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Blanche Harrison Mathis, 93, of Ocala, Fla., passed away Sept. 21, 2024 at TimberRidge Center for Rehabilitation & Healing in Ocala.

Blanche was born in Yadkinville, NC, to Willis Click Harrison and Beulah Brown Mabe on Sept. 1, 1931. She married Paul Barney, lived in Advance, NC and had 3 children. In 1972, she moved to Florida and remarried.

Blanche is preceded in death by: her brothers, Wilbert and Sanford Harrison; a sister, Evelyn Kiger; a son, Paul Barney Jr.; and her last husband, Maxie Mathis, whom she will be buried beside at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens in Ocala.

She is survived by: a daughter, Brenda (Tony) Barney Seaford; a son, Randy (Barbara) Barney; grandsons, Jeff (Tara) Allen, Chris (Jessica) Barney, great-grandsons, Dean Allen, Conner and Alex Barney, all of North Carolina; a special friend, Roger Watson of Ocala, and Kathey Dolin, a dear friend who visited often. We would also like to thank TimberRidge Center for Rehabilitation & Healing and Hospice of Marion County for caring for Blanche the last couple of years.

A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 at the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens, 5050 SW 20th St, Ocala, FL.