NAME: BRENDA GALE (NEWSOM) BLANCHARD, AGE 60, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF COAL COUNTY. BORN: SEPTEMBER 5, 1945 AT CLARITA, OK TO TROY AND ZILLA (KING) NEWSOM. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2005 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 60 YEARS 2 MONTHS 10 DAYS MARRIED: HENRY BLANCHARD ON APRIL 3, 1964 IN MIDWEST CITY, OK HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON JULY 5, 2005 EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN CLARITA & TUPELO AND GRADUATED FROM TUPELO IN 1956 OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TUPELO CHURCH OF CHRIST SURVIVED BY SONS: ROBERT BLANCHARD OF TUPELO, OK. MARK BLANCHARD AND WIFE PENNY OF TUPELO, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: AMANDA BLANCHARD OF TUPELO, OK. SISTERS: JOHNNY SYPERT OF GARLAND, TX. ANN EVERETT AND HUSBAND JERRY OF MOORE, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: JOHN BLANCHARD AND WIFE PEGGY OF TUPELO, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: MAUD DAVIS OF TUPELO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HENRY BLANCHARD ON JULY 5, 2005. PARENTS: TROY AND ZILLA NEWSOM. SON: STEVE BROWN.

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