Mrs. Mary Anne DeLee Blankenship, 85, of LaFayette, Alabama passed away peacefully at home in LaFayette on Monday November 18, 2024.

She was preceded in death by her father, J.C. Kelley, and her mother, Eunice Mae Abernathy, and step-father, Samuel "Jack" Abernathy

She is survived by children: Clint (Anita) Royster, Robbie (Cheryl) Royster, Debbie Sides, Anne Callahan, Amber Plunkett, Brent Sheppard, and Miles Sheppard, 8 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and 7 great-great grandchildren

She drove a school bus for 16 years for the Chambers County Board of Education. She loved to fish and sew.

Graveside services will be held Wednesday November 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. CST at Five Points Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the cemetery.

Jeff Jones Funeral Home, LaFayette, Al.