Entered into eternal rest on the morning of Friday, April 6, 2012, Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Harry Blitch, Sr., USN (Ret.), husband of Lottie Mae Blitch of Folly Beach, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Blitch, Sr. are invited to attend the funeral services of the former Monday, April 9, 2012 in J.HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL (3360 Glenn McConnell Parkway) at 4:00 p.m. Interment to follow in Live Oak Memorial Gardens with military honors. The family will receive friends Sunday at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m.

Born December 9, 1917 in Savannah, Georgia, Charles was the son of the late George Winfield Blitch and the late Lillie Carolyn Doubley. Charles did a six year enlistment in the United States Army and transferred to the United States Navy where he would complete his career retiring as a Senior Master Chief. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Following retirement, he was a U.S. Postal Rural Letter Carrier for many years and spent the rest of the time in the river.

Survivors include his wife, Lottie Mae Blitch of Folly Beach, SC; a daughter-in-law Charlene Blitch of Round-O, SC; four grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Charles H. Blitch, Jr. and Gary Allen Blitch.

Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, 4899 Belfort Road Ste. 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.