Jackie “Jack” Blankenship passed away June 30 in Eugene. Jack was born May 16, 1943, in Fayetteville, Arkansas to Cleo H. Blankenship and Agnes Blankenship Burris (Hays). He called Oregon home for 65 years.
Jack grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas after living briefly in his early childhood years in Garibaldi, Oregon and Mokelumne Hill, California where his father sought work. He moved to Oregon and attended Springfield High School for his senior year where…
