Mr. Russell "Russ" Shane Blankenship, age 51 of Cedartown, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2022.  He was born on September 8, 1970 in Polk County.  He was the son of Roy Van and Jeanette Cauthen Blankenship.

Russ was a people person and he loved to make them smile.  Music was his everything.  He loved to sing, play guitar and was teaching himself to play the piano.  His new goal was mending fences and starting a new course in life.  His new phrase was "Don't worry about me and God, we're ok."

Mr. Blankenship is survived by his parents; brother, Jeffrey Van Blankenship; and his lifelong Special Friends and other relatives.

Funeral arrangements for Mr. Russell Shane Blankenship will be held on Thursday, July 7, 2022 at two o'clock in the afternoon in the chapel of the Gammage Funeral Home with Rev. Barry Snapp officiating.  Interment will follow in the Polk Memory Gardens Cemetery.

The family of Mr. Blankenship will receive family and friends on Thursday, July 7, 2022 from one o'clock in the afternoon until the funeral hour at Gammage Funeral Home.

The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Donald Adams, Mark Crawford, Jimmy Parris, Timmy Pope, Mike Sharpe, and Todd Williams.  Honorary pallbearers will be Mark Garner and Carson Tanner.

The family has respectfully requested that flowers are to be omitted and donations can be made to Wimberly Hill Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1346, Cedartown, GA 30125.

Messages of condolence can be made to the family by visiting our website and signing the online guestbook at gammagefh.com.

The Olin L. Gammage and Sons Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Mr. Russell Shane Blankenship.