Levi Watson Blakeney

1919 - 1995  (76 years)

• Name	Levi Watson Blakeney
  Born	9 May 1919	Champaign, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Oct 1995	Tarrant, Texas
  Buried	Laurel Land Memorial Park, Tarrant, Texas
  Person ID	I14875	Yatesville History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	Gideon R. Blakeney,   b. 31 Mar 1875, Illinois ,   d. 1 Nov 1925, Richland, Illinois  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Ella Pearlea Tarpley,   b. 9 Dec 1878, Lawrence, Illinois ,   d. 21 May 1962, Richland, Illinois  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt 1900
  Family ID	F5945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernice Floye Smith,   b. 11 Sep 1919, Arkansas ,   d. 5 Jun 2000, Harris, Texas  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Nov 1965	Texas
  Last Modified	28 May 2022
  Family ID	F5946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  SGT US Army WWII - Purple Heart Obituary: Lake Worth - Levi W Blakney, 76 a retired heavy equipment operator for Brown and Blakney Construction Co., died Tuesday at home. Funeral: 10 a.m. Friday at Biggers Funeral Home. Burial: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitations: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Blakney was born Sept. 5, 1919, in Richland County, Ill. He had lived at Lake Worth since 1968. He retired from the construction company in 1981. He was a World War II Air Force veteran and was past commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 708. Survivors: Wife, Bernice Blakney of Lake Worth; three sons, Tom Blakney of Olney, Earl Blakney of Fort Worth and Michael Blakney of Houston; three daughters, Ella May Scherer of Azle, Roberta Paul of Brazil, Ind., and Pat Denny of Lake Wells, Fla.; stepdaughter, Jene Ontiveros of Houston; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Biggers Funeral Home 7139 Jacksboro Highway, 237-3341 Note: Levi was born May 9, 1919 not Sept 5, 1919, he was born in Champaign County not Richland County, Ill. Awarded the Purple Heart for outstanding performance of duty and meritorious acts of extraordinary fidelity and essential service during the attack on Hickam Field by Japanese forces (air-craft) on 7 December 1941. These enlisted men, with disregard for their personal safety, dispersed the gasoline servicing units at the Aqua System. With coolness and determination they moved gasoline and oil trucks to safety, driving through areas being subjected to machine gun fire from low flying enemy planes. Their action prevented destruction of valuable government equipment. The heroism displayed by these enlisted men reflected great credit upon themselves and the military service.