Family Group Sheet
NameAlvin Marion Blanton, 3C2R
Birth22 Sep 1907, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death13 Oct 1960, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
BurialLucasville Cemetery, Scioto Co., Ohio
FatherHiram M. L. Blanton (~1872-)
MotherEthel Florence Hall (1876-1913)
Marriage30 Jul 1934, Lucasville, Scioto Co., Ohio
SpouseGladys Opal Widdig
Birth28 Aug 1915, Lucasville, Scioto Co., Ohio
Death28 May 2000, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
BurialLucasville Cemetery, Scioto Co., Ohio
Children
1 MHarold Blanton, 4C1R
2 MCharles Blanton, 4C1R
3 MJames Blanton, 4C1R
Notes for Alvin Marion Blanton
His obituary reported:
“Funeral services for Alvin [Doc] Blanton, 53, of Lucasville Rt 3, are to be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Miller's Run Methodist Church.
Mr. Blanton, an auto mechanic for Portsmouth Mixed Concrete the last 20 years, died at 6;45 a.m. Thursday at University Hospital in Columbus, where he had been a patient since last Saturday. He had been in ill health since he suffered a heart attack in Jan, 1959.
Born Sept. 22, 1907, in Rowan Co., KY, he was a son of Hiram and Ethel Hall Blanton.
Mr. Blanton was married Gladys Widdig July 30, 1934, in Lucasville, and Mrs. Blanton survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Harold of Lucasville Rt. 3, Charles of Lucasville Rt. 2 and James of Tampa, Fla., brother, Sherman Blanton of 29th St.; half-brother, Fielden Buckner of Lucasville Rt. 1; half sister, Linda Entler of Mansfield, OH; three step-sisters, Mrs Franklin Chestnut and Miss Grace Moore of Lucasville Rt. 3, and Mrs. Ethel Jordan of Lucasville, and the stepmother, Martha Blanton of Lucasville Rt. 3. Mr. Blanton was preceded in death by his parents. He was a member of Miller's Run Methodist Church. Rev. Julius Chandler is to officiate at services. Interment is to be in Lucasville Cemetery under direction of McKinley Funeral Home. Friends may call at the Blanton residence on Lucasville Rt. 3 after 6 tonight.”
“Funeral services for Alvin [Doc] Blanton, 53, of Lucasville Rt 3, are to be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Miller's Run Methodist Church.
Mr. Blanton, an auto mechanic for Portsmouth Mixed Concrete the last 20 years, died at 6;45 a.m. Thursday at University Hospital in Columbus, where he had been a patient since last Saturday. He had been in ill health since he suffered a heart attack in Jan, 1959.
Born Sept. 22, 1907, in Rowan Co., KY, he was a son of Hiram and Ethel Hall Blanton.
Mr. Blanton was married Gladys Widdig July 30, 1934, in Lucasville, and Mrs. Blanton survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Harold of Lucasville Rt. 3, Charles of Lucasville Rt. 2 and James of Tampa, Fla., brother, Sherman Blanton of 29th St.; half-brother, Fielden Buckner of Lucasville Rt. 1; half sister, Linda Entler of Mansfield, OH; three step-sisters, Mrs Franklin Chestnut and Miss Grace Moore of Lucasville Rt. 3, and Mrs. Ethel Jordan of Lucasville, and the stepmother, Martha Blanton of Lucasville Rt. 3. Mr. Blanton was preceded in death by his parents. He was a member of Miller's Run Methodist Church. Rev. Julius Chandler is to officiate at services. Interment is to be in Lucasville Cemetery under direction of McKinley Funeral Home. Friends may call at the Blanton residence on Lucasville Rt. 3 after 6 tonight.”
Notes for Gladys Opal Widdig
The Ohio deaths database records Gladys Opal Blanton, age 84, born 28 Aug 1915 in Scioto Co., Ohio, died 28 May 2000 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, widowed, father’s surname Widdig, mother’s maiden name Conklin.
