Larry Douglas Bliss

Jackson, SC—Funeral services for Mr. Larry D. Bliss of Fourth Street, 79, of Jackson, SC, who died January 20, 2007 will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock from the Bethel United Methodist Church. Rev. Jerry Davis officiating. Interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rome, New York. Mr. Bliss was a native of Troupsburg, New York, a former resident of Columbia, SC having made Jackson his home for the past 28 years. He was a US Army Veteran of World War II and Korea. Mr. Bliss was a retired Construction Superintendent having overseen construction of Silver Bluff High School, the Hollingsworth Rehabilitation Center and the Columbiana Mall. He was a Mason, Past Master of the McClellan Lodge #649 F&AM, Troupsburg, NY and a member of Bethel United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School. Mr. Bliss was a Gideon and served in prison ministry. He was the grandfather of the late David Cunningham. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Gorski Bliss; three sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas and Sally Bliss, Randolph, New York, Dale and Patricia Bliss, Grover, Missouri, and Larry Dean and Manuela Bliss, Canisteo, NY; four daughters and sons-in-law, Joann and David Detwiler, Appling, GA, Carol and Glenn Streeter, Martinez, GA, Irene Osborn, Canisteo, NY and Mary Jane and Bruce Wallmann, Rochester, NY; two step-daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Rodney Fike, Fort Payne, AL and Cynthia and Kenneth Holberger, Grafton, MA; four sisters, Betty Wheaton, Jackson, SC, Audrey Stepanian (Michael), North Chili, NY, Judy Ridgway (Joseph), Syracuse, NY, Bonnie Cady (Dennis), Montour Falls, NY, six brothers, Earl Bliss (Virginia), Clearfield, PA, Roy Bliss (Eileen), Arling Carl Bliss (Jeannine), William Bliss (Dolores), all of Troupsburg, NY, Melvin D. Bliss, Wellsboro, PA, and Alan Bliss (Kathleen), Warsaw, NY; a brother -in-law, Theodore L. Gorski (Frances), Rome, NY; a sister-in-law, Joan Steve (Joseph), Oneida, NY; 13 grandchildren; 5 step-grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 step-great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Regency Hospice, 105D Summerwood Way, Aiken, SC 29803 or to Bethel United Methodist Church, 416 Second Street, Jackson, SC 29831. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday evening from 6 to 8. Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803-278-1181). Visit the online registry at www.poseyfuneralhome.com.

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Larry Douglas Bliss

January 20, 1928 - January 20, 2007