JAMES KENDRICK BLANTON
1945
   
James Kendrick Blanton, 27, of Volga, veteran of general Patton's
Army, died Wednesday at noon in the Methodist Hospital at Pikeville
of a skull fracture sustained Tuesday when the truck which he was
driving overturned on a hill above Pikeville.  He did not regain
consciousness following the injury.
   
It is reported at the time of the accident, Blanton was driving
truck for a Pikeville coal company and the wreck was thought to have
been caused by the slipery condition of the road, causing him to
lose control of the truck.
   
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Blanton of Volga and had served
three years in the European theatre of war.
   
Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruby
Jewell McCarthy.
   
Funeral services will be held tomorrow, December 14, at 11 o'clock
at the parents home on Stonecoal.
  
Burial will be mde in the family cemetery under the direction of the
Preston Funeral Home.
  
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
12-13-1945
    
NOTE: Son of William & Lola Colvin Blanton  

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