GERTIE M. BLANKENSHIP (nee Crockett), age 83.  Beloved wife of the late Burley; mother of Lonnie (Eileen), Tonya Blevins, Natalie Healy and the late Lawrence, Earl and Harold; grandmother of 10; great-grandmother of 8; great-great-grandmother of 2; step-grandmother of 3; sister of Robert, James and Verle Crockett; aunt and great-aunt of many.  Passed away June 13, 2018.  Friends may call at CHAMBERS FUNERAL HOME of BEREA, 86 ADALBERT ST. (ONE BLOCK NORTH OF BAGLEY OFF FRONT ST.), SUNDAY 4-7 P.M.  Interment Greenhills Memory Gardens, Cedar Bluff, Virginia.