Blanchard followed his father’s footsteps as a college football star, signing with the University of North Carolina out of high school. He then transferred to West Point in 1944, and teamed with Glenn Davis to create one of college football’s finest backfield duos. Blanchard was nicknamed “Mr. Inside” for his bruising runs between the tackles. He was a three time All-American at West Point and became the first SC native to win the Heisman Trophy in 1945.

After his football career, Blanchard became a pilot in the US Air Force, winning a medal for bravery during the Vietnam War. He passed away on April 19, 2009 at the age of 84, and remains the only SC native to win the Heisman Trophy.

Many thanks to Maxi Farnsworth of Greenville for submitting this information and picture she took in January 2011. To learn more about Doc Blanchard, be sure to check out Maxi’s website.

The school is located at 600 North Main Street in Bishopville.

SCIWAY thanks Melissa Roberts for submitting this picture in December 2010.

Its historical marker reads: “This church was established in 1809. Its first building, a frame church, was built 1.5 mi. N on Broad Branch. The congregation moved to this site in 1829 and built a second church, also a frame building, in the 1830s. Mt. Zion’s longest serving minister, Rev. William M. Reid, was the pastor here from 1833 to 1872. The cemetery here dates from 1830, and the session house was built in 1851. A third frame church, built in 1855, burned in 1910. The present Neo-Classical Revival brick church, designed by the firm of Wilson & Sompayrac, was built in 1911.”

Mt Zion has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 2003.

Many thanks to Michael Stroud of Bluffton for providing this picture and historical information.

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