Squire Stanford Lee "S.L." BLANTON
- Born: 29 Jan 1858
- Marriage: Sarah Ann McKENZIE
- Died: 25 Jan 1939, KY at age 80
Noted events in his life were:
• Cemetery: S. L. BLANTON CEMETERY, 1939, Floyd County, KY. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jccem/CEMLIST/BLANTONSLCEM.html
2 mile from 172 on Stone Coal , KY
BLANTON, Sanford Lee 81 Jan.29 1858 Jan.25 1939 (Online OBITUARY <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ejccem/OBIT-3/BLANTON,SanfordL.html>)
• Obituary: Paintsville Herald, 1939, Volga, KY. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jccem/OBIT-3/BLANTON,SanfordL.html
26 Jan 1939
S.L. BLANTON
Funeral Rites Held
For S. L. Blanton at
Volga Thursday
Funeral services were held Thursday for S. L. Blanton, age 81, who
died at his home in Volga Tuesday.
Mr. Blanton was one of the best known citizens of Johnson County
and had served as Magistrate from his district for a number of
terms.
He was a leading Democrat of the County and had long taken an
active part in county politics.
He was a devout member of the United Baptist Church.
"Uncle Sant" as he was known to his neighbors and friends, had been
ill for more than a year and his death was attributed to
complications incident to advanced age.
Mr. Blanton was the father of Mrs. Verna Butler, Certifying Agent
of Johnson County.
A number of Paintsville relatives and friends of the family
attended the funeral and burial.
Burial was made in the family cemetery at Volga in charge of the Preston
Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
01-26-1939
Stanford married Sarah Ann McKENZIE. (Sarah Ann McKENZIE was born on 5 Aug 1860, died on 1 May 1941 and was buried in S. L. BLANTON CEMETERY.)
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