Blanch Oneal Knighten

By Staff
Aug. 12, 2003
Funeral for Blanch Oneal Knighten, 69, of Somerville was Thursday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. Blue Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Larry Conley officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining cemetery with Arab Memorial Chapel Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Knighten died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, at her residence. She was born May 3, 1934, to George Porter Blocker and Bessie Marlow Blocker. She was a homemaker and a member of Resurrection Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Lee Knighten.
She is survived by one daughter, Betty Knighten of Somerville; two sons, Ricky Knighten and James Knighten, both of Somerville; one sister, Margaret Sellers of Florida; one brother, Johnny Blocker of Hulaco; six grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were John Seiger, John Blocker, Cecil Blocker, Terry Smith, Eric Smith and Billy Steiger.