Nov 16, 2001 William M. Blount MULLINS -- Funeral services for Reverend Doctor William M. Blount will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001 at St. Paul Baptist Church, Mullins, with burial in Devotion Gardens, Marion. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, 304 Church St., Mullins. Reverend Doctor Blount, 88, was born April 10, 1913 in Mullins. He was the oldest son of five children born to the late William Blount, Sr. and Rachel (Norton) Blount. He died at Marion County Medical Center after a three-month illness on Saturday, Nov. 10. He was married to the late Edna (Thompson) Blount, and they were blessed with two children, Willie Mae (Blount) Aldrich and James M. Blount. He received his Doctor of Education degree from Brownell University in 1982, Master of Education degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1962 and Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in 1949 from Morris College. Dr. Blount was Moderator for Saint John Baptist Association from 1963 to 1995. He also was a member of the Executive Board for the Pee Dee Baptist Association from 1985 to 1991. He was the pastor of St. Beulah Baptist Church, Florence, from 1962 to 1997, and Little Mount Zion Baptist Church, Lake View, from 1963 to 1997. He also was pastor of New Zion Baptist Church, Sardis, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Fork, Emancipation Baptist Church, St. Matthews, and Morning Star Baptist Church, Patrick. He retired from Mullins Elementary School on June 3, 1983 after 32 years of service. He taught at Terrell's Bay Elementary School, Centenary, and was Teaching Principal at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, Rains, and Gresham Elementary School. He leaves to mourn him his devoted daughter, Willie Mae Aldrich (Theodore Aldrich); his son, James M. Blount (Gladys G. (Sivels) Blount); grandchildren, Cynthia Aldrich, Sharon Aldrich Knox (Sylvester Knox), Richard Aldrich (Gwendolyn Aldrich) William Aldrich (Florence Lespinesse Aldrich), James M. Blount II (Carolina Blount), Gladys S. Blount and Janet D. Blount; and great-grandchildren, Gregory James Holden, Francesca Aldrich and Everett Aldrich. He also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Larry Smith-Cooper Funeral Home of Mullins.