerome Alvin Blankenship, 80, of the Pensacola community, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019, at St. Josephs Hospital. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Ray and Osie Atkins Blankenship. He was also preceded in death by a brother and sister-in-law: Roy and Judy Ogle Blankenship; and, nephew: Douglas Blankenship.

Jerome was an avid bear hunter and a life time member of Cane River Hunting Club, of which he served as vice president. He worked a variety of jobs including 12 years with the U. S. Forest Service. Jerome was a US Navy Veteran.

He loved his family and friends and bluegrass music. Jerome will be greatly missed in the Pensacola community. Surviving are his wife of 58 years: Pauline Penland Blankenship; children: Reamona Thomason and husband, Clyde, Ray Blankenship and wife, Susan, Vickie Elkins and husband, Stacy, and Donna Donlon and husband, Jim; grandchildren: Alan and Brandon Thomason, Caroline Ray and Frank Blankenship, Kyle, Ryan and Lacy Elkins, Christine Donlon and Allison Sanchez; 5 great grandchildren and 1 expectant; siblings: Gene Blankenship and wife, Linda, David Blankenship and wife, Eloise, and Raylene Anglin and husband, Ralph.

A graveside service will be held at 1PM Wednesday in the Garrett Ray Cemetery. His sons-in-laws, Rev. Clyde Thomason and Rev.

Stacy Elkins, will officiate. Memorials may be made to the Cane River Hunting Club Bait Fund, C/O Travis Bagwell, 1388 Ewart Wilson Road, Burnsville, NC 28714.

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death notice Jerome Alvin Blankenship May 09, 1938 — January 07, 2019

obituary notice Jerome Alvin Blankenship May 09, 1938 — January 07, 2019

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