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DATE: SATURDAY, October 9, 1993                   TAG: 9310110232
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NARROWS                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT BLANKENSHIP, MARVIN E.

BLANKENSHIP, Marvin E., 66, of Route 1, Narrows, passed away Thursday, October 7, 1993, in Montgomery Regional Hospital, Blacksburg. Born in Giles County on May 30, 1927, he was a son of the late William Franklin and Lillie Mae Clark Blankenship. He was formerly employed with the Hoosier Construction Company at Bellepoint, W.Va. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank and George Blankenship; one sister, Zella Blankenship Williams. He is survived by three brothers, James Blankenship of Chicago, Ill., Benny and Emmitt Blankenship, both of Narrows; three sisters, Helen B. Taylor of Owego, N.Y.; Drema Whittaker of Christiansburg; Betty Snuffer of Baltimore, Md.; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, October 10, 1993, at 2 p.m. at the Riffe's Funeral Chapel in Narrows with the Rev. Walter Blankenship officiating. Burial will follow in the Dotson-Clark Cemetery, Route 2, Narrows. The family will receive friends at Riffe's Funeral Service, Saturday evening from 6 to 8. 


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