A celebration of life memorial service was held Saturday, October 7th, 2023, at 10:30 am, at New Hope Assembly of God Church, 133 Helter Road (off Hwy 90, across from the hospital). Pocahontas, AR for Loretta Sue Blankenship. She was the fourth daughter, in a line of five girls born to Remel and Leona (Haynes) Blankenship. She departed this life January 13, 2023, in Mahomet, IL, surrounded by her family. She was being treated for Pancreatic Cancer and had been placed in Hospice care two days before passing. She was 77 years of age and was born November 26, 1945, in Egypt, Arkansas.

She was preceded in death by grandparents Charles and Maggie (Dean) Haynes and Riley and Lula (Wicker) Blankenship; parents Remel and Leona (Haynes) Blankenship, all of Randolph County, and sister, Mary Kathryn (Kathy) Clark of Portia, Arkansas.

She is survived by sisters Betty Ann Rockwell of Mahomet, IL; Frances (Richard) Quest of Pocahontas, AR, and Phyllis Lester (Wes) of Ravenden, AR.

She leaves behind a host of family and friends that enjoyed every visit they had with her. To her nieces and nephews, she was known as “Aunt Loret”. She loved to laugh and always had a smile. She was a Gormet Cook, a great Hostess, a fantastic storyteller and an avid reader. She could regale you for hours about people she had met and places she visited. Won’t Heaven be wonderful where there will be no more “Goodbyes”?