VIRGINIA BATTISTA
1997
   
Former Johnson County resident, Virginia "Ginger" Battista, 67,
of Louisville, died Saturday, May 17, 1997 at Baptist
East Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
   
Mrs. Battista was the former Virginia Blanton of Oil Springs
and a waitress at John E's Restaurant in Louisville.
   
Surviving are her husband, Dominic Battista; two daughters;
Angela Battista of Cleveland, Ohio, and Gina Battista of
Louisville; stepmother, Norma Blanton of Salyersville; three
brothers, John Blanton of Ashland, Bill Blanton of Walton
and Herb Blanton of Wabash, Indiana; three sisters, Hazel Boyd
of Louisville, Ethel Colvin of Oil Springs and Ada Caudill of
Russell; one stepbrother, Tyra Lee Blanton of Marion, Ohio;
and one stepsister, Shella Kay Litterel of Salyersville.
   
Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 20, at Fish Trap
Baptist Church in Johnson County.
    
Burial was in Jayne Cemetery, with Paintsville, Funeral Home
in charge of local arrangements.
      

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