Obituary: Blankenship, Mitchell - Saturday, February 3, 2001 Middletown Journal - Feb. 2001 Submitted by: Carole Bays ********************************************************************** Mitchell Blankenship Mitchell Blankenship, 75, of Middletown, passed away Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001, at Middletown Regional Hospital. He was born in Hazel Green, Ky., on Feb. 21, 1925, and was a lifelong resident of this area. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Blankenship was employed as a steel worker at Armco Steel Co. for 40 years before retiring in 1986. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty in 1998; his parents, William and Eliza Lula Blankenship; and a granddaughter, Katherine Reba Michelle Blankenship. Survivors include three daughters, Ruth Ann, and her husband, Larry Cress, of Middletown, Linda Faye Sorrell of Middletown and Ava Marie, and husband, Joseph Antal, of Hillsboro; two sons, Mitchell Blankenship of Franklin and Thomas Dean Blankenship of Middletown; six grandchildren, Tiffany, Leanna, Jeremiah, Kara, Kyle and Kaleb Blankenship; five great-grandchildren; brothers Paul, and wife, Blanche Blankenship, of Franklin, Elmer, and wife, Jerry Blankenship, of Vero Beach, Fla., and Dorsey Blankenship of Middletown; and sisters Eunice, and husband, Albert Peck, of Miamisburg, Ruth, and husband, Ray Whisman of Middletown and Ethel, and husband, Harry Eckel, of Carthage, Texas. ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 7, at Joseph Baker-Stevens Funeral Home, with Pastor W.D. Watkins officiating. Interment will be at Butler County Memorial Park. The family received friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. MEMORIALS: Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 105 McKnight Drive, Middletown 45044. ******************************************************************** These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter