Blankenship, Katie Frances GLADEWATER - Services for Katie Frances Blankenship, 82, of Longview, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 20, 2007, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel of Gladewater, with the Rev. Bill Smythe officiating. Burial will follow in Chilton Cemetery. Ms. Blankenship died September 17, 2007, in Longview. Born July 24, 1925, in Big Sandy, she was a land lease agent for Mobil Oil Corporation. Survivors include her son, Dana Paul Blankenship; and daughters, Susan Grace Hofer and Tina Eustace. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/19/2007.