Mable Irene Tackett Blanton, 80, of Paintsville, died Friday, April 11, at Riverview Health Care Center, Prestonsburg. Born Jan. 29, 1928, in Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Ray and Angieline Jayne Caudill. She was co-owner of Blanton Artic Ice Company. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Everett "Tubby" Blanton, in 1996; two sons, Gary Russell Jones and Robert Bix Blanton; a brother, Paul Francis Caudill; and a sister, Helen Louise Tackett. Survivors include step-mother, Marie Tackett of Thealka; a son, Brian Keith Blanton of Paintsville; a daughter, Brenda Carol Blanton Caudill of Paintsville; eight sisters, Anna Lee Hildreth and Ruby Faye Caudill, both of Urbana, Ohio, Beulah Mae Logel of Canada, Jo Ann Burgh of Cable, Ohio, Mary Evelyn Thompson of Troy, Ohio, Brenda O'Bryan of Thealka, Becky Bangudi of Springfield, Ohio, and Helen Louise Huff of Ohio; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Monday, April 14, at Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel, Paintsville, with Ellis Hamilton, Willie Fairchild, Buddy McKenzie, and Gerald Fairchild officiating. Burial was in Jayne Family Cemetery, Staffordsville, under direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home. 
Big Sandy News 
April 2008