Mary Louise Bennett Blankenship was born Dec. 8, 1939 and died Dec. 4 following a lingering illness. Mrs. Blankenship was preceded in death by her precious husband of 53 years, Jimmy Grant Blankenship on Aug. 1; grandson, Jimmy Weston Stoner; parents, Elmer and Velma McAfee Bennett; sister, Joyce Ann Bennett Argo, and brothers, J.W., Franklin and Leroy Bennett. Mrs. Blankenship is survived by her children, Mary and Steve Payne, Jamye and Monty Jaco, Jimmy Grant Blankenship II, Katie Powers, Jon Paul Blankenship, all of McMinnville; 11 grandchildren, one great-grandson, and sister, Doris Bennett Smith of Fort Payne, Ala.