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Roy Earl Blankenship 1924–1980 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 November 1924

Birth Location: Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 9 October 1980

Death Location: Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Hez Blankinship

Mother: Mary Scaggs

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Roy Earl Blankenship was born in 1924 in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Hez Blankinship And Mary Margaret Scaggs. Roy Earl Blankenship passed away in 1980 in Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Roy Earl Blankenship was born in 1924 in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Hez Blankinship And Mary Margaret Scaggs.
  • Roy Earl Blankenship passed away in 1980 in Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States of America.

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Roy Blankenship's Ancestors

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Roy Blankenship
1924–1980
Birth Place: Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Hez Blankinship
1881–1974
Kentucky
Mary (Margaret) Scaggs
1905–2002
Ansted, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
Henry Blankenship
1849–
West Virginia, USA
Charlotte ("Lottie" Mutters (Blankenship) (Bailey)) (Elam)
1866–1939
Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
Mary Bishop
1846–1922
2nd-Great-Grandparents
July Carter
1820–1850

Roy Blankenship's Timeline

2 Records

1924
10 November 1924
Birth of Roy Earl Blankenship in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
1980
9 October 1980
Age 56
Death of Roy Earl Blankenship in Catawba, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America
Catawba, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 November 1924
    Event Place: Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 October 1980
    Event Place: Catawba, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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