Benny Blanton
Posted: March 27, 2017
VERNON, Ala. — Benny Max Blanton, 82, died March 25, 2017, at Generations of Vernon. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dowdle Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Elmore, Rev. Randy Paper and Rev. Buddy Irving officiating. Burial will follow in Ebenezer United Methodist Church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Mr. Blanton was born Aug. 21, 1934, to the late Harvey and Alice Murphy Blanton. He was a graduate of Millport High School. He was previously employed with Millport Police Department and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Blanton. Pallbearers will be Roger Cunningham, Dale McNees, Mike Trull, Edward Rhinewalt, Glenn Baswell and Byron Richards.