Blankenship, Mrs. Porter A (Clark, Edith)
Edith Blankenship, 85, of  Rocky Mount died Sunday, Sept. 6, 1998, at Osage Beach Healthcare Center
in Osage Beach.
   She was born Dec. 4, 1912, in Passover to John Edward and Ida Bell  Clark Blankenship. On Sept. 12, 1929, she was married in Linn Creek to  Porter A. Blankenship, who died April 2, 1992.
    Mrs. Blankenship is survived by a son, Curtis Blankenship of Rocky  Mount; two daughters, LaVerne Leffert and Daisy King of Brumley; a sister, Desta Kidwell of Tuscumbia; 17 grandchildren; 29
great-grandchildren; 10 step-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
   One daughter preceded her in death.
   Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon with Bro. John Shifflet officiating. Burial was in Freedom Cemetery near Linn Creek.

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