Wilanna Bristow

September 09, 1934
December 30, 2011

Wilanna Bristow has gone home. A native Texan, Wilanna was the only daughter of Maurine O'Banion Blanton and Albert Olan Blanton, both of whom preceded her in death. Born in Port Arthur, Texas on September 9, 1934, Wilanna and her family moved to Lockhart, Texas, where she spent the remainder of her childhood. When she was four years old, her mother sat her down at the family sewing machine. She took to it as if she'd always known how to sew. Rummaging through her grandmother's collection of laces, ribbons and fabrics, she fashioned doll clothes that were one-of-a-kind. (read more).