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MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP 1938–2022 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Feb 1938

Birth Location: Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA

Death Date: 08 Jan 2022

Death Location: Bella Vista, Benton, Arkansas, USA

Father: IDUS SR.

Mother: RUBY HEARN

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MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP was born in 1938 in Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA, the child of Idus Debb Blankenship Sr And Ruby May Hearn. MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP passed away in 2022 in Bella Vista, Benton, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP was born in 1938 in Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA, the child of Idus Debb Blankenship Sr And Ruby May Hearn.
  • MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP passed away in 2022 in Bella Vista, Benton, Arkansas, USA.

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MERLE BLANKENSHIP's Ancestors

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MERLE BLANKENSHIP
1938–2022
Birth Place: Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Parents
IDUS DEBB BLANKENSHIP SR.
1910–1982
BLOOMER, SEBASTIAN COUNTY, ARKANSAS
RUBY (MAY) HEARN
1913–2008
MT. HARMONY, SEBASTIAN COUNTY, ARKANSAS
Grandparents
Thomas (Oscar) Blankenship
1883–1954
Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas, USA
NETTIE TAPLEY
1882–1968
Arkansas
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Blankenship
1855–1906
Martha Crouch
1853–1932
Cyrus Tapley
1852–1925
Sarah Carter
1852–1925
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Blankenship
1825–1867
Sallie Hager
1824–1880
John Crouch
1825–
Cynthia Draffin
1826–
William Carter
1828–1887
Drucilla Lynn
1829–1919

MERLE BLANKENSHIP's Timeline

2 Records

1938
12 Feb 1938
Birth of MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP in Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
2022
08 Jan 2022
Age 84
Death of MERLE GENE BLANKENSHIP in Bella Vista, Benton, Arkansas, USA
Bella Vista, Benton, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1938
    Event Place: Lavaca, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Jan 2022
    Event Place: Bella Vista, Benton, Arkansas, USA

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