Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:Marty Grant's Aunt, by marriage.;


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/grant


!REFERENCE:
"A History of the Grant Family of Western North Carolina" (2 vol), by Marvin A. Grant, Jr.
Available at:
http://www.martygrant.com/books/publications.htm


!NOTE:Name "Doris Lee Blankenship" and B/D 29 May 1943 from North Carolina Birth Index 1800-2000 Ancestry.com;


!OBITUARY:<http://www.paulfuneralhome.com/new_view.php?id=94548>
Doris Ann Burbage
May 29, 1943 - May 15, 2012

Mrs. Doris Blankenship Grant Burbage, age 68, a resident of 701 Burbage Road, Bath, NC went home to be with Jesus on May 15, 2012.
A funeral service will be held 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at St. Clair’s Church officiated by Craig Hagen. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Doris Ann was born in Asheville, NC on May 29, 1943, daughter of William Clayton Blankenship and Marion Virginia McCurry Blankenship who preceded her in death. She graduated from Valley Springs High School, Arden & Skyland, NC in 1962. She retired from Capt’n Buc’s Galley in Pantego, NC where she was manager for 25 years. On May 5, 1962, she married Garland Samuel Grant. They had two children: Garland Samuel Grant III and Kerrie Lanette Grant. In 1979, she married James Talmadge Burbage, Jr. They were married for 33 years.
In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by her brother: Fred David Blankenship of Asheville, NC and his wife and children; her sister: Marion Patricia Harris and her husband Mike and their children all of Candler, NC; her sister: Donna Kay Smith and her husband Randy and their children and many nieces and nephews. In addition, her granddaughter: Jamie-Lynn Keel and husband Paul and great granddaughter: Karen Autumn Keel and two grandsons: Brandon Ange and Jonathon-Taylor Grant.
She was most proud of her children and loved her grandchildren very much. She spoke of them often. She always found the goodness in everyone she met and never had an unkind word for anyone. She will be forever missed and always remembered by everyone who knew and loved her. Mama, Rest well and rest easy. We will meet again someday soon.
The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 PM on Friday at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and other times at the homes of Jim Burbage, 701 Burbage Road, Bath and Kerrie Grant, 40 Braddy Road, Washington, NC.
At Doris’s request, memorial contributions can be made to The Blind Center, P.O. Box 491, Washington, NC 27889 or to the Beaufort Co. Humane Society, P.O. Box 8, Washington, NC 27889.
Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com
Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Burbage family.