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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 16, 1992                   TAG: 9202140422
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: E-9   EDITION: METRO 
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BLANKENSHIP ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. Grady W. Blankenship celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 14, 1992, at a buffet reception on February 15 given by their children and grandchildren at Waverly Place Baptist Church.

The couple was married on February 14, 1942, in Bennettsville, S.C. Mrs. Blankenship is the former Frances Owens, of Roanoke, and is retired from the Alexandria, Virginia School system. Mr. Blankenship is retired from Fruit Growers Express Railroad of Alexandria, Va.

The couple has 7 children, 11 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Frances Blankenship is a faithful member of Waverly Place Baptist Church.

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