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BLANCHE HASKINS

Blanche Arabia Brigman Haskins, 100, of Texarkana, Ark., died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at her home.

Mrs. Haskins was born April 21, 1908, in Atlanta, Texas. She was a retired teacher.

Survivors include three grandsons, James Sheppard, Carlos Shepphard and Willie Joe Sheppard of Atlanta; five nieces, Ella Murray Jackson of Atlanta, Eunice M. Smith of Seuthfield, Calif., Cordelia A. English of Sunnyvale, Calif., Eva P. Spivy of Detroit, Mich., and Yvonne B. Gilkey of Mandeville, Ark.; one nephew, Kenneth R. Harper of Muskegon, Mich.; and one foster daughter, Linda Shepphard Morgan of Atlanta.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Enon First Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie R. Collin officiating. Burial will be in Pine Crest Cemetery under direction of Jones Funeral Home.

Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the church.