Garriott Family Genealogy
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07-Raymond Oscar Blankenship
Birth: 5 Jun 1910, Jasper Co, IN
Death: 12 Mar 1988, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI- age 78
Burial: 15 Mar 1988, Banfield Cemetery
Occupation: Auto Sales/Service, Car Wash Owner, SSN: 378-14-9571/MI
Father: James Montague Blankenship
Marriage: 17 Sep 1944, Niles, Cass Co, MI
2nd Spouse: Alice Elaine BOWMAN
Birth: 25 Oct 1922
Death: 24 Sep 2006, Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI- age 84
Burial: Banfield Cemetery
Occupation: SSN: 381-12-6114/MI
1ST MARRIAGE: Raymond was married prior to his marriage to Elaine and had a son:
08----GARY BLANKENSHIP [b. 13 Dec 1936], m. Sharon DOUGHERTY, lived in MI, had three children;
2ND MARRIAGE: Raymond and Alice Elaine had three children:
08----GAIL BLANKENSHIP [b. 1947], m. Bob MYERS, lived in DeMotte, Jasper Co, IN, had three children;
08----ROBERT BLANKENSHIP [b. 27 Dec 1949; d. 26 Feb 2012- age 62], lived in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co, MI; and
08----JANE BLANKENSHIP [b. 1952], m. Ron ROUSE, lived in MI, had three children.
1988 OBITUARY: Ray was killed when, at a hold up at his self-service car wash, he was struck in the head with a hachet. He was found later by a customer. He lived a couple weeks without regaining consciousness.
[Jane Blankenship Rouse]