Norma Lee Blankenship

Norma Lee Holbrook Blankenship left this world and has gone to spend eternity with her Creator, Jesus Christ. Norma was born November 12, 1950 in San Marcos, Texas to Norman Lee Holbrook and Mary Helen Abernathy Holbrook. Her hometown was in Nederland, Texas, but made her home in Vidor, Texas in 1979. Norma was a retired secretary from the Texas Department of Human Services after 30 and one half years of service. She enjoyed playing dominoes and cards, reading, (out loud), coloring pictures with markers, attempting crosswords and word searches, eating Mexican food, being with family and friend, and loved reading her Bible and devotionals daily, knowing Jesus Christ her Savior and learning more about Him everyday. She was a member of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor, Texas and also attended Pecan Acres Baptist Church, also in Vidor, Texas. Norma was preceded in death by her mother, father, sons, James C. Blankenship Jr. and Corey Neil Holbrook, brother Edward E. Bustin, twin sister Nancy Lou Holbrook Hammonds, nephew, Frank H Hammonds, Jr. and three brothers in law, Frank H. Hammonds Sr., Jesse Goodman and Steven Dorn Sr. Those left to share her memory are her son, James C. Blankenship III of Beaumont, Texas; her daughter, Rachel Marie Moritz McNeil and husband Garrett of Orange, Texas; her sister hazel Flo Holbrook Goodman of Orange, Texas; six grandchildren, Harleigh Holbrook, Ka'Den Chandler, Zoey Maree Blankenship, Aryanna Nicole Guidry, Gwen Lakyn McNeil, Alora McNeil and a great granddaughter, Addalyn Grace McCreary, Braxton Strother, five nieces, five nieces, five nephews, five great nieces, six great nephews, her beloved dog, Aleigh, and long time dear friends, Paula Bouget, Debbie Beasley, Janice Whitmore, and Bonnie Bailey.