BLANTON, ALVA MERLE - 86, OF HOUSTON, WAS A RETIRED COORDINATOR OF SCHOOL FOOD SERVICES FOR THE MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS, DIED AT THE SANCTUARY HOSPICE HOUSE IN TUPELO ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2010.vISITATION IS SCHEDULED FOR 2-3 P.M. FRIDAY DECEMBER 10TH AT HOUSTON FUNERAL HOME.FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR 3 P.M. FRIDAY DECEMBER 10TH , AT HOUSTON FUNERAL HOME, OFFICIATED BY REV. DANIEL HEERINGA. BURIAL WILL BE AT HOUSTON CEMETERY. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO HOUSTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , 201 WEST MADISON STREET, HOUSTON , MS 38851 OR SANCTUARY HOSPICE HOUSE, P.O. BOX 2177, TUPELO, MS 38803. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER, MRS BARBARA CARNES OF WILLIAMSBURG, KY; HER SISTERS-IN-LAW, MRS ETHELEEN BLANTON AND MRS. OMEGA BLANTON OF HOUSTON; AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS