Dorris Blankenship (Lockney)
Dorris LaRue Blankenship, age 95, of Houston, Texas, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 26, 2022, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 3, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church, with interment to follow at the Lockney Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Sunday, October 2, 2022, at Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Lockney. Arrangements are under the personal care of Moore-Rose Funeral Home in Lockney.
Dorris was born in Roaring Springs, Texas October 29, 1926, to Albert Lee and Lottie Vell Stewart. In 1944, she graduated from Roaring Springs High School, playing basketball on the women’s team.
In 1948 she married Dr. Wayne J. Greer, DDS of Lockney, Texas. After Wayne died in May 1961, she remained in Lockney to raise her three children, Joe, Debra, and Tim. There she worked at the Farmer’s Co-op as a bookkeeper until 1970. The family attended the First United Methodist Church in Lockney.
In May 1970, she married Herschel Blankenship of Plainview, Texas. They spent the next 28 years living happily together on Herschel’s farm south of Plainview. Upon Herschel’s retirement from farming, the couple moved to town where they enjoyed socializing with family and friends and attending church at the First Methodist Church. They were also members of the Plainview Country Club.
After Herschel died in 2009, Dorris moved to Houston, Texas, to be close to her daughter Debra Atchison. Most recently, she was a resident of Legacy at Falcon Point in Katy, Texas, where she once again made warm friendships with those who lived and worked around her.
Dorris was an avid bridge player and competed in regional tournaments. She also enjoyed oil painting and gardening. Perhaps most of all, she enjoyed hosting gatherings of her extended family during the holidays.
Dorris Blankenship is survived by daughter Debra Atchison of Houston, Texas, son Tim Greer of Santa Fe, New Mexico, step-son Gary Blankenship of Dallas, Texas, and step-son Royce Blankenship of Plainview, Texas. Her oldest son, Joe Neil Greer, died in June 1994.
