SANFORD J. BLANTON
1887-1963
  
Sanford J. Blanton, 75, retired postmaster and farmer of Low Gap,
died in a local hospital at 2:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 10.
  
The son of John E. and Sarah Williams Blanton, he was born in this
county November 26, 1887, and had lived at Low Gap most of his
life.
  
His wife, Hester Burchett Blanton, preceded him in death September
1959.
  
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Charlie McKenzie, Columbus,
Ohio; Mrs. Dencil Long, Louisville; Mrs. Eugene Fairchild, Low
Gap; a sister, Mrs. Julia Colvin, Manila.
  
Also surviving are twenty-four grandchildren and fourteen great-
grandchildren.
  
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday at the Low
Gap United Baptist Church with Lonza Reed and Samuel Colvin as
officiating ministers.
  
Burial was in the Blanton Cemetery.
  
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
April 17, 1963

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