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Billie Jean Blanton 1931–2008 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 January 1931

Birth Location: Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 15 December 2008

Death Location: Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

Father: Speed Blanton

Mother: Ollie Ward

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Billie Jean Blanton was born in 1931 in Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Speed James Blanton And Ollie Mattie Ward. Billie Jean Blanton passed away in 2008 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • Billie Jean Blanton was born in 1931 in Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Speed James Blanton And Ollie Mattie Ward.
  • Billie Jean Blanton passed away in 2008 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA.

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Billie Blanton's Ancestors

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Billie Blanton
1931–2008
Birth Place: Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Speed James Blanton
1900–1968
Lower Martins Fork, Harlan, Kentucky, USA
Ollie (Mattie) Ward
1910–1995
Rhea County, Dayton, Tennessee
Grandparents
William (Edward (Ed)) Ward
1863–1921
Middletown, Butler, Ohio, USA
Alta (Jeanette (Nettie)) Burdette
1878–1927
Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Ward
1827–1901
Joanna Harnish
1836–1875
Howard Burdette
1852–1918
Maria Smith*
1861–1906
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Jr.
1780–1860
Mary Carlow
1787–1870
George Burdett
1814–1896
John Smith
1838–1864
Martha Smith
1838–1911

Billie Blanton's Timeline

2 Records

1931
23 January 1931
Birth of Billie Jean Blanton in Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA
2008
15 December 2008
Age 77
Death of Billie Jean Blanton in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 January 1931
    Event Place: Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 December 2008
    Event Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

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