POTEAU - Eddie Belle Blan, 90, of Poteau died Monday, July 3, 2000, in Poteau. She was a homemaker and the widow of Kenneth Clyde Blan. She and her husband helped establish the full Gospel Tabernacle of McCurtain, where they pastored for several years.
She is survived two daughters, Nora Belle Stanley and Naomi Ruth Hendrix, both of Poteau; five sons, Kenneth "K.D." Blan of Claremore, Okla., Joe Robert Blan of Savannah, Okla., Billy Gene Blan of Owasso, Okla., and James Harvey Blan and Michael Ray Blan, both of Tulsa.; 14 grandchildren, Kenny, Ricky, Jerry, Sue, Amy, Donald, Gayla and Mark Blan, Robert Stanley, Autumn Stanley-Lew, Pam Robbins and Lance, Ryan and Samantha Hendrix.