SCPO Thomas Decatur Blanton, USN Ret., age 84, of Blairsville and a former lifelong resident of Sarasota, FL, passed away peacefully on Monday August 19, 2019 at the Northeast Georgia Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Tom was born on July 16, 1935, in Richmond, VA., the son of the late Millard Woodrow Blanton and the late Helen Faye Hawk Blanton. Tom was a veteran of the US Navy having given thirty years of service for his country. He was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Marie Blanton (in 2001) and his brother, Jerry Blanton. Tom was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 1:00 pm at Antioch Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery with the North Georgia Honor Guard conducting Military Honors and Taps being presented by Eli Reeves.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville, Ga.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 1:00 pm at Antioch Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery with the North Georgia Honor Guard conducting Military Honors and Taps being presented by Eli Reeves.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville, Ga.
SCPO Thomas Decatur Blanton, USN Ret., age 84, of Blairsville and a former lifelong resident of Sarasota, FL, passed away peacefully on Monday August 19, 2019 at the Northeast Georgia Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Tom was born on July 16, 1935, in Richmond, VA., the son of the late Millard Woodrow Blanton and the late Helen Faye Hawk Blanton. Tom was a veteran of the US Navy having given thirty years of service for his country. He was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Marie Blanton (in 2001) and his brother, Jerry Blanton. Tom was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 1:00 pm at Antioch Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery with the North Georgia Honor Guard conducting Military Honors and Taps being presented by Eli Reeves.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville, Ga.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 1:00 pm at Antioch Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery with the North Georgia Honor Guard conducting Military Honors and Taps being presented by Eli Reeves.
Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville, Ga.
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