Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Blanton

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Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Blanton (b. 1843)

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Whitewright Sun,
7 Mar 1935, p. 8
B. F. BLANTON - Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Blanton, 91, were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Bethel Baptist Church, 4 miles south of Whitewright, conducted by Rev. J. L. Truett. He was assisted by Rev. J. R. Hilger of Greenville, Rev. J. A. Henderson and Rev. Atherton of Sherman. Pallbearers were Orphia Blanton of San Antonio, Roy Blanton, Earl Blanton of Karnak, Houston Blanton, Cecil Blanton of Wichita Falls and Eddie Hemphill of Oklahoma City. Internment was in Bethel Cemetery, the burial service being conducted by the Whitewright Masonic Lodge of which Mr. Blanton was a member.
Mr. Blanton died at 11 a.m. Saturday at his home here, after an illness of only a few days.
He was born in North Carolina Nov 11, 1843, the son of B. E. and Mary Blanton; He married Miss Julian (sic) Ann Blanton in North Carolina on Oct 12, 1865, and they came to Texas in 1871 and established their home in the Bethel community where they resided until they moved to Whitewright in 1930. They celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary last October. He had been a member of the Baptist of the Baptist Church since the age of 15, and was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Whitewright. He helped to organize the Bethel Baptist Church many years ago, and transferred his membership to that church where it had since remained.
Mr. Blanton is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Emma Teel of Vernon, Mrs. Maggie Badgett of Denison, Mrs. Addie Sweat of Fort Gibson, Okla.; and five sons, John S. Blanton of Vernon, James F. Blanton of Lubbock, Albert Blanton of Oklahoma City, and Charles S. and Jesse A. Blanton of Whitewright.
Out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Blanton of Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Blanton of Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blanton and son of Oklahoma, Mrs. Emma Teel of Vernon, Mrs. Addie Sweat of Fort Gibson, Okla; Walter Badgett and family of Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Stephens and son of Jacksonville, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blanton and son of Wichita Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hemphill and son of Oklahoma City, Mrs. John Arledge of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Orbia Blanton of San Antonio, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williams of Paris, Miss Elizabeth Waggoner of Austin, Earl Blanton of Karnak, and Ernest Blanton of Sherman,

Sherman Democrat
March 3, 1935
AGED WHITEWRIGHT CITIZEN SUCCUMBS
Resident of North TX Since 1871 Dies at 91 Years of Age

B. F. Blanton, 91, died at his home in Whitewright Saturday at 11 a.m. after an illness of only a few days. Mr. Blanton was born in North Carolina Nov. 11, 1843, the son of B. E. and Mary Blanton. He had been a member of the Baptist church since 15 years of age. He became a deacon of the church while in North Carolina. Mr. Blanton and his wife came to TX from North Carolina in 1871, settling near Ely in Fannin Co., in a log house on 22 acres of land. They moved to Bethel, Grayson Co., in 1876 where they lived until moving to Whitewright in 1930.
Mr. Blanton's grandfather served as a private in the American Rrevolutionary Army and Mr. Blanton served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Being a retired farmer and ginner, Mr. Blanton at one time owned over 500 acres of land and at the time of his death owned 150 acres and his homeplace. He retired from active farm life five years ago when he first moved to Whitewright. He bought his first automobile shortly after his ninety-first birthday last fall. He and his wife went driving daily in the car, although he did not drive himself but his daughter drove for him daily. Mr. Blanton and his wife celebrated their sixty-ninth wedding anniversary last Oct 12.
Mr. Blanton was the father of 10 children, the following eight of whom are living. Mrs. W. B. Teel of Vernon, J. S. Blanton, Vernon, J. F. Blanton, Lubbock; C. S. and J. A. Blanton, Whitewright; Mrs. W.A. Badgett, Denison, Mrs. M.C. Sweatt, Fort Gibson, Okla; and W. A. Blanton, OK City. — [Researcher's note: Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Blanton was the son of Benjamin Edward Blanton and Mary Feagans of Rutherford Co., NC. B. F. "Frank" Blanton and his wife Julia Ann Blanton were not related, yet each was born in Rutherford Co., NC and they shared the same birth surname.]

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