1941
Pictured L to R: Virgil, Edna, Arthur, Zada and son, David W. Blanton
All deceased as of 2004.
"My Grandmother Zada was a Methodist, as was her husband David Elijah Blanton...They raised their 4 children in the Methodist Church.
David Elijah Blantons, father David Robert Blanton b. 1844 MS, was a member of the Methodist Church (AME) and
his Father, David Blanton b. 1799 TN, taught Sunday School Classes in his home in Alabama.
Prior to Methodism it is believed the ancestors may have been Espicopalian.
The love and teachings of Jesus Christ has been passed from each generation to the next until this day....
we are all Christian desciples of Jesus.
Each of the descendants have found a home in a Church of their choice.