Joyce Blankenship who lived in the Scotts Acres neighborhood passed away after Texas’ Smokehouse Creek fire., Joyce body was found in Stinnett. Joyce is the first reported death from the wildfires that have destroyed over 1 million acres as of Wednesday night.
Joyce Blankenship was born October 18th, 1940 departed 02-27-2024 , widow to Jimmy Blankenship who passed 5 years ago to double pneumonia.
Since sparking on Monday, the Smokehouse Creek fire has grown to become Texas’ second-largest wildfire on record, consuming 850,000 acres.
The flames raging across the Texas Panhandle have caused evacuations, power outages, and the temporary closing of a nuclear weapons complex.
