| Descendants of William Pleasant BLANKENSHIP Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM PLEASANT1 BLANKENSHIP1 was born Abt. 18241, and died Abt. 1886 in Blankenship Cem?1. He married UNKNOWN SPOUSE BLANKENSHIP1 Abt. 18431. She was born Abt. 18261, and died Abt. 1906 in Same ?1. More About WILLIAM PLEASANT BLANKENSHIP: Census: Btn. 1830 - 1839, In VA US Census1 More About WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP and UNKNOWN BLANKENSHIP: Marriage: Abt. 18431 Child of WILLIAM BLANKENSHIP and UNKNOWN BLANKENSHIP is: 2. i. REV. JAMES2 BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1844; d. Abt. 1904, Blankenship Cem.?. Generation No. 2 2. REV. JAMES2 BLANKENSHIP (WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born Abt. 18441, and died Abt. 1904 in Blankenship Cem.?1. He married ANNIE LORAINE MANLEY1 Abt. 1863 in NC1, daughter of UNKNOWN MANLEY and UNKNOWN MANLEY. She was born Abt. 18451, and died Abt. 1924 in Same?1. More About REV. JAMES BLANKENSHIP: Religion: Was Baptish per Billy C. Johnson 12-30-961 More About REV. BLANKENSHIP and ANNIE MANLEY: Marriage: Abt. 1863, NC1 Children of REV. BLANKENSHIP and ANNIE MANLEY are: 3. i. MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3 BLANKENSHIP, b. 1864, NC; d. 1929, Blankenship Cem?. ii. GARRET BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. iii. TAYLOR BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. 4. iv. ZEBULON "ZEB" BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1865. v. MERRIT BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. More About MERRIT BLANKENSHIP: Namesake: This merrit Blankenship could be the same person as Merrit Wheeler, brother of Alice Elizabeth Banks Blankenship?1 vi. FRANK BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. vii. GEORGE BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. viii. JOHN BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. ix. MATILDA BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18651. Generation No. 3 3. MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3 BLANKENSHIP (REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born 1864 in NC1, and died 1929 in Blankenship Cem?1. He married ALICE ELIZABETH BANKS1 18841, daughter of UNNAMED BANKS and UNNAMED WHELLER. She was born 1864 in L/DNG1, and died Abt. 1952 in Blankenship Cemetery1. More About MILLER PLEASANT "DOC" BLANKENSHIP: Cause of Death: Had asthma all his life, died at about age 501 Medical Information: Written note from Billy C. Johnson to son Ronald E. Johnson 12-961 Occupation: Owned grocery store at Weaverville, and Big Ivy Township, NC1 Property: Owned the last livery stables in Ashville, NC1 More About MILLER BLANKENSHIP and ALICE BANKS: Marriage: 18841 Children of MILLER BLANKENSHIP and ALICE BANKS are: 5. i. ROBERT HUGH4 BLANKENSHIP, SR., b. Abt. 1885; d. 1989. ii. ESTIE BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18851; d. Abt. 19101. iii. WILMA M. BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 18851; m. HORACE P. HALL1; b. Abt. 19101. 6. iv. CHRISTIE CHRISTA BLANKENSHIP, b. Abt. 1885. v. JAMES REGINALD BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 19041; d. 20-Aug-1968, Pisgah View Memorial Park, Ashville, NC1; m. FANNIE FRADY1. 7. vi. EDITH MARGARET BLANKENSHIP, b. 21-Apr-1909, NC; d. 12-Sep-1996, Green Hills Cem. Asheville, NC. 4. ZEBULON "ZEB"3 BLANKENSHIP (REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born Abt. 18651. He married LOVADA "GENEVA" ALLEN1 12-Mar-1885 in Yancy City, NC1. She was born Abt. 18651. More About ZEBULON BLANKENSHIP and LOVADA ALLEN: Marriage: 12-Mar-1885, Yancy City, NC1 Children of ZEBULON BLANKENSHIP and LOVADA ALLEN are: i. JAY4 BLANKENSHIP, REV1, b. Abt. 1884, NC ?1; d. Abt. 27-Apr-1948, Buncombe County, NC. Rupert Ray Family Cem1. ii. EARL BLANKENSHIP, REV1, b. Abt. 18881. iii. THELMA BLANKENSHIP MANEY1, b. Abt. 1889, Asheville, NC ?1. iv. ELOISE BLANKENSHIP SAWYER1, b. Abt. 1890, Weaverville, NC ?1. v. ADELE BLANKENSHIP POWELL1, b. Abt. 1891, Waynesville, NC ?1; m. POWELL1; b. Abt. 18901. vi. J. C. BLANKENSHIP1, b. 19001; d. Weaverville, Rupert Ray family cemetery, Yancey Co. NC1. vii. JULIAN BLANKENSHIP1, b. 19021. Generation No. 4 5. ROBERT HUGH4 BLANKENSHIP, SR. (MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born Abt. 18851, and died 19891. He married JULIA ELEANORA SMITH1 Abt. 19301, daughter of J. SMITH and IDA HAMPTON. She was born Abt. 1910 in Buncombe County, NC1, and died 21-Jul-1994 in Hendersonville nursing home, Green Hills Cem1. More About ROBERT BLANKENSHIP and JULIA SMITH: Marriage: Abt. 19301 Children of ROBERT BLANKENSHIP and JULIA SMITH are: i. WILLIAM EARL BILLY5 BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 19311. ii. GEORGE BLANKENSHIP1, b. Abt. 19311. iii. ROBERT HUGH BLANKENSHIP,JR.1, b. Abt. 19311. 6. CHRISTIE CHRISTA4 BLANKENSHIP (MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born Abt. 18851. She married FRED CALLOWAY1 Abt. 19301. He was born Abt. 19101. More About FRED CALLOWAY and CHRISTIE BLANKENSHIP: Marriage: Abt. 19301 Children of CHRISTIE BLANKENSHIP and FRED CALLOWAY are: i. RICHARD5 CALLOWAY1, b. Abt. 19301. ii. WYMON CALLOWAY1, b. Abt. 19301. 8. iii. GERALD L. CALLOWAY, b. Abt. 1930; d. Spry Funeral Home, Russellville, Ala. iv. INEZ CALLOWAY RIDDLE1, b. Abt. 1930, Barnardsville, Ala. ?1; m. RIDDLE1; b. Abt. 1930, ALA. ?1. 7. EDITH MARGARET4 BLANKENSHIP (MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born 21-Apr-1909 in NC1, and died 12-Sep-1996 in Green Hills Cem. Asheville, NC1. She married (1) ERNEST MCQVEEN COGGINS1. He was born Abt. 19001. She married (2) CECIL A. JOHNSON1 Abt. 1928 in NC1. He was born Abt. 1900 in NC1. More About CECIL JOHNSON and EDITH BLANKENSHIP: Marriage: Abt. 1928, NC1 Children of EDITH BLANKENSHIP and ERNEST COGGINS are: i. TERRY J.5 COGGINS1, b. Abt. 19461. ii. GREGORY COGGINS1, b. Abt. 19491. Children of EDITH BLANKENSHIP and CECIL JOHNSON are: 9. iii. BILLY CALVREN5 JOHNSON, b. 12-Apr-1929, Asheville, NC; d. 21-Apr-1997, N. Little Rock, AR Gravel Ridge Cem. behind Penecostal Church, behind Baptist Ch. iv. CECILIA JOHNSON1, b. Abt. 19321; m. JOE JOHNSON1, Abt. 19521; b. Abt. 19321. More About JOE JOHNSON and CECILIA JOHNSON: Marriage: Abt. 19521 Generation No. 5 8. GERALD L.5 CALLOWAY (CHRISTIE CHRISTA4 BLANKENSHIP, MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born Abt. 19301, and died in Spry Funeral Home, Russellville, Ala1. He married EVELYN WALDROP1 Abt. 19501. She was born Abt. 19321. More About GERALD CALLOWAY and EVELYN WALDROP: Marriage: Abt. 19501 Child of GERALD CALLOWAY and EVELYN WALDROP is: i. CHARIOTTE CALLOWAY6 FLANAGAN1, b. 1950, Ala.1; m. ? FLANAGAN1; b. Abt. 1950, Ala. ?1. 9. BILLY CALVREN5 JOHNSON (EDITH MARGARET4 BLANKENSHIP, MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born 12-Apr-1929 in Asheville, NC1, and died 21-Apr-1997 in N. Little Rock, AR Gravel Ridge Cem. behind Penecostal Church, behind Baptist Ch1. He married (1) MARION ELIZABETH NIPPER1 01-Oct-1955 in Rossville, GA.1, daughter of WALTER NIPPER and JOSIE WALKUP. She was born 28-Oct-1931 in Nashville, TN1, and died 07-Sep-1995 in N. Little Rock, AR Gravel Ridge Cem.1. He married (2) BETTY LOU HARNESS ACREE1 08-Jun-1996 in Mt. Alexander, AR1. She was born 25-Apr-19331. Notes for BILLY CALVREN JOHNSON: [Walkup America Book.FTW] Written 3-18-1997 7:34 P.M. San Antonio, TX I just got off the phone with my twin brother Donnie. Dads' lung doctor was just in, he said that Dads' heart is too weak to handle any treatments for his lung cancer. He says Dads' heart is only pumping about 15% of its volume and that dad is not getting stronger, he's getting weaker. Its just a matter of time until his heart gives out. The heart doctor is do to come in tomorrow. I talked to Dad tonight over the phone, and he said, Well son, it looks like it (life) is over, I love you." He could not talk very long because of his weakened condition. We decided I would wait to hear what the heart doctor had to say tomorrow before I made the trip up to Little Rock, AR to help Betty care for him. I looked in the refrigerator for some wine in the hope that it might dull the pain, but we didn't have any. I find it hard for my mind to accept the realities of this day. Life; is this all there is? If so, as the song goes, "then lets keep dancing, and dancing, lets have a ball." I so wish that Bety and Dad would have - could have had more years together. Unless the Lord intercedes, it looks like that is not to be. Dad missed Mom so after she died, I quests they will reunite again. Well....who said life is fair? " Death where is your sting?", it feels more like a numbness. Maybe it's the numbness that softens the sting? Lord we sure could use a healing Miracle here, you know what I mean? Written 8-4-1997 11:32 P.M. San Antonio, TX Dad died on April 21, 1997 at 10:40 P.M. at Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock, AR. Betty and I (Ron) were with him, Dads breathing became very shallow. I called Betty over, a preacher she knew had just stopped by. I was standing beside Dad patting his arm. Most of the time he just wanted to feel that someone was with him, he didn't want "to die alone". His breathing continued to get weaker and lighter, and then he just didn't take another breath. I took that big deep missing breath for him, like trying to help him catch his breath. I felt for a pulse on his neck, but there was no pulse, his body was quiet and still. His jaw relaxed open; and that bothered me, so I reached up to close it, and it fell open again. I didn't try to close it again as it was meant to be. I knew that a person's hearing is the last sense to die. Betty and I had talked about reading the 23rd Psalm to him when the time came. Betty reminded me about reading it to him. I had a small copy of the passage, and started to read it to him. It was hard to get the words passed what seemed like a stone, a hard lump in my throat. I knew it could be the last thing he would remember to carry into eternity. I didn't want him to detect the pain, the sorrow in my voice or the short heavy breaths I was taking. The fourth verse comforted my soul, as I read, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff they COMFORT me." The last verse I tried to say with all the belief, all the faith, I could muster up, "and I will dwell in the house of the lord FOREVER!." Betty and I were holding each other. We had been through and shared a lot together those last several weeks of Dad's journey through the end of his life. Dad and Betty would have been married one year if Dad had lived until June of 1997. I think the Lord guided them to each other, not only to give both of them a companion, but to give Dad's remaining children a Mother's love, and his grandchildren a Grandmother's love again. It's funny how God restores things. He gave Betty to us, so we could help watch over and love her, so she would not be so alone without Dad. It is amazing; a thing meant to be bad, like death, God has made into a good thing. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Then Betty and I, on behalf of our families, delivered his spirit into the hands of God. Amen Ronald Eugene Johnson Notes for MARION ELIZABETH NIPPER: [Walkup America Book.FTW] Ronald Eugene Johnson "Some thoughts on my Mom" Mom was born into a family of nine children.. She was pretty and "well built" as people said in her generation. Her first child, was a son, David Ray Crook, on his gravestone is David Ray Johnson. He too became a Johnson as we all did in many ways. David Ray Crook was "stillborn". He is Buried near Mom ma Nippers' grave in Nashville, TN. Donnie and I were born next, Donnie being 23 minutes older that I. But the trade off of I being born second was that I was on top of Donnie in the womb and I ate better. Outweighing Donnie at birth by a few pounds, and adding to those pounds over the next 48 years. Sherry came shortly after us. Donnie, Sherry and I had "cowboy-cowgirl" outfits alike, and when we would wear those outfits people would stop mom and ask if we were triplets? After mom and my father (Billy C. Johnson) had been married for a while along came Randy. Mom had a quick and alert mind. She was as they say "quick on her feet". She loved people, and could talk and get to know anyone. She worked as a sales clerk at "Harveys" in Nashville, TN. Other men and women seemed to respect her, and it was best for you to be her friend and not an enemy. When she would get mad, she would curl her tongue downward in her mouth and watch out when that happened! She was a very strong willed, (some would say hard headed), person, a Nipper trait! Raising and supporting three children by herself until dad came along all those years was really a job. She was noted for standing up for people who had problems standing or speaking up for themselves, those with disabilities, or the working poor. She was a religious person, attended Baptist Churches all her life and taught many a vacation Bible School. I think she drew on that faith during the hard times in her life and those last months of battle with cancer. She loved color. She would buy something, take it home paint on it and put it up on the walls. Each season saw different decorations and colors. If there was a blank space on the wall, there was still room to put something in that space. If Dad would chance a nap he might wake up decorated! She was good at matching colors, a trait that did me well while I was in the clothing business. Mom was a very creative person. She had a kiln; did ceramics and made flower arrangements as well as doing other crafts. One time when I was feeling down she told me, "Ronnie, you and Donnie were the best thing that ever happen to me!". It made me feel better, it made me feel good about myself. Mom's brothers and sisters were born over some twenty years with mom being the 5th of nine children. So it was shocking that she would be the first of her brothers and sisters to die. A person realizes Thier own mortality is limited when your parents start to die. I am sure whatever her vision of heaven was that that is where she will be forever. My Dad, Billy C. Johnson, was there with her everyday over the months of cancer treatments. He lost down two pants sizes, and didn't want to leave her side. Right after mom died, he would visit moms grave several times daily. Friends of mom and dad would say, "Whenever we saw one of them, we saw both of them, they were always together". She had this laugh, a kind of a cackle, that would come out then she got tickled. Sometimes she would have trouble finishing telling something as she would get herself tickled along the way. If I didn't know her ancestors were from Scotland and Ireland, I would have though she was Italiano the way she talked with her hands. She didn't like cats to rub up against her and she didn't like to be cold. She loved jewelry, and make-up, if God had given her twelve fingers she would have rings on each one. It was her strong willed that she drew on for strength to keep going through her "hard" life, a trait I draw from and a trait I hope is passed on for many generations to come. More About BILLY JOHNSON and MARION NIPPER: Marriage: 01-Oct-1955, Rossville, GA.1 More About BILLY JOHNSON and BETTY ACREE: Marriage: 08-Jun-1996, Mt. Alexander, AR1 Children of BILLY JOHNSON and MARION NIPPER are: i. JAMES RAY CROOK6 JOHNSON1, b. Abt. 1947, Nashville, TN1; d. Abt. 1947, Still born, Spring Hill Cem.1. 10. ii. DONALD JOSEPH CROOK JOHNSON, b. 04-Jan-1949, Fort Bragg, NC. 11. iii. RONALD EUGENE CROOK JOHNSON, b. 04-Jan-1949, Fort Bragg, NC. iv. SHERRY JOYCE CROOK JOHNSON1, b. 17-Aug-1950, Nashville, TN1. v. RANDAL DOUGLAS JOHNSON1, b. 08-Nov-19591; m. VANESSA SUSAN MCMANUS1; b. 18-Apr-19621. Generation No. 6 10. DONALD JOSEPH CROOK6 JOHNSON (BILLY CALVREN5, EDITH MARGARET4 BLANKENSHIP, MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born 04-Jan-1949 in Fort Bragg, NC1. He married MARIA KUMPURIS1 26-Feb-1972 in Little Rock, AR1. She was born 26-Feb-1952 in Greece1. More About DONALD JOSEPH CROOK JOHNSON: Namesake: Joseph comes from Josephine Nipper1 More About DONALD JOHNSON and MARIA KUMPURIS: Marriage: 26-Feb-1972, Little Rock, AR1 Child of DONALD JOHNSON and MARIA KUMPURIS is: i. NICHOLAS JOSEPH7 JOHNSON1, b. 28-Oct-1979, Nashville, TN1. 11. RONALD EUGENE CROOK6 JOHNSON (BILLY CALVREN5, EDITH MARGARET4 BLANKENSHIP, MILLER PLEASANT "DOC"3, REV. JAMES2, WILLIAM PLEASANT1)1 was born 04-Jan-1949 in Fort Bragg, NC1. He married PAMELA LEA TAYLOR1 09-Jul-1969 in Little Rock, AR1, daughter of W. TAYLOR and PASTY STONE. She was born 08-May-1952 in Hot Springs, AR1. More About PAMELA LEA TAYLOR: Namesake: The Lea in Pams middle name is from Inez's middle name Lee1 More About RONALD JOHNSON and PAMELA TAYLOR: Marriage: 09-Jul-1969, Little Rock, AR1 Children of RONALD JOHNSON and PAMELA TAYLOR are: i. JENNIFER LEIGH7 JOHNSON1, b. 06-Apr-19721. More About JENNIFER LEIGH JOHNSON: Namesake: Jennifer's Leigh (Lee) is from Inez Lee Stone middle name1 ii. JANNA LYNNE JOHNSON1, b. 11-Dec-1973, Bapist Med. Ctr. 13th St. Pulaski County, Little Rock, AR1; m. CURTIS RANDOLPH BRABHAM, JR.1, 04-May-1995, Christ the King Lutheran Church, U.C. TX1; b. 17-Aug-1973, Hampton County, SC1. Notes for JANNA LYNNE JOHNSON: [Walkup America Book.FTW] Dr. Ross Bizzell delivered Janna by section. We lived at 6903 W 3rd. St. Little Rock, AR Janna was born at 2:41 PM on Tuesday 12-11-1972 Weight 7lb. 11 oz head 13 " chest 13 3/4" black hair blue eyed "you looked like your daddy" More About JANNA LYNNE JOHNSON: Namesake: Janna's middle name Lynne, the L comes from the Lee in Inez Lee Stone name1 More About CURTIS BRABHAM and JANNA JOHNSON: Marriage: 04-May-1995, Christ the King Lutheran Church, U.C. TX1 Endnotes 1. Walkup America Book.FTW, Date of Import: 4 May 2000. | |
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