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Blankenchip, Mary Kathlyn    224453
Birth: 01/21/1868    Death: 06/26/1945    Marriage: 12/05/1886
Cemetery: Old Deport (ROW 10 SOUTH)
Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, Detroit News Herald, The Paris News
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/18/2025)

Notes

THE PARIS NEWS, Tuesday, 26 Jun 1945, page 8: “Mrs. John Blankenship, 77, passed away at home here Tuesday morning about 1:30 o’clock. She was formerly Miss Mary Katherine Price, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Price, and had lived here all her life. Funeral service Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock will be held in the Methodist Church here by the Rev. T. L. Darby, the pastor, and J. M. Grant, funeral director, will make interment in Deport Cemetery south of town.” Submitted by Kathy Leach.

THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD, 28 Jun 1945 from microfilm in Clarksville Library: “Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Epps of Irving were called to Deport this week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Epp’s mother, Mrs. John Blankenchip, 77, who died at her home there Tuesday morning about 1:30 o’clock. Services were held Wednesday morning.“

 

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
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Name: Mary Kathlyn Blankenship
Event Date: 26 Jun 1945
Event Place: Deport, Lamar, Texas
Gender: Female
Race (Original): white
Age (Formatted): 76 years 11 months 5 days
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1868
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse’s Name:
Father’s Name: Geo. Price
Father’s Birthplace: Texas
Mother’s Name: Dk
Mother’s Birthplace: Unknown
Occupation:
Residence Place: Deport, Lamar, Texas
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place: Deport, Texas
Burial Date: 27 Jun 1945
Informant’s Name (Original): 
GS Film number: 2137960
Digital Folder Number: 4029693
Image Number: 2275
Reference ID: cn 26714
Collection: Mary Kathlyn Blankenship, “Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976”

Lamar County, Texas Marriage Records: J. A. Blankenship married M. E. Price on 5 Dec 1886 in Lamar County, Texas.

Buried next to J. A. Blankenship. Tombstone is inscribed with birth and death years only.


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