James Ronald McCarron, 74 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at his home. He was born in Ellwood City, PA on January 12, 1936. He was the son of the late Donald and Dorothea McGinley McCarron. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and served as the Press Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. He was also formerly a writer with the Pittsburgh Press and an Investigator for the Carnegie Hero Fund. He was an avid tennis player who enjoyed sailing on his sailboat