Erma Rolland

Canton-Erma Lee Blankenship Paxton Rolland age 89 died Monday, December 29, 2003 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home.

She was a daughter of the late Dallas and Mary Ella Stiles Blankenship. She was preceded in death by her late husband, G. E. Rolland, two sisters, Nell Sawyer, and Ellen Nobeck; two brothers, J.C. Blankenship and Reverend Forest Blankenship. Mrs. Rolland was also a member of West Canton Baptist Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Brenda Hicks and her husband Frank of Canton and Sharon Jackson and her husband Tony of Monroe, Ga.; one son, Gerald Paxton and his wife Margie of Hampton, VA.; one step-son Dr. William Rolland and his wife Joy of Laurinburg, NC; two sisters, Kathleen Sanford and Lillie Paxton both of Canton; 7 grandchildren and 4 step grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and 8 step great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the Reverend Bobby Blankenship officiating. Burial will follow in the Blankenship Cemetery of Bryson City. The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to the Blankenship Family Cemetery, C/O Mike Patterson, 769 Rufus Robinson Road, Sylva, NC 28779.

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