Nancy Blankenship Owen

Nancy Blankenship Owen, 79, of Lexington, passed away April 30, 2022, at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington.

A celebration of her life will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Forest Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Calvin Keller officiating. The family will receive friends following the graveside at Meadowview Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.

Mrs. Owen was born December 18, 1942, in Catawba County, to John Woodrow Blankenship and Virgie Evans Blankenship. Nancy was a member of the Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Winston Salem, was retired teacher from Davidson County Community College. Her greatest accomplishment was teaching, and her book that she wrote “In the Back Woods of No Where”. Her passion was her faith, family and especially her 13 grandchildren and 6 great- grandchildren. Nancy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, who will be missed by all. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brothers, Bobby Blankenship and Johnny Blankenship, her sister, Doris Mode.

Left to cherish her memories are her loving husband of 61 years, Glenn Owen of the home, her daughters, Belinda Phillips and husband Dan of Oak Island; Jamie Chisholm, Laine Snyder both of Lexington; and Glenna Wright and husband Don of Winston Salem; also surviving are her brother-in-law, Bill Mode, and sister-in-law, Linda Blankenship both of Lexington.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292, Life Center of Davidson County, 601 W. Center St., Lexington, NC 27292 or to the Donor’s Choice.