Gloria Jean Blankenship

HUNTINGDON - Gloria Jean (Crank) Blankenship, 84, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died on Friday, November 22, 2024. 

She was born on September 17, 1940, in Orlando, Florida, the daughter of the late Reverend O.C. Crank and Hazel (Mullins) Crank. 

She is survived by her husband, James Morris Blankenship, of Huntingdon, Tennessee; her sons James (Lynn) Blankenship of Decatur, Arkansas; and Randy (Sharon) of Huntingdon, Tennessee; her grandchildren Anna (Kyle) Sadler of Huntingdon, Tennessee, and Randal of Portland, Oregon; and her great-grandchildren Isaiah, Moxie, & Micah Sadler of Huntingdon, Tennessee; and brothers Charles Crank, Doug Crank, as well as several nieces and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, O.C. and Hazel Crank; sisters, Marie Brommer and Eva Ellison. 

A visitation is on Wednesday, November 27,  10 a.m. until noon - with services at noon in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home in Huntingdon, Tennessee, Pastor Randy Blankenship officiating. Burial will follow at Derryberry Cemetery on Darden Christian Chapel Road in Darden, Tennessee.