Contact Information: Post Office Box 1446 Sumter, SC 29151 Home Phone: 803-436-9998 Work Phone: 803-436-2107
Larry Blanding was born on August 29, in Sumter, S. C. He is the son of the late Rosa Lee (Williams) Blanding and Junius Blanding, Sr. He is a life-long resident of Sumter County, and Council District 6 which he represents. Mr. Blanding was elected to Sumter County Council during the November 2006 and was re-elected in 2010. Councilman Blanding is serving as Vice Chairman of Sumter County Council.
Contact Information: Post Office Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 Home Phone: 803-773-0815
Eugene (Gene) R. Baten was born on January 25, 1942 in Fairfax County, Virginia. He is the sixth and youngest child from the union of Robert A. Baten (Jenkinsville, South Carolina) and Mary E. Cook (Herndon, Virginia).
Contact Information: 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 Home Phone: 469-3638 Mobile Phone: 983-9318
Arthur W. Baker, member of Sumter County Council, was born on December 13, 1954, in Columbia, South Carolina at Fort Jackson Hospital. He is the son of Arthur W. Baker of Sumter and Edith Edens Baker of Dalzell, SC. He has two sons: Arthur W. Baker, III and Robert Alston Baker.
Contact Information: 760 Henderson Street Sumter, SC 29150 Home Phone: 803-775-0044 Mobile Phone: 803-236-5759
Charles T. Edens was born on October 27, 1952, in Dalzell, South Carolina. He is the third child from the union of Mr. H. C. Edens, Jr., and the late Ruth Edens.
Contact Information: 13 E Canal St Sumter, SC 29150 Phone: (803) 436-2107 Email:council@sumtercountysc.org
Mary Witherspoon Blanding, Clerk to Sumter County Council, is a native of Sumter, South Carolina. She was selected by County Council as the Council's second Clerk to Council in April of 1990.