Blanche Runion Brooks

Memoriam

Blanche Runion Brooks, 92, passed from this life at her home in Cleveland, TN on May 21, 2015. Mrs. Brooks was previously from Prattsville, NY. She was a member of the North Cleveland Church of God for 30 years and a member of the Unity Sunday School Class for 20 years.

She was preceded in death by parents, Manker C. and Lara Mae Allen; her brothers, Edward and Robert Allen; her sisters, Grace Brown and Lennie Rose; her first and second husbands, Langston Runion and J.P. Brooks; her three sons, Michael, Cleaston and Tommy Runion; grandsons, Jeff Grubb and Marty Runion; one great granddaughter, Rebekah Grace Runion Cooley.

She is survived by two sisters, June Swanson of Farner and Edna Hauck of Cleveland; daughters-in-law, Mary Ann Runion and Harriet Runion, all of Cleveland; seven grandchildren, Tammy Stafford, Beth Burrell, Jennifer Ensley, Aaron Runion, Tonya Visage, Kristi Runion Perry and Robin Runion, nineteen great-great grandchildren and fourteen great-great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her cat, Baby; a very special friend and neighbor, Nick Hall; many good friends, some of whom have gone on before her and are waiting, with her cat, Fannie, on her to enter the gates of Heaven.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, May 23, 2015 with the Reverend Robert Varner officiating in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Interment will follow at Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with a white dove ceremony concluding.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 23, 2015 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.