OBITUARIES
Willis "Bill" P Burbank
Jun 9, 2020
Willis “Bill” P. Burbank Jr., 78, of Bluffton, SC formerly of Boxford and Lynnfield, MA died peacefully at home Tuesday, June 9, 2020 after a lengthy illness.
Bill was born June 4, 1942 in Lynn, MA to the late Willis P. Burbank and Virginia Hammond Burbank.
Bill is survived by his loving wife, Wendy Burbank;...
William H. Sherwood Jr.
Jun 7, 2020
Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. -Romans 14:8
William H. Sherwood Jr. (Bill) born November 13, 1935, passed away peacefully on June 7th in his home.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Ann, daughter, Debra (Dick) Hughes, Donna (Paul) Daley, son, Patrick (Lisa) Sherwood, daughter, Mary Ann (Joe) Hines; nineteen grandchildren;...
Michael Anthony Trumphour
Jun 7, 2020
Michael Anthony Trumphour born November 10, 1971 passed away at the age of 48 on June 7, 2020 following a short illness.
Michael was a graduate of Wooster High School (Wooster, OH) and attended Ohio State University. He relocated to Bluffton, SC in 2012 where he was a furniture designer and artist at Vintage Market. Additionally Michael...
Carolyn Ann Beattie
Jun 7, 2020
Carolyn Ann Beattie ( AKA Carolyn Michels AKA Carolyn A. Walston) of 3 Oxen Lane, Bluffton, SC passed away on Sunday June 7, 2020 at St Joseph Candler Hospital Savannah of pneumonia.
Born in Salt Lake City, UT on Christmas day, 1944 to Margaret Michels-Mettler and John Michels those who knew this amazing long term resident of...
Patty Jo Atkins
Jun 6, 2020
Patty Jo Atkins, 61, alongside her longtime companion, James Archie LaRoche entered into her eternal peace, Saturday, June 6, 2020. Patty was the Daughter of the late, Frank Laurie Atkins & Betty Ann Woods Atkins who moved their family from Beaufort to Hilton Head Island in 1962.
She is survived by her daughter Rosa Lee Garrett (Mike)...
James Temple Knotts, Iii
Jun 5, 2020
James Temple Knotts, III, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Friday June 5, 2020. He was 80 years old. After battling metastatic liver cancer, James (Jim) died peacefully at home with his beloved family by his side.
Jim was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, who lived a remarkably full life. He was born on August 1,...
Christina "Christie" Marie Monaco Whitaker
Jun 4, 2020
Christina “Christie” Marie Monaco Whitaker was born November 7, 1971 in Dunkirk, New York to Joseph A. Monaco Jr. and Kathy Knopp Hogsett.
Christie attended Westfield Academy and Central School, graduating from Battery Creek High School after the family relocated to South Carolina. She is survived by her husband, Timothy Whitaker; son, Harmon Whitaker; Step-daughters, Christy Whitaker...
Martin "Marty" R. Silbert
Jun 3, 2020
Martin “Marty” R. Silbert, 89 of Bluffton, SC passed away peacefully on June 3, 2020 following a long illness. He was born on May 7, 1931 in Boston, MA to parents Harold and Viola Silbert. A graduate of Boston English High School he graduated from Boston University in 1958. Following graduation he joined his father in his CPA firm,...
Marian Ruth Thomson Huck
Jun 3, 2020
Marian Ruth Thomson Huck passed away on June. 3, 2020 after a long battle with Non- Hodgkins Lymphoma with her family by her side.
Mother, daughter, friend and wife. Born in Chicago, IL where she lived in Oak Park and Glen Ellen as a child. She graduated from Glenbard HS in 1955 and attended National College of...
Elaine M. Bianco
Jun 2, 2020
Elaine M. Bianco, 70 of Bluffton, South Carolina died peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on June 2nd, 2020. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania to James and Laura (Nicolodi) Carroll. She is preceded in death by her husband Frank Bianco and brother James Carroll, Jr. Surviving family members are, sister Sylvia Bauer wife of Richard Bauer, brother, Thomas...
Curt Douglas Steel
May 31, 2020
Curt Douglas Steel, 67, known to his beloved grandkids as “Pappa”, passed away in Bluffton, SC on May 31, 2020 after battling a rare form of young-onset dementia called Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA).
Curt was born on December 29, 1952 in Abington, PA, son of the late Joan Marriott and John Steel. He attended Abington High School,...
Bernice Alston Logan
May 31, 2020
Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning – Psalm 30:5
Bernice Alston Logan was born on October 12, 1952 in Ridgeland, SC to the late Nathaniel Alston, Sr. and Juanita Williams Alston.
She obtained her formal education in the public school of Jasper County South Carolina. Later in life she...
Kenneth Gilbert George
May 30, 2020
Kenneth “Ken” Gilbert George was born November 26, 1933 in Houston Texas, the only child of the late Willie Eva Gilbert George and Chester Cleveland George. He passed away at Coastal Carolina hospital on May 30, 2020 with his two loving sons by his side. He lived a full 86 year life and is survived by his wife Martha T....
Sandra Lingham Reiter
May 30, 2020
Sandra Lingham Reiter was part of the generation that grew up at a time when many fathers were away defending the United States during World War II. For much of her early childhood, her own father, Theodore Tower Lingham, served in the US Navy in the South Pacific. While he was often away during those early years, Sandy inherited...
William Ray Harrelson
May 30, 2020
William Ray Harrelson, age 68 of Hardeeville, SC, passed away on May 30, 2020 at NHC Health Care – Bluffton.
Mr. Harrelson was born in Sumter, SC on May 12, 1952 to the late Thomas Timmons and Oleta Cox Timmons.
Mr. Harrelson was a home builder with Dale Parrish and Harvey Carson Builders. He was...
Carolyn Farley Ransier
May 25, 2020
Carolyn Farley Ransier, 84, passed away peacefully May 25, 2020 at NHC HealthCare Bluffton.
Carolyn was born in Warsaw, New York in 1935 to the late Howard and Viola (Anderson) Farley. She spent her childhood years on the family farm in upstate New York, earning her high school diploma at Barker High School in Barker, followed by...
John Francis Egan
May 25, 2020
John Francis Egan, of Bluffton, South Carolina, died peacefully at home surrounded by his wife and children on Memorial Day, May 25th, 2020. John was born on August 18, 1941 in New Rochelle, New York to James and Emily (Hogan) Egan. He grew up in a wonderful community of friends and family on St. Joseph’s Street in New Rochelle,...
Mark Redden Tuten
May 25, 2020
Mark Redden Tuten, 56, of Martin, SC passed away Monday, May 25, 2020 at his home.
Mark was born June 16, 1964 in Hampton, SC to Redden Tuten and the late Betty Peeples Tuten. He was a Baptist, loved his family, and was employed by Tuten’s IGA in Estill, SC for many years. He greatly enjoyed fishing...
Jobbie Williamson, Iii
May 18, 2020
Jobbie Williamson, III passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Ridgeland, SC. He was born on September 29, 1979 in Savannah, GA to Jobbie Williamson, Jr. and Deborah Ann Doyle (Williamson). He married his wife Isabel Castro on June 23, 2006. Throughout his life, he worked in construction, and became a jack of all trades. He loved fishing,...
Karen Kemp
May 18, 2020
Karen Kemp, 70, originally from Brooklyn, New York, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 in Bluffton, South Carolina. She died at home with her beloved husband of 51 years, Steve Kemp.
She enjoyed a successful career for 37 years with Johnson & Johnson until she retired in 2005. Karen achieved the level of executive assistant to...
