Lou Delia Blansett

MRS. LOU D. BLANSETT DIED HERE FRIDAY Mrs. Lou Delia Blansett, 66, passed away at a local hospital Jan. 29 shortly after midnight. She had been in declining health for the past few months. She was the wife of G. G. Blansett. They had made their home in the Yarrellton community for the past __ years. She is survived by her husband, 3 sons: Jerry of Corpus Christi, Marion of Houston and Walter of Goose Creek; 1 daughter Mrs. W. G. Lock of Temple. Her father, H. A. Porter, 5 brothers: Will Porter of Winters; Ollie Porter of Winters; John Porter of Seattle Washington; Henry Porter of Tuscola; and D. D. Porter of Colorado City; 1 sister, Mrs. A. A. Baker of Aransas Pass; 15 grand children and 2 great grand children. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. from Yarrellton Baptist Church, Rev. M. A. Marshall, Baptist minister of Houston officiating. Interment in North Elm Cemetery. Pall bearers will be J. R. Lott, Joe Ford, C. G. Colburn, J. A. Mann, W. A. Wilkerson and Rodney Barker. The Cameron Herald 04 Feb 1943 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. LOU D. BLANSETT Funeral services for Mrs. Lou D. Blansett were held on Saturday Jan. 30, 1943, from the Yarrellton Baptist Church. Mrs. Blansett died in Cameron on Friday January 29, 1943. She had been in ill health for several years. Her condition became more critical in the immediate few days prior to her death when he was brought here for treatment. Mrs. Lou Deila Blansett, was born on July 18, 1876, in Cass county, Texas. Her parents were pioneers from Mississippi. She grew to young womanhood in Cass county where on November 19, 1893, she was married to George Washington Blansett, who survives her. In December of that year they came to Milam county to establish their home. They settled at Ad Hall and Salem and Mr. Blansett began farming on the Bob H. Nabours land. In 1879[97] they moved to Yarrellton on the land which at that time was owned by the late Dr. W. T. Mowdy and here he farmed for years. When the children grew up and moved away from the old home Mr. Blansett operated a blacksmith shop in Yarrellton for 12 years but in recent years has not been very active. On November 19, 1943 they would have been married 50 years and had planned to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Blansett united with the Piney Grove Baptist Church at the age of 16 years in Cass county, near the city of Atlanta, Texas. Both were members of the North Elm Baptist church, uniting there in 1904. Mrs. Blansett was operated on in 1938, in a Temple Hospital and had received treatment there much of the time since. When the funeral hour came Saturday, January 30, 1943, hundreds of friends and neighbors gathered at the historic church where Rev. M. A. Marshall, Baptist minister from Houston, conducted the services. A son of the family is a member of the church in Houston of which Rev. Marshall is pastor. Interment was made in the North Elm Cemetery where two children were buried in 1904, one an infant and the other a girl of two and a half years. The Green Funeral Home in Cameron conducted arrangements. Mr. Blansett came to Texas from Alabama and is a pioneer in this state and in the Yarrellton community. Surviving are, besides her husband, 3 sons: Jerry of Corpus Christi, Marion of Houston and Walter of Goose Creek, 1 daughter Mrs. W. G. Lock of Temple; her father, H. A. Porter, 5 brothers: Will of Winters, Ollie of Winters, John of Seattle Washington, Henry of Tuscola and D. D. Porter of Colorado City; 1 sister, Mrs. A. A. Baker or Aransas Pass, 15 grand children and 2 great grand children. Pall bearers were: J. R. Lott, Joe Ford, C. G. Colburn, J. A. Mann, W. A. Wilkerson and Rodney Barker. CARD OF THANKS We want each one of our neighbors and friends to know of our deep gratitude for their kindness and assistance to us during the recent fatal illness and at the death of our dear wife and mother, Mrs. Lou D. Blansett. Your assistance and sympathetic understanding was of great comfort to us in these trying hours. May God bless each one. We thank those who gave flowers to express their sympathy and all who is any way assisted us. George W. Blansett and Family Editor's Note--Delay in the publication of this notice and card of thanks is due entirely to the publishers. Mr. Blansett is in no way to blame for the delay. The Cameron Herald 18 Feb 1943