Josephine Blankenship
1921 - 2016 (94 years)-
Name Josephine Blankenship Born 8 Jul 1921 Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 29 Feb 2016 [1, 2] Buried Blue Grass Memorial Gardens, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky [1, 2] Person ID I3775 Hedges Last Modified 31 Aug 2023
Father Joseph Speed Blankenship, b. 21 Feb 1894, Junction City, Boyle County, Kentucky , d. 27 Aug 1978, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (Age 84 years) Mother Nela Inez Moody, b. 4 Dec 1893, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 13 Mar 1972, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky (Age 78 years) Married 30 Nov 1916 [3] Family ID F788 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Paul Duncan Price, b. 2 Jan 1919, Jessamine County, Kentucky , d. 13 Nov 1982 (Age 63 years) Married 12 Feb 1943 Last Modified 12 Oct 2021 Family ID F1688 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 8 Jul 1921 - Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky 
Buried - - Blue Grass Memorial Gardens, Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Josephine Blankenship Price, 94, of Lexington, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016. She was born in Wilmore, Kentucky in 1921 to Joseph and Nela Blankenship. In 1944, she married Paul Duncan Price of Nicholasville, Kentucky. After Paul returned from WW II, they settled in Lexington, joining Trinity Church, which evolved into today’s Centenary United Methodist, and founded Price Hardware.
Together they raised three children, Judy Logan, Jim, and Rick Price who gave them eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Throughout Jo’s ninety-four years, she worked tirelessly, to help her kids, grandkids, great grandkids, her church, her countless friends, and anyone else who needed any form of help. She is survived by all of her family except her husband, Paul who passed in 1982.
Burial will be in Blue Grass Memorial Gardens, Jessamine County, Kentucky.
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- Josephine Blankenship Price, 94, of Lexington, passed away Monday, February 29, 2016. She was born in Wilmore, Kentucky in 1921 to Joseph and Nela Blankenship. In 1944, she married Paul Duncan Price of Nicholasville, Kentucky. After Paul returned from WW II, they settled in Lexington, joining Trinity Church, which evolved into today’s Centenary United Methodist, and founded Price Hardware.
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