America Saylor Blanton

America Saylor Blanton, 74, of Stoney Fork, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Park West Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born in Beverly, KY on February 28, 1942 a daughter of the late Lewis 'Bud' and Sarah Roark Saylor. She had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by infant daughters, Phoebe Marie Brock and Diana Helen Brock, step-son, David Glen Blanton; grandson, Chris Johnston; brothers and sisters, Susie, Wilburn, Sarah, Jesse James, Lewis Bud, Jr., Richard, Denver, Mary Madgalene and Oda Mae Saylor. Survivors include her husband, Calloway Blanton; children, Russell Lee Brock, Linda Brock, Maretta Kay Tidwell and Scotty A. Blanton; step-children, Emma Jean Blanton, Geneva Ann Blanton, Darrell Dean Blanton, Earl Blanton, Wayne Blanton, Bobbie Jean Brock, Ed Brock, Arthur Brock, Danny Brock and Herman Brock; grandchildren, Alyssa Nicole Douglas, Allison Douglas, Blayne Brock, Jeremey Brock America Blanton, Larry Blanton, Dean Roberts, Melissa Johnston, Joshua Johnston, Shawn Gossett, Thomas Gossett, Heather Blanton, Joseph Blanton, Leland Blanton, Rebecca Blanton, David Wayne Blanton and Kayla Blanton; host of great-grandchildren; brother, Levi (RL) Saylor; sister, Pauline Saylor, special friend, Little 'Marie' Helton and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Services will be at 1:30 PM Monday at the Saylor Pentecostal Church at Crockett with Rev. Tommy Saylor. Music will be by the church family. Burial will be in the Blanton Cemetery at Stoney Fork with Richard Johnson, Carl Tidwell, Keith Cox, Jeff Blanton, Lou Brock and Russell Brock serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearer is Dr. T.V. Hays. In lieu of flowers donations are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, 161 St. Matthews Avenue, Suite 3, Louisville, Kentucky, 40207. The family will receive friends on Saturday after 6:00 PM until the funeral hour on Monday at the Saylor Pentecostal Church. Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Pineville, is honored to serve the Blanton Family. Cemetery Details Blanton Cemetery Stoney Fork, KY 40988