CATHERINE VESSELS “CATHY” BLANFORD, 48, of Louisville, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2008.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Emma (Hayes) Vessels, her brothers, Billy Wells and Charlie Vessels, and sister, Annie Lang.
Survivors include her husband of 25 years, John Blanford; her children, Charles “Chuck” Vessels (Stacey Smith), John D. “Big Boy” Blanford, and Thomas R. “Bit” Blanford; granddaughters, Savannah, Taylor, Emma, Charleigh, and Sandy; brothers, Jimbo and Jerry Wells, and Joe Vessels, Jr.; sisters, Alice Henon, Madonna (Vessels) Wells, and Georgie Brown; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway with burial in St. Andrew Cemetery.