Blanche Juanita Cordray

Blanche Juanita Cordray was born October 25, 1919 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Willard and Ollie Merle (Turner) Hull. Blanche was raised and attended school in Hominy.

Shortly after the completion of her schooling, Blanche was married to E. S. Cordray on March 17, 1936 in Hominy, Oklahoma. The couple made their initial home in Hominy and then moved to Osage where they resided for nearly ten years. They had four children, Charles, Johnny, Bobby and Juanita. The couple then moved to Sedan, Kansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma before returning to Cleveland in 1959.

Blanche dedicated her life to taking care of her husband and family. She loved spending time with her family and cooking large meals for them. Blanche passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2002 at the Tulsa Regional Medical Center at the age of eighty-two years, eight months and four days. She was preceded in death by her parents and two grandchildren, Charles Jason and Julie Beth Cordray.

She is survived by her husband of sixty-six yeas, E. S. Cordray of the home; three sons, Charles Junior Cordray of Mannford, Oklahoma, Johnny Lee Cordray of Blackburn, Oklahoma and Bobby Cordray of Memphis, Tennessee; a daughter, Juanita Merle Turner of Amarillo, Texas; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and three brothers, Richard Hull of Berryhill, Oklahoma, Jack Hull of Pawhuska, Oklahoma and Willard Hull of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Wednesday, July 3, 2002 at the Western Heights Baptist Church with Rev. David Head officiating. Burial will be at the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.

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