THE FORT KNOX NATIVE WAS BORN MAY 12,1963. HE WAS A FLIGHT COMMUNICATOR FOR LIFE-FLIGHT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOR MORE THAN 18 YEARS. BLAND WAS NAMED EMT OF THE YEAR IN 2006 BY THE TENNESSEE AMBULANCE SERVICE ASSOCIATION AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE AIR MEDICAL COMMUNITY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS A NAACS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER. HE WAS AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE LOCAL EMS COMMUNITY.
HE BEGAN HIS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CAREER MORE THAN 21 YEARS AGO IN THE ARMY. HE LATER WORKED IN THE ROBERTSON, CHEATHAM AND SUMNER COUNTY EMS SYSTEMS BEFORE JOINING LIFE-FLIGHT IN 1991.
HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE ROBERT WILLIAM BLAND AND FRANCES JUANITA MARTIN BLAND. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, WILLIAM EDWARD BLAND.
A FULL EMS FUNERAL IS AT 1 P.M. SATURDAY AT J.C. KIRBY AND SON FUNERAL HOME, BROADWAY AVENUE CHAPEL, WITH BURIAL IN GREEN RIVER UNION CEMETERY. VISITATION IS FROM 2 P.M. TO 9 P.M. FRIDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY TAKE THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASHLEY BLAND, C/O BB&T, AT ANY BB&T LOCATION.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE AT WWW.JCKIRBYANDSON.COM.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, ASHLEY BLAND OF RUSSELLVILLE, A SISTER, JUANITA TANNER OF BOWLING GREEN; THREE BROTHERS, CLAYTON HOWARD AND HIS WIFE, DEBRA, OF BRANDENBURG, ROBERT "R.T" BLAND AND HIS WIFE, MICHELLE, OF ENTERPRISE, ALA. AND RICHARD BLAND AND HIS WIFE, SHARON, OF BOWLING GREEN; AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT-NIECES AND GREAT- NEPHEWS.
THE FORT KNOX NATIVE WAS BORN MAY 12,1963. HE WAS A FLIGHT COMMUNICATOR FOR LIFE-FLIGHT AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOR MORE THAN 18 YEARS. BLAND WAS NAMED EMT OF THE YEAR IN 2006 BY THE TENNESSEE AMBULANCE SERVICE ASSOCIATION AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE AIR MEDICAL COMMUNITY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS A NAACS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER. HE WAS AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE LOCAL EMS COMMUNITY.
HE BEGAN HIS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CAREER MORE THAN 21 YEARS AGO IN THE ARMY. HE LATER WORKED IN THE ROBERTSON, CHEATHAM AND SUMNER COUNTY EMS SYSTEMS BEFORE JOINING LIFE-FLIGHT IN 1991.
HE WAS A SON OF THE LATE ROBERT WILLIAM BLAND AND FRANCES JUANITA MARTIN BLAND. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER, WILLIAM EDWARD BLAND.
A FULL EMS FUNERAL IS AT 1 P.M. SATURDAY AT J.C. KIRBY AND SON FUNERAL HOME, BROADWAY AVENUE CHAPEL, WITH BURIAL IN GREEN RIVER UNION CEMETERY. VISITATION IS FROM 2 P.M. TO 9 P.M. FRIDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY TAKE THE FORM OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASHLEY BLAND, C/O BB&T, AT ANY BB&T LOCATION.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE AT WWW.JCKIRBYANDSON.COM.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, ASHLEY BLAND OF RUSSELLVILLE, A SISTER, JUANITA TANNER OF BOWLING GREEN; THREE BROTHERS, CLAYTON HOWARD AND HIS WIFE, DEBRA, OF BRANDENBURG, ROBERT "R.T" BLAND AND HIS WIFE, MICHELLE, OF ENTERPRISE, ALA. AND RICHARD BLAND AND HIS WIFE, SHARON, OF BOWLING GREEN; AND SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT-NIECES AND GREAT- NEPHEWS.
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