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Subject: [SCMARION-L] Allan Porter Blum obit
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:56:38 EDT

Allan Porter Blum age 49, of Buttercup Lane, died Sunday, September 23, 2001
at a Conway hospital.
Mr. Blum was born in Marion, SC a son of Morris Solomon and Elizabeth Porter
Blum. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Conway and graduated
from Marion High School in 1970. He graduated from the University of South
Carolina in 1974 and received a B.A. in Social and Behavioral Sciences and a
Masters in Public Administration in 1975. Mr. Blum was employed by Pee Dee
Regional Planning Council in Florence from 1975 to 1979 and was City
Administrator of Bishopville from 1979 to 1985. He was also City
Administrator of Conway from 1985 to 1993 and Assistant City Administrator of
Myrtle Beach from 1993 to present. Mr. Blum was a former member of the
Waccamaw Sertoma Club and was active in the United Way of Horry County. He
was also Co-Chair of the 1997 Dixie Youth World Series.
Surviving in addition to his parents of Marion are his wife, Kathy W. Blum of
Conway; one son, Justin Blum of Columbia & Conway; one daughter, Megan Blum
of Charleston & Conway; one brother, Ricky Blum and his wife Theresa of
Pleasant View, Nichols; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Diane and Bill Bean
of Spartanburg, Cindy and Robin Rogers of Marion.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday from the First Baptist
Church of Conway with the Rev. Steve Hadden officiating. Burial will follow
in Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, SC, directed by GOLDFINCH FUNERAL HOME, Conway
Chapel.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral
home.
Memorials may be sent to the United Way of Horry County, P.O. Box 673,
Conway, SC 29528 or to the Building Bridges Fund c/o First Baptist Church of
Conway, 603 Elm Street, Conway, SC 29526.
Peggy Price

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