Donna Kaye Blanton Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Big Stone Gap, VA Donna Kaye Blanton, 50, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday December 5th, 2017. She was a graduate of Powell Valley High School class of 1985, where she loved cheerleading for the Vikings. She was previously a nurse at Heritage Hall and Ridgecrest Manor Nursing Home and loved her job helping those who could not help themselves. She was a kind and selfless woman who strived to make others happy. She enjoyed fishing with her spouse, drawing and singing. She was preceded in death by her father, Claude Blanton; step-father, Fred Falin; maternal grandparents, Dora and Curtis Holbrook; step-grandmother Bessie Falin; and friend and father to her daughter, Michael B. Galloway. Surviving are her companion, Tracy Flanary; daughter, Stephanie Galloway Jenkins and husband David Jenkins; son, Jessie Calvin Swiney IV and fiancé Jocelyn Thacker; mother, Evelyn Holbrook Belcher; sister, Rhonda Womble and husband Billy Womble; sister, Patricia Suiter; brother, Doug Falin, and 3 special grandchildren- Gracie Swiney, Jacelynn Willow Swiney, and Aidan Swiney; and many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap, VA. Funeral Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Roy Smith officiating. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Kelly Cemetery (400 Dogwood Drive) in Big Stone Gap. Family and friends will meet at the funeral home by 10:30 a.m. Friday to go in procession to cemetery. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. To view the obituary online and offer condolences, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is serving Ms. Blanton’s family.

Donna Kaye Blanton

April 7, 1967 - December 5, 2017