Anna Iola Blankenship Wagner, 85

She was born Feb. 28, 1922 in Warren County, the daughter of Roy and Sallie McDowell Blankenship.

Mrs. Wagner retired from the Nettie Lee Dress Shop, where she worked for many years. She was a longtime member of Highland View Church of Christ and she enjoyed working in her flower garden.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard L. Wagner in 1996.

She is survived by son, Donald Wagner and wife Sherry of Harriman; daughter, Barbara Young of Knoxville; brother, Roy Blankenship of Coalfield; sister, Margaret Seals and husband Irvin of McMinnville; three grandchildren, Victor Sparks and wife Sharon, Jerry Sparks and wife Robin, all of Powell and Ashley Wagner, a rising Junior at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City; four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services are Thursday at 7 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge with Curtis McClane officiating. Graveside services at Oak Ridge Memorial Park will be private. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary.