SARAH BLANTON
1879-1968
Funeral Services Held March 8 For Sarah Blanton
Sarah Blanton, 88, died Wednesday, March 6 1968, in a local
nursing home after an extended illness.
She was the daughter of Thomas and Jana Conley Fairchild and was
born in Johnson County on July 3 1879. She was a resident of Oil
Springs at the time of her death.
Her husband, Sam Blanton, preceded her in death on December 15
1948.
Survivors include three sons, Grover, Tom, and Eual Blanton of Oil
Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Bert VanHoose of Charleston, W. Va.;
nineteen grandchildren, and sixty five great grandchildren, and
ten great-great-grandchildren.
Additional survivors include one sister, Ellen Blanton of Win, and
one brother, Henry Fairchild also of Win.
Funeral services were held Friday March 8 in the chapel of the
Paintsville Funeral Home, with Lonza Reed, J.T. Bailey, and Ellis
Hamilton officiating.
Burial took place in Win with the Paintsville Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
MAR.13 1968
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