This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Blankenship, Tarter, Jakway, Green, Benefiel, Martin, Grossman, Sunday, Auxier, Cline, Holman, Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17227/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ATLANTA - Omar Blankenship, 93, of Marshall, formerly of Atlanta, died at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday (March 3, 2007) at Burnsides Nursing Home, after breaking his hip at home in February. He was born Jan. 9, 1914, to William Preston and Nora Gillie Tartar Blankenship in Greensburg, Ky. He is survived by Juanita Jakway, his wife of 57 years. He married her June 26, 1949, in Danville. Also surviving are his daughters, Juli Benefiel and Jina Green, both of Marshall; four grandchildren, Kyle Benefiel and Jayci and Jesse Green, all of Marshall; and Lindy Benefiel, Charleston; a niece, Juanedith Ann Martin, who he helped raise, and her children: Scott Kelley and Amelia Martin; a special son, Dr. Bart Patel; brother, Lindsay (Mary) Blankenship; sister-in-law, Dorothy Blankenship, Atlanta; nieces and nephews, Nancy (Earl) Grossman, Florida; Mary (Jim) Sunday, Margaret Blankenship, Bill (Carol) Blankenship and David (Melanie) Blankenship, all of Atlanta; Lori (Verle) Auxier and Patty Lynn Cli! ne, both of Lincoln. Omar was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Ware Blankenship, who passed away in 1945; son, David Scott Blankenship; his parents; two brothers, Frank and Claude; and sister, Pauline Holman, all of Atlanta. He moved to Illinois when he was very young and graduated from Atlanta High School. He went to pharmacy school in Chicago, where he also became a lifelong Cubs fan. He was also a veteran of World War II in the Army medical division. He spent 1942 to 1946 at various locations in Colorado, Camp Hale with the ski troop and as an X-ray tech at Fitzimmons Hospital in Denver, Colo. He attained the rank of sergeant. He owned and operated a pharmacy in Atlanta for five years prior to owning Blankenship Drug Store for 36 years in Marshall. For a few years after retiring, he was a relief pharmacist for several pharmacies in the county. He also began a hobby of oil-painting and continued to follow horse racing as he had raised, bred and raced Standardbred! horses since the mid-1950s. He liked to work and continued to mow his yards until he was 90 years old. He enjoyed sitting outside and waving to his neighbors as they drove by. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 90, Marshall Chapter of Eastern Star No. 739, Masonic Lodge No. 133, Scottish Rite of Danville and Arnid Shriners of East St. Louis. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Pearce Funeral Home, Marshall, with the Revs. David Deal and James Tinzman officiating. Visitation will be 7 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The family will be present at the visitation after noon Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Marshall Cemetery, with military graveside rites conducted by VFW Post No. 597 and Clark Co. Post No. 90 of the American Legion. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, April 4, 2007, Pg D4. Contributed by June Bell Hosier Kentucky Vital Records Index, cd's BLANKENSHIP, OMER; ADAIR; mtoher GARTER EILLIE; 9 Jan 1914 1920 Adair Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Keltner, Adair, Kentucky; Roll: T625_557; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 253. Ancestry.com Census Images; 92 / 92 William Blankingship, 34, KyKyKy; Nora G., wife, 23, KyKyky; William L., son, 10, Ky; Frank E., son, 7, Ky; Omer, son, 6, Ky; Claudie, son, 3 11/12, Ky; Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.