JEANETTE BLANTON
1910-1986
ACCIDENT IS FATAL FOR MAN, WIFE
An elderly Johnson County couple was killed Saturday following a
two-vehicle mishap on Route 23 near Nippa.
Corner Bryan Fraley said Mitchell Blanton, 77, and his wife,
Jeanette Blanton, 75, both of Oil Springs, were pronounced dead on
arrival at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center following the 12:15
p.m. accident Saturday.
Fraley said the Blanton vehicle apparently pulled onto Route 23
from Route 993 and into the path of a pickup truck driven by Bobby
Grim, of Nippa. Grim Was taken to Hall Medical Center and later
transferred to Huntington, West Virginia hospital according to a
spokesman for Burchett's Ambulance Service.
Funeral services for the Blantons were conducted Tuesday in a dual
ceremony at the Pigeon Enterprise Baptist Church at Oil Springs.
Survivers include a son, Rudolph Blanton, of Columbus, OH; a
daughter, Janice Reed of Hamler, OH; and five grandchildren.
Burial followed funeral services in the Johnson County Memorial
Cemetery at Staffordsville.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
May 7, 1986
JEANETTE BLANTON
Mrs. Jeanette Halbert Blanton, age 75, died May 3, 1986, along
with her husband, Mr. Mitchell Blanton, from injuries sustained in
an automobile accident at Nippa.
Born in Floyd County, June 18, 1910, the daughter of WILLIAM and
MARTHA CRISP HALBERT.
She was a housewife and mother, a member of the Southside Freewill
Baptist and a reident of Oil springs at the time of her death.
Mrs. Blanton is survived by a son, Rudolph Blanton, Columbus, OH;
a daughter, Janice Reed, hamler, OH; three brothers, Alex Halbert,
Brandenburg, KY; Bee Halbert, Drift, Dan Halbert, Detroit, MI; two
sisters, Fannie Baldridge and Golda Stumbo, both of Martin; and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 6, in the Pigeon
Enterprise Baptist Church,Oil Springs, with Reverends Charles
Stapleton and Johnny Estepp officiating.
Burial was made in the Johnson County Memorial Cemetery,
Staffordsville, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral
Home.
Paintsville Herald.
May 7, 1986.
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