Sue (Hadden) Blankenship

Sue Blankenship, 83 of Wichita Falls, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2022 in Wichita Falls.

Services will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at the Faith Baptist Church, 3001 Southwest Parkway in Wichita Falls with Pastor Craig Lyle and Larry Shields officiating.  Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery in Seymour with Larry Shields officiating under the direction of Archer Funeral Home.

Mary Sue Blankenship was born March 29, 1939 in Seymour to Keith and Beuna Lee Simmons Hadden.  She attended Seymour schools until the 5th grade when the family moved to Ft. Worth, there she attended Poly Tech High School.  Sue married Donald Blankenship on September 1, 1978 in Anson, Texas.  She worked in banking for about 30 years as a Vice President at Olney Savings and Loan and First National Bank of Wichita Falls.  Sue raised her children with a strict moral compass.  With Sue, there was no gray area, everything was black and white, right or wrong.  She loved her children and loved people.  She truly enjoyed cooking and was really good at it.  Sue was preceded in death by her parents, Keith and Beuna Lee Hadden; a brother, David Hadden and a grandson, Adrian Jones.

She is survived by her husband, Don Blankenship of Wichita Falls; a daughter, Teresa Nixon of Flower Mound; a son, Wess Jones of Flower Mound; 2 step-daughters, Annthinette Blankenship and Danette Russo of Wichita Falls; 6 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

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