Don Blanchard

Don Blanchard, age 85 of Gatesville, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015 in Gatesville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Kurt Fuessel officiating. Burial will follow at Restland Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Don was born on August 24, 1930 in the Turnover Creek community of Coryell County, now part of Ft. Hood. He was the son of the late Newland Jack and Clara Knight Blanchard. He went to school in the Turnover Creek and Ewing communities. He married Alice Ann Fairchild on June 28, 1949. They resided in west Texas and Lake Jackson before moving back home to Gatesville in 1979. Don was a carpenter and worked in home and commercial construction, retiring from CSS Construction in 2001. He owned and operated Don’s Plants & Things in Lake Jackson and later in Gatesville and currently Don’s Woodcrafts on Main Street in Gatesville. He was a member of Mountain Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Bill Jack Blanchard, Eugene Blanchard, Wayne Blanchard, and Doyle Blanchard. Don is survived by his wife of 66 years, Alice Ann Blanchard; three daughters, Vickie Collins and husband, David of Lake Jackson, Beverly Schoen of Gatesville, Stacy Whittenburg and husband, Ricky of Gatesville; two sons, Randy Blanchard and wife, Debbie, Chris Blanchard of Gatesville; 10 grandchildren, Amanda Clarke, Heath Collins, Branda Stewart, Kristen Crawford, Erin Brown, Whitney Magee, Chase Floyd Blanchard, Chelsea Malden, Mallorie Garrett, and Destany Blanchard; and 16 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Mountain Baptist Church, 6319 E. Hwy 84, Gatesville, TX 76528.