Veola Gail Blankenship
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Services for Veola Gail Blankenship, 78, of Ada will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 30, 2025 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Troy Byrd will officiate. Burial will follow at McGee Cemetery.
Mrs. Blankenship died Saturday, October 25, 2025 at a local assisted living center. She was born June 7, 1947 in Hayworth, Oklahoma to Louie and Helen Welch Adams.
She married Buddy Blankenship. Mrs. Blankenship retired from Solo as a printer operator.
Survivors include her grandchildren, Brittany Blevins and husband Kolby of Ada and Blake Blankenship and Maggie Carpenter of Tecumseh; and great-granddaughter, Katie Blevins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Buddy Blankenship; daughter, Darla Coffee; son, Donnie Blankenship; and brother Larry Adams.
Bearers will be Blake Blankenship, Kolby Blevins, Joe Clower, Shane Horton and Steve Weaver.
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