Erick Shane Blankenship, Sr., 45 of Newbern, Tennessee died on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at his residence in Newbern, Tennessee.
Born Saturday, January 15, 1977 in Nashville, Tennessee, he was a welder with Newbern Fabricating.
Graveside service for Mr. Blankenship will be held at 4:00 PM on Friday, June 17, 2022 at Church Grove Cemetery. Officiating this service will be Rev. Charles Nelson. Visitation for Mr. Blankenship will be held on Friday from 3:00 PM until 3:45 at Johnson-Williams Funeral Home.
He is survived by one son, Erick Blankenship, Jr. (Jodie Martin) of Dyersburg, Tennessee; one daughter, Harley Blankenship of Ridgely, Tennessee and his mother and step-father, Bonnie and Bud Cude of Newbern, Tennessee; one brother John Paul Sturdivant, Jr. of Newbern, Tennessee and one grand-daughter, Hazley Isaour.
He was preceded in death by his father, Denny Grady Blankenship.
Honoring Mr. Blankenship as pallbearers will be family and friends.
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