Elizabeth Wilson Blanton

Elizabeth Wilson Blanton Elizabeth ""Libby"" Wilson Blanton died on Monday, December 26. She was 78. She was born in Gastonia N.C. in 1933. Libby graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1955. She was married to Charles D. Blanton Jr. and had three children. She briefly taught high school English, and after her children were older, she was a Field Executive for Pioneer Girl Scout Council (Gastonia, N.C.). She lived in Kings Mountain, N.C. until 1971 when she moved to Ormond Beach, Fla. to work for Citrus Council of Girl Scouts. A promotion at Citrus Council caused her to move the family to Winter Park, Fla. in 1974. She became the Executive Director of Northeast Georgia Girl Scout Council (Athens, Ga.) in 1977. In 1980, she was appointed Executive Director of Gulfcoast Girl Scout Council (Sarasota, Fla.), where she lived and worked until her retirement in 1997. In 1998, she moved to Lakeland, Fla. Over the years, Libby was an active volunteer in her church and served as president of the Women""s Presbytery of North Carolina for two years in the 1960s. She also was active with the Girl Scouts as a volunteer before her employment with the organization and with various causes in the communities where she lived. She was a devoted supporter of Agnes Scott College and kept in contact with many of her friends from her college days and from the communities where she lived. Libby was predeceased by her parents, Vera S. Wilson and James C. Wilson, and her sister-in-law, Sibyl Wilson. She is survived by her brothers James C. Wilson Jr. (Marty) and William F. Wilson (Shirley); daughters Donna E. Blanton (John Van Gieson) and Becky Abel (Tom), and by her son Whit Blanton (Cathy); grandchildren Lee Ziffer (Thalia), Johnny Van Gieson, Katherine Abel, Meredith Abel (Barry Engh), Colleen Abel, Melanie Blanton, and Amelia Blanton; great-granddaughter Zora Whitney Engh; nieces and nephews; and Fergie the Yorkie. A memorial service will be held Sunday, January 22, 2012 at The Bluffs of Christina Community Room, 380 Sweetbriar Lane, Lakeland, Fla., 33813 Condolences may be sent to the family via Heath Funeral Chapel (www.heathfuneralchapel.com). Service: Check back Check back Check back Visitation: Check back