Rheba Ann Blanks, age 79, passed away on October 1, 2017 in Irving, TX. She was born on December 13, 1937 in Mabank, TX to Clarence and Chesley Mixon. Rheba was raised in Mabank, TX and attended Mabank High School. She married Troy Lee Blanks in 1990. She was a loving wife and mother. In her spare time, Rheba enjoyed reading, dancing, cooking, gardening and spending time with family and friends. Her family and friends will always remember her as a loving, caring, selfless person and the matriarch of the family. She is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Chesley Mixon and her daughter, Deborah Droke. She is survived by her husband, Troy Blanks, daughters; Cynthia Kuhn and Tracey Barnes, son, Michael Hunt, grandchildren, Stacie, Vickie, David, Chera, Joe, Gerald, Stephen, Wesley, Spencer, and Odessa. She is also survived by a number of great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
