Barbara Blanton

Barbara Weatherly Blanton, 75, of the Brownsville, Ky., community passed away 11:15 a.m. Monday, March 20, 2023, at her home.
Memorial services will be conducted 3 p.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023, in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. The Rev. Judd Mowery will officiate.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until the hour of services Saturday.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Sassafras Ridge Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 101, Hickman, KY 42050.
Barbara was born March 30, 1947, in Lake County, daughter of the late Alton Jack and Beulah (Goodman) Weatherly. She married Jimmy Blanton Aug. 20, 1965. He survives.
Barbara prided herself in being a farmer’s daughter. She enjoyed gardening and could grow anything. She also enjoyed watching birds.
She is also survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Becky and Tim Blackley of Hornbeak and Mona Hopper of the Brownsville community; one sister, Dolly Wilkerson of Fulton; two grandsons, Josh Blanton and wife, Becca, of Troy and Trea Hopper of Cayce, Ky.; and five great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Dorothy Simmons, Opal Oatsville and Nancy Jackson; and four brothers, Pete Weatherly, Sam Weatherly, Raymond “Tutty” Weatherly and Bobby Joe Weatherly.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.

Published in The Messenger 3.22.23