Obituaries are a funny thing. I never thought about them or what tidbits you would choose for people to commerate someones life before this December. I walked into my Nana and Grandy's house the day after my Grandy's acesnsion to heaven to my Uncle nicely nominating me to take obituary notes. As I sat looking across the coffeet table at my Nana list off accomplishments and accrediations of Grandy's life I realized how much is still left out. I wanted to include every little detail to make readers understand the depth of the great life they were reading about. I got slightly irritated when Nana mentioned we needed to be conscious of length. Grandy deserved a full page of acknowledgment and celebration for being a selfless servant of the lord and leader to his family.
Getting over my irritation at limiting Grandy's accomplisments to a paragraph or two, I was so grateful my uncle had elected me to be the official notetaker-- because i got to sit across from my Nana and listen to her talk with such love and adoration about her partner of 60 years. I learned facts about him I never knew, like the fact that he was a JR. and his father shared his name. How after all the time I have spent with Grandy and talked about his life and family did I never realize he was Everett Burley Blanton Jr. I was floored and soon found out most of my cousins were in the dark with me.
Neverless, here is the details and accomplishments that were written in black and white for friends and family to read about this amazing man and his amazing life.
Everett Burley Blanton Jr. Amarillo Globe-News
Never Forget!
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