Thomas Franklin Blankenship

Thomas Franklin (Tommy) Blankenship, 64, of Albany, GA died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Hannah will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

A native and lifelong resident of Albany, GA, Mr. Blankenship was a truck driver and was last employed with Roehl Transport. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and a member of First Free Will Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Earl Blankenship and Annie Martha Roland Blankenship and a daughter, Tiffany Ann Blankenship.

Survivors include a daughter, Danielle Blankenship Downs, Scottsdale, AZ, two sisters, Judy Bradley (Wayne), Leslie, GA, Rachel Cranford (Lee), Belle Glade, FL and a grandchildren, Shaw Downs, Scottsdale, AZ.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.