Blanche Lucille HUNTER
- Born: 6 Jan 1915, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV 55,619
- Marriage: Everett Jackson DRIGGERS Sr.
- Died: 18 Feb 2007, Westminster, Carroll Co., MD at age 92
- Buried: 22 Feb 2007, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Finksburg, Carroll Co., MD 3349
General Notes:
The Westminster Eagle, Westminster, VA, Online Edition, 28 February 2007
Blanche H. Driggers, 92, of Finksburg, died Feb. 18, 2007, at Carroll Hospital Center.
Born Jan. 6, 1915, in Lewisburg, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Renick Hunter and Ada Pugh Hunter.
Her husband of 44 years, Everett J. Driggers Sr., died Sept. 17, 1985.
Prior to retiring, she served as a correctional officer for the State of Maryland.
She was a member of the Church of the Open Door.
She loved birds, especially robins, as well as reading, family times, crocheting and Bible study.
She was an avid fan of the Baltimore Orioles, the Washington Redskins and Duke University basketball. When she was growing up, she enjoyed playing basketball.
She is survived by daughters and son-in-laws Alice and John Hutchison of Harrington, Del. and Joyce and Norval Bowen of Finksburg; son and daughter-in-law Thomas and Susan Driggers of Salisbury; stepsons and wives Everett "Jack" and Pat Driggers of High Point, N.C., and Robert and Pat Driggers of Columbia; and sister Juanita Hunter of Staunton, Va. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Feb. 22 at Fletcher Funeral Home, P.A., Westminster, with the Rev. Richard Grammer officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28201.
Blanche married Everett Jackson DRIGGERS Sr. (Everett Jackson DRIGGERS Sr. was born on 3 May 1914 in Marlboro Co., SC 55 and died on 17 Sep 1985 in Westminster, Carroll Co., MD 55.)
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