William Moore Blitch attended school in Bryan County and then in Savannah, Georgia, and learned telegraphy. He spent six years in railroad business at Albany and Brunswick, Georgia.
He joined the Methodist Church and was granted a license to preach on Oct 9, 1892 at Albany, Georgia. He entered the South Georgia Conference in Columbus the following December. For thirty-nine years he did regular pastoral work, as well as much clerical work for the Conference, and was elected Treasurer of the Conference for Benevolences in Dec. 1930. On March 1, 1931, he suffered a partial stroke and retired at the end of the year. Since November 1931, he has lived in Cairo, Georgia.
William Moore Blitch became a member of the Sons of The American Revolution (national number 55753 and Georgia 206) based on being a descendant of Thomas Blitch, who died in the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania on 11 September 1777.
Obituary for William Moore Blitch: "The Rev. W. M. Blitch, 78, retired Methodist minister, died Sunday at a hospital in Macon after a short illness. He had been a member of the South Georgia Conference for the past 40 years.
A native of Bryan County, Mr. Blitch had been conference treasurer until a year ago. He had retired in 1931.
He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Alice Groober, two sons, Dr. L. W. Blitch, a membor of Emory University's chemical department, with whom he and Mrs. Blitch made their home at 30 Haywood Drive, and Pierce G. Blitch, Valdosta; a sister, Mrs. J. L. Graham, Tallahassee, Florida; and a stepson, W. R. Grovenstein, Palatka, Florida.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Cairo, the Rev. W. E. McTeir and the Rev. M. B. Webb officiating. Burial was in the city (Cairo) cemetery."