Esther Eunice K. Catron Blankenship age 88 of Rural Retreat, VA went to be with the Lord January 14 ^th 2020. Funeral Service will be held 7:00 P.M. Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Lindsey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert "Tim" Farmer officiating. Entombment will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Rosewood Memorial Gardens. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter L. Catron, her parents George Walden and Ruby Bayse Kincer, three brothers Clyde, Cecil and Glen R. Kincer, two sisters Alma Hall and Ovella Hall.

She is survived by one son & daughter-in-law Jerry L. & Mia Z. Catron of Murfeesboro, TN, two daughters and sons-in-law, Melissa C. and Terry L. Beidleman of Max Meadows, Teresa Anne and Robert "Tim" Farmer of Rural Retreat, VA, three sisters Nancy Lee King , Emma Doris Wall of Wytheville, Cledith "Flo" Akers of Shawsville, sister-in-law Cecil "Curly" Kincer of Wytheville, 5 grandchildren, Rev. Cory Catron, Robert Micah Catron and wife Kristal, Breanna Hope Hise and husband Cody, Matthew Timothy Farmer, Krysta Shea King and husband Zach, great-grandson, Everett Hise, step-grandson TJ Beidleman. The family will receive friends at Lindsey Funeral Home from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. prior to the service or at the home at anytime. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Dementia Society of America, PO Box 600, Doylestown, PA 18901 or the Rural Retreat Vol Emergency Service. Lindsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.