Miss Effie Blanton Succumbs July 22

Miss Effie Blanton, 35, daughter of Mrs. Betty Blanton of Barnetts Creek, died July 22 following an operation in a local hospital.

She was formerly connected with the Johnson County Health Department.

She is survived by her mother; seven sisters, Mrs. John Osborn, Prestonsburg, Ky., Mrs. Walter Long, South Point, Ohio, Mrs. Ted Bays, City, Mrs. Joe Long, Mrs Orville Fink and Anna Blanton, City, and two brothers, Johnnie Blanton, Tutor Key, and Wayne Blanton, City.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, July 24, at the Barnetts Creek Church by Revs Lonza Reed, Foster Riggsby, and William McKenzie. Burial was in the family cemetery at Barnetts Creek.

Paintsville Herald Thursday 08-07-1947