Funeral Services Set For 2 Honda Of Cleveland Employees Who Died In Wreck

  • Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Funeral services have been set for two Honda of Cleveland employees who died in an automobile accident on Sunday.

Kristopher "Kris" F.L. Blankenship, 28, attended Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. He was employed with Honda of Cleveland for the past six years.

His survivors include his wife, Allison Keller Blankenship of Cleveland; two daughters and a son, Skyler McKenzie, Jaxon Lee and Arianna Jo.

The funeral will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Huff officiating.

A private interment for the family will be Friday in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Blankenship Children's Fund, c/o Southern Heritage Bank.

Justin Robert Fowler, 20, was a 2009 graduate of Bradley Central High School. He was a member and attended Cleveland Cornerstone Church.

Survivors include his wife, Courtney Fowler, and daughter, Skylar.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Clingan Ridge Baptist Church with Pastor Michael Harwell and Barry Fowler officiating.

Interment will follow in Flint Springs Cemetery with Rex Bledsoe, T. J. Finnell, Brandon Fisher, Brandon Phillips, Ross Tyler and Trevor Webb serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.

The family will receive friends from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Ralph Buckner Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Skylar's Educational Fund, c/o Bank of Cleveland, P.O. Box 5000, Cleveland, TN 37320.

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