Sidney Blanks (1941 - 2021)

Born 29 Apr 1941 in Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Dec 2021 at age 80 in Webster, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Sidney Blanks is Notable.

Sidney Blanks was a Texan.

Sid Blanks was an American football player, sports agent, and community leader.^[1]

Sidney Blanks was born in 1941.He was the youngest of ten children Roscoe Blanks and Leona July.

For his volunteerism in service of his community, a new park was built in Del Rio Texas in 2015, and named in his honor.^[2]

He died in 2021 and is buried in Westlawn Cemetery in Del Rio, Texas.^[3] His obituary was published online by Trinity Mortuary.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Blanks
2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152822944026770
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #234938625
   Memorial page for Sidney “Sid” Blanks (29 Apr 1941-12 Dec 2021), citing Westlawn Cemetery, Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XGT-QP9D : Sun Jan 29 20:42:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Roscoe Blanks and Leona Blanks, 22 April 1950.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6685-M4WP : 25 February 2022), Sid, ; Burial, Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, United States of America, Westlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 234938625, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See Also:

• "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8DP-2T5 : 1 January 2015), Sidney Blanks in entry for Lance Blanks, 09 Sep 1966; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105284