Jan. 29, 1919 – April 11, 2017

KOSCIUSKO — Graveside services for Kathryn Horne Blanton, 98, of Natchez, formerly of Kosciusko, who died Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Natchez, will be Wednesday at Parkway Cemetery, 906 S. Huntington St., in Kosciusko.
Visitation will precede the service from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at Jordan Funeral Home Chapel, 845 Mississippi 12 E in Kosciusko.
Mrs. Blanton was born Jan. 29, 1919, in Natchez, the daughter of Thomas Joshua and Mary McDaniel Horne.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Elwood Blanton; four brothers, Herbert Horne, Robert Horne, Everett Horne and Hillery Horne; one sister, Mattie Wagner; and one daughter-in-law, Gracie Blanton.
Survivors include two sons, Allen Blanton of Natchez and Thomas Blanton and wife, Vicki, of Sacramento, Calif.; two grandsons, Woody Blanton and wife, Miranda, of Pearl, and Dewey Blanton and wife, Tracy, of Washington; one granddaughter, Morgan Blanton; two grandsons, Austin Blanton and Trace Blanton, both of Washington; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Woody Blanton, Dewey Blanton, Austin Blanton, Billy Tolleson, Ralph Milner and Gerald Pender.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association on her behalf.