Cecil Wayne Blanton

Cecil Wayne Blanton obituary, Gadsden, AL

Cecil Wayne Blanton

Cecil Blanton Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home and Cemetery on Apr. 17, 2025.

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Funeral service for Cecil Wayne Blanton, age 60 of Boaz will be held 3pm Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Glencoe Hokes Bluff Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Aurora Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1pm until time of service at the funeral home.
Mr. Blanton passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at his residence.
He is preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Eubanks; father, Max Jefferson Blanton; and son, Jack Brady Blanton.
Left to cherish his memory his father, Don (Eube) Eubanks; wife, Rosemarie Blanton; daughter, Chantel Ayers; sons, Max Jefferson Blanton II, Christ Daniel Blanton, and Jesse Wayne Blanton; grandchildren, Taylor Ayers, and Trissan Ayers; brother, James (Dove) Blanton; sisters, Lorena (Willliam) Beam, and LaVerne Blanton (Danny Howard); nieces and nephews, Jay Blanton, Justin Beam, Jacob Beam, Sean Brehm, BreAnna Bottoms, Derek Piland, and Domnic Linares.
Mr. Blanton was a proud Cherokee Indian. He was a bee keeper and also enjoyed gardening and woodwork. Cecil was a huge sports fan, he was a Raiders football fan, a Dodger baseball fan, a LA Lakers basketball fan, and a USC Trojan fan.
Pallbearers will be Bobby Duff, Billy Duff, Teddy Blanton, Kenny Ward, TJ Keener, Sean Brehm, and Curtis Blanton.
Honorary Pallbearers include, Danny Howard and Bud Beam.
Online condolences may be left to the family at:
ghbfuneralhome.com.
Glencoe Hokes Bluff Funeral Home
"Our Family Serving Your Family"
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