Charles Edwin Leech, 83 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 in the Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.He was born in Muncie, Indiana on September 13, 1927. He was the son of the late Paul and Florence Ingram Leech.He retired as a Dayton, Ohio Police Officer after 32 years of service. He was a US Air Force veteran of Korea and a Military Police Staff Sergeant. He was a Mason and Shriner.He is survived by his wife, Vivienne N. Leech of Bluffton; three sons, Lonnie McNew of Union, Ohio, Ronald R. McNew of Atlanta, GA and Tim (Sally) McNew of Centerville, OH; and one sister, Joyce Weisman of Dayton, OH.