OKOLONA, Miss. (AP) - Murry Blankenship, the longtime owner, editor and publisher of The Okolona Messenger newspaper in north Mississippi, has died. He was 72.
Blankenship died Saturday at his home after a brief illness.
Holland Funeral Directors says services for Blankenship were Monday at Okolona First Baptist Church.
Before buying the weekly newspaper in Okolona, Blankenship worked as a manager of Woolworth stores in Albany, Georgia, and in Atlanta. He also worked as an area supervisor for Bill’s Dollar Stores.
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