- Date Of Death: 2005
- State: Louisiana
Obituary of Martha Blanks
She graduated salutatorian of her high school class in Bonita, Louisiana and attended Louisiana Tech. In 1941 she married Jack Bruce Blanks and they moved to Bastrop. She was an avid golfer and bridge player and was the second person in Bastrop to attain life master status in bridge.
Preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Jack Blanks, she is survived by her son Richard Walcott Blanks and his wife Kathryn of Atlanta, Georgia; her daughter Bruce Bardwell and her husband Wayne of Houston, Texas; granddaughters, Shannon Torbett and husband John of Los Angeles, California, Stephanie Sauer and husband Brian of Houston, Texas, Rachel Walcott Blanks; grandson, William Linzell Blanks of Atlanta, Georgia and one great granddaughter Lindsey Elizabeth Sauer of Houston, Texas.
