Frances
Frances Carolyn Blankenship
d. July 17, 2014
Frances Carolyn Blankenship, 71, of Lynchburg, died Friday, May 16, 2014.
Born Friday, July 17, 1942 in Lynchburg, Frances was a daughter of the late Arthur Wright and the late Hilda Stewart Wright Southworth.
Frances is survived by her children: Deanna Carol Blankenship, of High Point, NC, Michelle Skinner and her husband, John, of Lynchburg, and Scott Winston Blankenship and his wife, Jennifer, of Glen Allen, VA, a brother, Thomas Wright and his wife, Joyce, of Seguin, TX, sisters: Betty W. Smith of Lynchburg, and Brenda H. Ferrell and her husband, Jimmy, of Newport News, VA, three grandchildren: Tyler Skinner and his wife, Victoria, and Madeline and Sam Blankenship; and her former husband, Barry W. Blankenship, of Prince George VA.
Frances retired from Consolidated Shoe Company. A former Girl Scout, she was proud to have risen to become a Troop Leader and then Service Unit leader for the Lynchburg region. She was very involved in her children’s activities and was a loving mother and grandmother. Frances’ love of the Outer Banks and riding waves has been inherited by her children.
A Celebration of Frances’s Life will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 18th, 2014,at Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, with Chaplain Wayne Lanhamofficiating. A reception for family and friends will follow the service.
The family would like to thank the staff at Runk and Pratt Memory Center for their dedicated and attentive care of Mom.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Alzheimer’s Association, 1160 Pepsi Place, Charlottesville, VA, 22901.
Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory, Lynchburg (434-237-9424) is assisting the family. Condolences may be sent by visiting: obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
Born Friday, July 17, 1942 in Lynchburg, Frances was a daughter of the late Arthur Wright and the late Hilda Stewart Wright Southworth.
Frances is survived by her children: Deanna Carol Blankenship, of High Point, NC, Michelle Skinner and her husband, John, of Lynchburg, and Scott Winston Blankenship and his wife, Jennifer, of Glen Allen, VA, a brother, Thomas Wright and his wife, Joyce, of Seguin, TX, sisters: Betty W. Smith of Lynchburg, and Brenda H. Ferrell and her husband, Jimmy, of Newport News, VA, three grandchildren: Tyler Skinner and his wife, Victoria, and Madeline and Sam Blankenship; and her former husband, Barry W. Blankenship, of Prince George VA.
Frances retired from Consolidated Shoe Company. A former Girl Scout, she was proud to have risen to become a Troop Leader and then Service Unit leader for the Lynchburg region. She was very involved in her children’s activities and was a loving mother and grandmother. Frances’ love of the Outer Banks and riding waves has been inherited by her children.
A Celebration of Frances’s Life will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 18th, 2014,at Tharp Funeral Home, Lynchburg, with Chaplain Wayne Lanhamofficiating. A reception for family and friends will follow the service.
The family would like to thank the staff at Runk and Pratt Memory Center for their dedicated and attentive care of Mom.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Alzheimer’s Association, 1160 Pepsi Place, Charlottesville, VA, 22901.
Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory, Lynchburg (434-237-9424) is assisting the family. Condolences may be sent by visiting: obituaries.tharpfuneralhome.com.
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