Emory Roxdale "Rocky" Blanton, age 46, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at South Georgia Medical Center.

Funeral services were held October 23, 2011 at Beggs Funeral Home Madison Chapel.

Interment was Monday, October 24, 2011 at Jacksonville National Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida.

Rocky was born in Coral Gables, Florida on March 11, 1965, and graduated from Hamilton County High School in 1983. He joined the Marines Corps and served 10 years from 1983-1993. He was a Florida State Trooper from January 1987 to December 2009, and was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Live Oak. He married Amanda Brantley in 1986.

He is survived by his wife, Amanda Blanton; two sons, Justin Emory Blanton and Joshua Elliot Blanton, both of Jennings; one daughter, Jessica Lauren Blanton of Jennings; one brother, Heath Lamar Blanton, Jennings; one sister, Michelle Blair-Vaughn of White Springs; one granddaughter, Hayleigh Rae Capps. Rocky was preceded in death by his parents, Freddie Lamar and Hilda Ann Blanton.

Memorial contributions may be made to Emory Roxdale Blanton Memorial Fund, C/O First Federal Savings and Loan, 507 Hatley Street West, Jasper, Florida 32052.

Beggs Funeral Home, Madison, Florida was in charge of arrangements.



This obituary was posted on this website in memory and out of love for a wonderful young man "gone too soon".

Rocky, you are loved and you will be missed by your friends. Lives were touched and saved by your service to your country and your community. Your friends at Reid Funeral Home say "Thank You".