Terry Alonzo Blanks, age 73 of White Bluff, died Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Centennial Medical Center. A memorial service will be conducted on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 from the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Bro. Rick Warren, Bro. Randy Franklin, and Friends officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service.
Born in Dickson County, Terry was the son of the late Melvern Ray and Varra Uvila Kephart Blanks. Many will remember Terry as the owner/operator of Terry Blanks Heating and Air. Terry’s military service to his country was in the United States Navy.
Survivors include his two sons, Dennis “Mugsy” Blanks and his wife, Jo Paige, and John Coty Blanks, all of White Bluff; six grandchildren, Will, Luke, Jacob, Courtney, Zeb, and Eli Blanks; three brothers, William Blanks and John Blanks of White Bluff, and Milton Blanks, Dickson; one sister, Lottie Bell Blanks, Clarksville; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Sandra Kay Williams Blanks; a son, Willie Blanks, a brother, Buddy Blanks, and by his mother-in-law, Sally Bell Williams.