Dan Blankenship

Monday, August 31, 2015

Dan Noble Blankenship, age 95 of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at a Mountain Home care center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home.

Dan was born June 19, 1920, in Elk Valley, Tenn., the son and the 14th child of Dan and Laura Blankenship.

Dan is survived by his son, Dan Gordan Blankenship of Tennessee, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a long-time companion, Delores Alley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Velva, and one son.