MY NAME IS FRANK PATRICK BLANKENSHIP. I WAS BORN IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA MANY MOONS AGO DURING THE TIME OF SEGREGATION WHICH I KNEW WAS WRONG FROM AN EARLY AGE. I HAVE LIVED IN; PENNSYLVANIA, FLORIDA, TEXAS, NORTH AFRICA, MASSACHUSETTS, ARKANSAS, PUERTO RICO, VIRGINIA, ARIZONA, and CALIFORNIA. AS A KID I WAS RAISED ON FARMS AND SMALL RANCHES IN TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. WE MILKED COWS, RAISED OUR OWN MEAT, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. THERE WAS NEVER INDOOR PLUMBING OR ELECTRICITY AT THESE PLACES. I LOVED GROWING UP LIKE THAT AND DIDN'T MISS ANY OF THE MODERN CONVENIENCES WE HAVE TODAY! I WORK SECURITY ONCE IN A WHILE. I SERVED 6 YEARS, 1958-1964, IN THE US ARMY, WORKED 5 YEARS AT GENERAL MOTORS, 2 YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION, 2 YEARS IN GAS STATIONS, 23 YEARS AS A MECHANIC AT RTD/MTA. WHILE IN THE ARMY, ONE PLACE I WAS STATIONED WAS IN PUERTO RICO WHERE I MET OLGA MERCADO NUNEZ. WE HAD 4 CHILDREN. A DAUGHTER, MARIA, WAS MURDERED IN 1998. THE KILLER HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. I AM RAISING 2 OF HER CHILDREN; LOWELL AND REBECCA. WE HAVE 9 GRANDKIDS AND 1 LITTLE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. I NEVER EXPECTED TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THESE GUYS THE WAY I WAS LIVING. I THANK GOD EVERY DAY FOR BRINGING ME THIS FAR
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Genealogy, never can tell what you're going to turn up. I like to hike in the desert. Listen to good bluegrass, Cajun and traditional music from any country. Hardcore Bluegrass is my number one favorite, Ralph Stanley, Rhonda Vincent, Lester Flatt&;Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, etc, then Cajun, Nortenos, Ranchera, Cumbia, Jibara from Puerto Rico and some Reggaeton. I like any music that's from the heart and soul of any country Favorite TV LA/18 I like to watch the Mandarin and Korean soaps. Yes, I know I'm off the hook. I watch Spanish once in a while, too. BOOKS: Westerns and Mysteries MY HEROS: GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM C. BLANKENSHIP BORN IN KENTUCKY, MARRIED IN ARKANSAS, DIED AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, FIGHTING FOR OUR UNION. MY GREAT GREAT UNCLE JAMES GLOVER OF ALABAMA DIED FIGHTING AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN,TN IN THE CIVIL WAR DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY THE CSA. MY GRANDFATHER WILOUGHBY BLANKENSHIP WHO FOUGHT IN WW1 &; WW2. MY FATHER PATRICK O'BRIEN BLANKENSHIP AND ALL HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS; JIM, WILLIAM (PUG), MICKEY, MARY LOU AND WILLENE JUNE BLANKENSHIP WHO FOUGHT AND SOME WERE WOUNDED IN WW2, UNCLE MICKEY BLANKENSHIP RECEVING THE PURPLE HEART AND BRONZE STAR. MY BROTHER PAUL BLANKENSHIP WHO SERVED IN THE US MARINES AND WAS SHOT DOWN BUT SURVIVED A HELICOPTER CRASH AND BURN IN VIETNAM. MY UNCLE WILLOUGHBY (RED) BLANKENSHIP USAF WHO SERVED MANY TOURS IN KOREA DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND SERVED IN VIETNAM. MY UNCLE JOHN BLANKENSHIP US ARMY, SERVED IN VIETNAM. MY TWO SONS RICHARD BLANKENSHIP AND FRANK J. BLANKENSHIP US ARMY WHO CROSSED INTO IRAQ WITH THEIR TANK DIVISIONS IN THE GULF WAR. FRANK J. RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART. MY BROTHER MICKEY BLANKENSHIP US ARMY WHO SERVED IN TURKEY AT THE RUSSIAN BORDER IN THE EARLY 1960s. MY GRANDFATHER CHARLES MORTON LEHMER US ARMY SERVED IN WW1 &; WW2. UNCLE FRANK LEHMER SERVED IN WW2 IN COMBAT ZONES, A PROUD MEMBER OF THE US NAVY. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY NEPHEW MATTHEW SEARCY US ARMY, WOUNDED IN IRAQ 2003. HE REJOINED THE US ARMY RIGHT AFTER 9/11 HAPPENED.
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