MITCHELL BLANTON
1908-1986
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
MITCHELL BLANTON
Mr. Mitchell Blanton, age 77, died May 3, 1986, along with his
wife, Jeanette Halbert Blanton, from injuries sustained in an
automobile accident at Nippa.
Born in Johnson County, November 27, 1908, the son of the late
Henry and Rebecca Fairchild Blanton.
Mr. Blanton was a retired construction worker, a part-time employee
of the Senior-Community Service Project, Oil Springs School, a
member of the Pigeon Enterprise Baptist Church and a resident of
Oil Springs at the time of his death.
Surviving are a son, Rudolph Blanton, Columbus, OH; a daughter,
Janice Reed, Hamler, OH; two brothers, Walter Blanton, Thealka,
Estill "Buster" Blanton, Falcon; two sisters, Sina Blair, Oil
springs, Carrie Conley, Nippa; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services where held Tuesday, May 6, in the Pigeon
Enterprise Baptist Church, at Oil Springs, with Reverends Charles
Stapleton and Johnny Estepp officiating.
Burial was made in the Johnson County Memorial Cemetery, at
Staffordsville, under the direction of the Paintsville Funeral
Home.
Paintsville Herald
May 7, 1986.
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