Floyd Blankenship

American rockabilly guitarist, born in Lafayette, TN on April 9, 1929, Passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2011. In the 1950's Floyd and brother Dennis started a Blue Grass Band, "The Blankenship Brothers". They also had their own Record Label "Skyline". In 1959 the song "Mary" was in the top 10 nationally. In 1967 Floyd accepted the Lord as his Savior. Floyd was founder and pastor of the True Word Baptist Church for 40 years where he was also the founder of the Kings Servant Quartet. He worked at Stokley Van Camp for 38 years retiring in 1989. Brother of Dennis Blankenship and co-founder of family label Skyline Records (15).