Rebecca "Becky" Shumpert

Rebecca “Becky” Shumpert, age 86, of Hilton Head Island, SC died Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

Mrs. Shumpert was born on July 23, 1939 in South Connellsville, PA, the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Beatrice Bryner Lee. She was a graduate of McKeesport High School in Pennsylvania. Becky was a talented sketch artist and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister to her family.

Mrs. Shumpert was preceded in death by her loving husband of 9 years, Joe T. Shumpert, a U.S. Army Specialist who was killed in action in the Vietnam War and their son, Joe T. Shumpert, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Shumpert Chiaverini (Frank); son, Gary L. Shumpert; sister, Norma “Peaches” Murrah; and grandsons, Jonathan (Elizabeth), Jason (Danielle), and Joseph Chiaverini, and Thomas L. Shumpert; great-grandchildren, Luca and Aria Chiaverini; one sister-in-law, and three brothers-in-law of the Shumpert family.

The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at Dunn’s Chapel, 281 Chapel Road, West Columbia, SC 29172, with burial to follow at 2:00 pm at Dunn’s Chapel Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) or Memory Matters.

Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton is assisting the family. www.saulsfh.com