Ernest Preston Blanton
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Ernest Preston Blanton, 93, passed away January 13, 2022 at his residence.
The South Carolina native retired from the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant having served in Vietnam and the Korean Conflict. He was employed as an Insurance Adjuster with Motors Insurance and retired from GMAC. He was 71 year Master Mason of the Walhalla Masonic Lodge that merged with the Mariner Lodge #2.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Wooten Blanton and Katie Burney Blanton; siblings, McDaniel Blanton, Barley Blanton, Herbert Blanton, Fenton Blanton, Jimmy Blanton, and Addie Blanton Gore; grandson, Ethan Brooks; son, Hugh Gaddy, III; son-in-law, Marion Mason.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Doris J. Blanton; sisters, Grace Dutton of Rocky Mount, NC, Lucille Pritchard of Hanahan, SC, and Cecile Giltrap of Myrtle Beach, SC; daughters, Katie West (Gary) of Altamonte Springs, FL, Linda Mason and Tina Brooks of Hanahan, SC; daughter, Cheryl Pratt (George) of Rincon; grandchildren, Tamara West Dempster (Rob), Michael West, Scott Mason, Shannon Mason, Jarrett Mason, Megan Brooks Hinson (Kevin), Allie Brooks, Timothy Pratt, and Michelle Pratt; great-grandchildren, Preston and J.J. Mason, Tyler and Karter Hinson; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 12 noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the funeral home chapel followed by funeral services at 1 p.m.
Interment will follow in Effingham Memorial Gardens.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. 912-754-6421