Benjamin Rhodes Parker

Benjamin (Benny) Rhodes Parker, 64, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2012 at his home.He was born in Walterboro, SC on December 2, 1947. He was the son of the late George Robert and Dorothy Elizabeth Rhodes Parker Sr..He was born and raised in Hampton, SC where he helped run Parker Brothers Department Store with his brother Bobby. At 35, he moved to the Lowcountry and he and his wife Teresa ran Benny's Shoe Express on Hilton Head Island. Later he went on to become an Insurance Agent at Farm Bureau Insurance Company. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing. He was a US Navy Veteran.He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Teresa Pharr Parker of Bluffton; two sons, William H. Breazeale of Orlando, FL and Chadwick Rhodes Parker of Bluffton; three daughters, Catherine Parker (Shelton) Culpepper of Summerville, SC, Michelle Matthews (Matthew) Bradford of Bluffton and Ashley Parker (Michael) Bender of Mt Pleasant, SC; one brother, George Robert (Bobby) Parker (Anne Marie) of St. Augustine, FL and grandchildren, Darien Breazeale, Sarah Culpepper, Parker Madeline Bradford and Ryland Bender.Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the Church of The Cross, 110 Calhoun St., Bluffton with burial in the Lowcountry Memorial Gardens, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton. The family will receive friends from 5 til 7, Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton.Benjamin Rhodes Parker-Writing this hurts, but if he was listed in Wikipedia (which he would never look up) it would read a very kind man, funny man, generous man, a stand up guy. One you aspire to be. To live life to its fullest would never say enough about this guy. On ones lowest day he could make you feel like you won the lottery. Thank you dad for all of our laughs, and teaching me the Ropes and most of all the Golden Rule in Life and that every one wakes up the same and puts their clothes on the same way. With writing this I have a very heavy heart. I will love you and miss you forever. Love Shell