GENERATION # 5 - BETTY ANN POWERS BLANKENSHIP STURGILL

WHEN WE DO THE BEST WE CAN, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT MIRACLE IS WROUGHT IN OUR LIFE, OR IN THE LIFE OF ANOTHER - HELEN KELLER

NO PESSIMIST EVER DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF THE STARS, OR SAILED TO AN UNCHARTED LAND, OR OPENED A NEW DOORWAY FOR THE HUMAN SPIRIT. - HELEN KELLER

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BETTY ANN POWERS BLANKENSHIP STURGILL I WAS BORN JUNE 28, 1942 IN COEBURN, VIRGINIA. I WAS THE THIRD OF 6 CHILDREN OF FLORA LEE MULLINS AND TEDDY MILTON POWERS. I GRADUATED FROM COEBURN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. I WAS MARRIED TO WAYNE BLANKENSHIP IN 1961. WE HAVE THREE CHILDREN. TIMOTHY WAYNE (TIM) WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 17, 1962. JOHN THEODORE (TED) WAS BORN NOVEMBER 7, 1963. SUSAN MICHELLE (GENERATION NO. 6) WAS BORN MARCH 28, 1967. WAYNE AND I ARE DIVORCED. I AM NOW MARRIED TO CARL RAY STURGILL, SR. WE LIVE IN COEBURN, VIRGINIA. MY HOBBIES ARE GENEALOGY, CROSS STITCHING, PUZZLE BOOKS, READING, FLOWERS, COOKING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRANDCHILDREN. BETWEEN CARL AND I WE HAVE 9 CHILDREN, 22 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. MY GRANDMOTHER, MARTHA MULLINS WAS A BIG INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE. I HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF MANY SUMMERS SPENT AT HER HOUSE. MY MOTHER, FLORA WAS A WONDERFUL WOMAN WHO LOVED TO STAY HOME AND GARDEN. SHE ALSO LOVED FLOWERS AND COOKING. MY DAUGHTER SUSAN IS A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER WHO GAVE ME MUCH PLEASURE WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP. MY GRANDDAUGHTER, KELLI, IS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY. I HOPE SHE HAS INHERITED THE VALUES AND IDEALS OF THE SIX GENERATIONS OF WOMEN BEFORE HER.	BETTY STURGILL
CARL AND BETTY STURGILL	TIM, TED AND SUSAN BLANKENSHIP
TIM, SHELLY, BRITTANY AND GEOFFREY BLANKENSHIP TIM AND SHELLY'S WEDDING
TED, ANGIE, JASON AND ERIC BLANKENSHIP