Article from unknown source with handwritten date of September 23, 1957. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Anderson Blanton, Paris Jeweler for Half Century, Dies "Paris - Anderson Blanton, 83, Paris jeweler for more than 50 years, died about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Pleasant View Rest Home, east of Paris. He had been a resident of the home about a year. Born and reared in Monroe County, Mr. Blanton was the last of 10 children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blanton. He was a member of the Paris Baptist Church. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. Harriett Carter of Los Angeles. Th body is at the Speed and Blakey Funeral Home in Paris, where services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon by Mr. Blanton's pastor, the Rev. A.E. Baumgartner. Burial will be in Walnut Grove cemetery at Paris." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562