Mrs. Peggy Blankenship Spell Obituary (1941

Mrs. Peggy Jean Blankenship Spell, 83, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2024, with her canine companion, Lily, by her side. Peggy was born on March 6, 1941, in Moorhead, to the late Murry Hunter and Mary Evelyn Blankenship. She graduated from West Point High School and the Methodist School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a Registered Nurse, having worked at Ivy Memorial Hospital in West Point for several years. She also worked for Dr. Edmond Miller. She was an avid gardener, always enjoying working in her yard. She married Robert Ward Spell, Sr., GYSGT, USMC, on September 15, 1962 and he predeceased her on March 14, 2018. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Murry Blankenship of Okolona and a sister, Dorothy Ann Blankenship Long of Pearl. She is survived by two children: a son, Robert Ward Spell, Jr., of Memphis, Tennessee and a daughter, Teresa Spell Judge (Paul), of Alexandria, Virginia, one granddaughter, Sawyer Landin Judge of Okinawa, Japan, and nephews and nieces, Murry Blankenship, Leigh Pettit, John Blankenship, and Lindsay Brogdon. Peggy leaves behind a number of cousins and friends, including Rebecca Landin, Mary Carole Mortenson, Cricket Campbell, Rachel Nance, Amy Taggart, Andrea Gillard, Kay Permenter, Kay Coggins, Joann Tedford, Martha Rowe, Glenda Prather, and Martine Meza Rodriquez. There will be a private Memorial Service at a later date. No local services will be held. She will be buried alongside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be assisting the family with arrangements. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Way, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com.