DE QUEEN, Ark.—Frances Rogers Blakney, 86, of De Queen died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, in a Texarkana hospital.

Mrs. Blakney was born Aug. 24, 1922, in De Queen. She was owner of Rogers Country Antiques, past member of Society of Creative Writers and a member of De Queen Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Claude A. Rogers and James Warner Blakney.

Survivors include two sons, Roy A. Rogers Sr. of Horatio, Ark., and Ken Rogers of De Queen; two daughters, Linda Cox of Wichita, Kan., and Bonnie Ellis of Conway, Ark.; seven stepchildren, Jimmie Lou, Ga...

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