"History of Pierce County GA", Vol. I, Compiled and published by Dean Broome, Blackshear, GA 1973:
The parents of S. E. Blitch were living in Effingham County, Georgia, when he was born the 9th of August, 1847. When he was about twelve years of age they changed their residence to Ware County. While his educational advantages in early life were limited, he had the privilege of faithful Sunday-school instructions, in addition to the Christian counsel of his parents.

He was called into military service as a private soldier in 1864, and suffered much from his severe duties, and especially from confinement in prison, the effects of which are still felt. The family were greatly impoverished by the results of the war, and left almost without any means of subsistence.

He was married, in April, 1867, to Miss Nannie A. Carter, of Brooks County, Georgia, who became the mother of four sons. He professed conversion in 1869, but not until 1874 was he baptized, by Rev. J. D. Evans, then missionary of the Mercer Association. He was licensed to preach in 1875, and his labors as a minister being required, he was ordained, at the request of the Pleasant Hill Church, Colquitt County, Georgia, by Elders T. A. White and J. B. Arrington. After serving this and other churches some three years, he was appointed by the Executive Committee of Mercer Association, as the missionary of that body. That position he holds at the date of this sketch. The Lord has put the crown of blessing on his work; destitute neighborhoods have been visited, and the Gospel preached to them, and feeble churches have been greatly strengthened in efficiency and numbers.

He is rather a modest, retiring man, but bold to express and firm to maintain his views, when he believes he is right. The field in which he has been called to serve the Master needs efficient Gospel laborers, and he is adapted to it; for like the builders of the walls of Jerusalem, in the days of Nehemiah, he has "a mind to work," and the Lord works with him, as He does with all the "called, and chosen, and faithful."

OBITUARY
The Christian Index
28 January 1926
We regret to learn of the death of Rev. S. E. Blitch on January 15th. The funeral services were conducted at Pearson church by Pastor R. O. Martin. Brother Blitch has been a faithful minister of the gospel and has organized many churches in South Georgia. He is survived by his widow; four sons, Boardman, Benjamin, Bunyan and Harry; and one daughter, Mrs. Leon A. Hargreaves. Our sincerest sympathy goes out to the bereaved family.