Sylvia Coleman Blitch

Entered into eternal rest on the evening of March 9, 2011, Sylvia Coleman Blitch, widow of Charles Harry Blitch, Jr. Residence, Orangeburg, SC, formerly of Charleston, SC.  The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, DOWNTOWN CHAPEL Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Stuhr's Downtown Chapel, Saturday between 5:00 and 7:00 pm. 

Mrs. Blitch was born December 20, 1947 in Charleston, SC, the daughter of Hugh H. Coleman and Evelyn Thomas Coleman.  She was a graduate of Newberry College and attended The Citadel.  She had been employed by Carmike Cinema.  She formerly taught school with the Charleston County School District and Aiken County School District. Sylvia was a member of the Order of the Easter Star, Amaranth, Daughters of the Nile, and a nationally recognized poet.

She is survived by one daughter: Rachel Blitch Glanton of Johns Island, SC; one son: Charles H. "Trey" Blitch, III of North Charleston, SC; one sister: Barbara Andrews of Mobile, AL; one brother: Hugh H. Coleman, Jr. of North Charleston, SC; eight grandchildren: Crissie, Carrie, Cassie, Kody, Kaleb Glanton and Courtney and Charlie Blitch; one great grandchild: Zayden Raincy.

Memorials may be made to Filmore Mabry Cancer Center, 1161 Cook Road, Orangeburg, SC 29118.