Glennis Marie

Blum

Glennis Kathrine Marie Blum was born on June 17th, 1932 to Kit and Eula (Ingram) Coats in Iowa Park, Wichita County Texas. She was the seventh of eight children.

Glennis married Haroldene Uriah Blum on November 20th, 1947. Together with their two daughters, they relocated to Odessa Texas in the early 1960's. they remained in Odessa until Haroldene's passing in 1984. Nanny (as she is affectionally known by her family and many others who knew and loved her) returned to Iowa Park in 1987.

Her home is known as the family home and within those walls many memories have been made. She sewed all of her children's clothes and when the grandbabies started coming Nanny sewed their clothes too. She also enjoyed embroidery and crocheting. Often birthday and/or Christmas gifts were homemade by her with love. Nanny's favorite thing to do in life was to hold, rock, and sing to babies. Whenever possible she would partake in this activity. You didn't even have to be little to crawl up in Nanny's lap and get sung a lullaby and rocked, many a 20+ have sat in her chair on her lap for one quick rock. Those rocking's were the best and somehow fixed all that was wrong in the world.

Glennis is preceded in death by her husband, Haroldene, both of her parents, all seven of her siblings, daughter Gloria Borders, grandson Jackie Slate, granddaughter Janet Roberts, great-granddaughter Brooke Wilson, great-granddaughter Stephanie Flanary, two sons-in-law Jack Slate and Ralph Hines.

Left behind to try and navigate this world without her are: daughter Glenda Thrash of the home, granddaughter Karla Wilson (Michael) of Iowa Park Texas, granddaughter Denea Hines of Granbury Texas, granddaughter Tammy Willeby of Seymour Texas, grandson Ralph Hines of Lubbock Texas, granddaughter Roseanna Borders of Electra, granddaughter Denise Garcia (Tony) of Brownwood Texas and son-in-law David Borders of Electra. 14 great-grandchildren, 26 great-great-grandchildren and multiple nieces, nephews and extended family.

She lived as she died; on her own terms. Nanny loved well and she is well loved.

Memorial Services will be in the Chapel at Highland Cemetery in Iowa Park, Texas. September 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Hospice of Wichita Falls.