This week the citizens of North Carolina lost a fine young man and a humble individual that died doing a job he loved. David Shawn Blanton, Jr.,
24, or just Shawn to those who went to school with him or #5 that
played high school football with him at Smoky Mountain High in Sylva,
N.C. Seeing Shawn those of us that went to school with him just
seemed to know he was going to go into public service in high school,
he comes from a family that believes in helping their neighbors.
So this week has hit home for a lot of young people in western North
Carolina that knew this individual.
So remember his family and friends this weekend as we bid farewell to a true North Carolina Hero!
