Alice E. Blankenship

Alice E. Blankenship, 95, of Lumberton, died Wednesday, November 10, 2021.  She was born on April 29, 1926, in Votaw, Texas, to Carrie Musgrove Bean and Hudson Bean.

Mrs. Blankenship was an excellent cook, gardener, seamstress, and role model mother.  She will be remembered for her love of the Lord and putting God first in her life.  She loved her family dearly and was a caregiver to all.

Survivors include her son, Terry Blankenship and his wife, JoAnn, of Lumberton; daughter, Renee Baccigalopi and her husband, Nick, of Ragley, Louisiana; grandchildren, James Blankenship, Jr. and his wife, Shannon, Kristin Fancher and her husband, Brad, Stacie Elliott and her husband, Kenneth, Whitany Acheson and her husband, Bill, Cody and Colton Parsley; blessed with three bonus grandchildren; great-grandchildren, Brayden, Jase, Tristan, JoAnna, James, Kadyn, Tripp, Teal, and Tanny; also blessed with nine bonus great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.  She is preceded in death by her parents; husband of fifty-seven years, Ed Blankenship; brothers, O’Neal, Vernon, and David Bean; and sisters, Minnie Hanley, Eva Kennedy, Evelyn Warren, and Ebbie Brackin.

A gathering of Mrs. Blankenship’s family and friends will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.  Her funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., November 17, 2021, at Broussard’s, with her interment to follow at Votaw Cemetery, Votaw, Texas.

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