B. Jeanie (Williams) Bloodsworth

BARBARA JEAN ‘JEANIE’ BLOODSWORTH, 86, OF HERMISTON, DIED NOVEMBER 29, 2022 AT GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL.  JEANIE WAS BORN JANUARY 30, 1936 IN RAINIER, OREGON TO JESS AND MABEL WILLIAMS. HER EARLY YEARS WERE IN RAINIER UNTIL THE FAMILY MOVED IN 1946 TO COONEY LANE, HERMISTON OREGON. SHE ATTENDED UMATILLA SCHOOLS  AND GRADUATED UMATILLA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954. JEANIE MARRIED CHARLES A. (BILL) BLOODSWORTH AUGUST 17, 1958 IN HERMISTON, OREGON.  THEY HAD ONE SON WILLIAM CHARLES (BILLY) BLOODSWORTH BORN JULY 11, 1960 IN HERMISTON, OREGON. JEANIE WAS WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.  SHE BEGAN WORKING AT HERMISTON MAIN STREET BUSINESSES, CITY FINANCE, MONTGOMERY WARDS AND McCABES RESTAURANT. SHE LATER BEGAN WORKING AT GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL IN 1967 AS A BILLING CLERK IN THE FACILITY LOCATED ON ORCHARD AVENUE. SHE ENDED HER CAREER WITH THE HOSPITAL, WORKING IN PROVIDER SERVICES FOR CASCADE EAST HEALTH PLANS, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE HOSPITAL.  SHE RETIRED AFTER 36 YEARS 9 MONTHS TO THE DAY (HER WORDS!) WITH GOOD SHEPHERD. SHE LATER WORKED FOR DR. JOSEPH GIFFORD AT GIFFORD MEDICAL FROM JANUARY 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2012.
JEANIE LOVED CROCHETING, MAKING MANY,  MANY SWEATERS, HER FLEECE JACKETS AND COATS THAT SHE MADE.  SHE LOVED HER MARGARITA GIRLS AND ENJOYED THE COWBOY CHANNEL DAY IN AND DAY OUT. JEANIE BOWLED FOR MANY YEARS FOR THE TEAM BEING SPONSORED BY TUM-A-LUM LUMBER AND THEN DENNIS CULP MACHINE SHOP.  SHE PARTICIPATED IN ABOUT 25 NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. WHEN SHE WOULD GET A STRIKE IT WAS “POWDER RIVER”.  JEANIE’S NAME IS ON THE BOARD AT HERMISTON LANES FOR HER HIGH GAME OF 287.
SHE WAS AN AVID COLLECTOR OF ALL THINGS JOHN DEERE AND TRAIL BLAZERS. SHE ATTENDED MANY OF THEIR BASKETBALL WITH HER LONG TIME FRIEND MARGE WALCHLI. SHE ENJOYED GOING TO THE PENDLETON ROUND UP EVERY DAY AND TO THE FARM CITY  RODEO. JEANIE WORKED THE TICKET BOOT AT THE FARM CITY RODEO FOR MANY YEARS, HELPED AT MARIO’S BASQUE BARBECUE AND HAD HER FAVORITE SLOTS AT WILDHORSE.
JEANIE  IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS: BETTY KLINE, REDMOND, OR AND JOYCE FOLLIS, PENDLETON, OR; BROTHER: RON WILLIAMS, UMATILLA, OR AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.  
JEANIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER SON: BILLY BLOODSWORTH; HUSBAND: BILL BLOODSWORTH, BROTHER: DARREL WILLIAMS AND SISTER: ROSALIE TREMBATH. 

A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Burns Mortuary Chapel, Hermiston, Oregon.

A private family burial will be at the Hermiston Cemetery, Hermiston, Oregon.

Contributions in Jeanie's memory may be made to the Umatilla Alumni Association.

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