The State (Columbia): Sunday, July 22, 2001 Clyde Blanton NICHOLS (--) Services for Clyde Blanton, 80, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with burial in Blanton Family Cemetery. Mears Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Blanton, husband of Muriel Blanton, died July 20, 2001. Born in Horry Co., he was the son of the late Roy Newton and Belle Hickman Blanton. He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Surviving are wife; sons, Sherrell Blanton, Ray Blanton; daughters, Carolyn Johnston, Linda Dials; seven grand Children; six grand children. He was predeceased by a daughter, Marilyn B. Black.