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Michael David Nettles
Mar 9, 2019
Michael David Nettles, age 64 of Ridgeland, SC passed away at Memorial Medical University, Savannah, GA on March 9, 2019.
Mr. Nettles was born in Ridgeland, SC on January 27, 1955 to the late James Warren Nettles and Ruby Mae Price Nettles.
Mr. Nettles was a member of the Ridgeland Advent Christian Church. He enjoyed...
Ira N Marcus
Mar 9, 2019
IRA N MARCUS passed away peacefully at home in Sun City Hilton Head, SC on March 9, 2019 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was born May 14, 1943, in Jackson Heights, New York. He attended Newtown High School and NYU (Bronx Campus). Ira served in the US Army as a 2nd Lieutenant from 1967 to 1969...
Mathew Joseph Vedra
Mar 8, 2019
Mathew Joseph Vedra, 85, of Bluffton, SC, husband of Carolyn Schmidt Vedra, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019 at Ridgeland Nursing Center in Ridgeland, SC.
Mr. Vedra was born May 26, 1933 in Rossford, OH to the late Mathew J. Vedra and Elizabeth Makovic Vedra. He served his community as a police chief in Rossford. He attended...
Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Nelson
Mar 8, 2019
Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Nelson, born May 5, 1935 in Cleveland, GA, the youngest of six children, to Thomas Claude and Mary Pauline Thompson, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019.
Mary joins her loving parents, five siblings, daughter, Sharon Nelson, son, David Nelson, (grand) son James Nelson, and granddaughter, Deidra Roberts in the Lord’s Kingdom.
She...
Thomas Charles Birdsall
Mar 8, 2019
Thomas Charles Birdsall, Age 83 – Went home to the Lord on March 8, 2019 surrounded by the love of his family. Tom was bigger than life and those who knew him, all loved him dearly. His successes were earned and his love and respect for others was genuine. His love of his Family, Friends, and Country will carry...
Lillie Maude (Crosby) Terry
Mar 8, 2019
Lillie Maude Crosby Terry, 90, passed away on March 8, 2019 at her home in Hardeeville, SC. Born in Grays, SC on April 11, 1928 to the late Miles Barney Crosby and Florence Shipes Crosby, she was married for 33 years to the late Manning Woodrow Terry. Upon her marriage, they moved to Hardeeville in 1946 and she lived ...
Paul Vincent Shoemaker
Mar 7, 2019
Paul Vincent Shoemaker, age 68 of Ridgeland passed away at Beaufort Memorial Hospital on March 7, 2019.
Paul was born in Ridgeland, SC to the late George A. Shoemaker and Cecile Cronk Shoemaker.
Paul was a graduate of Ridgeland High School. He was a 21 year veteran of the United States Air Force.
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Clifton Pinkney Smith
Mar 7, 2019
Clifton Pinkney Smith, age 78 of Ridgeland passed away at his home on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Pinkney was born in Ridgeland, SC on December 25, 1940 to the late Clifton L. Smith and Lottie Peeples Smith.
Pinkney was a General Motors certified automotive technician at Jasper Motors for many years until its closing. He...
Edward F. Ahneman, Jr.
Mar 6, 2019
Edward F. Ahneman Jr., 93 of Bluffton, SC 7/10/25 – 3/6/19
Edward (Ed) F. Ahneman, Jr., 93, of Bluffton, SC, passed away on March 6, 2019, in Hilton Head, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He passed comfortably with family members at his side.
Ed was a Disabled Veteran, having been a pilot in the Army...
Jerry Thomas Wilson
Mar 6, 2019
Jerry Thomas Wilson, age 73, of Hardeeville, SC and formerly of Bluffton, SC died Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA.
Mr. Wilson was born on December 12, 1945 in Sikeston, MO, the son of the late Edward and Amy Wilson. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the...
John Edward Knight
Mar 4, 2019
John Knight passed away peacefully on March 4th, 2019 surrounded by his family. Born in Concord, MA to Harold & Alberta (Barker) Knight, he grew up in South Acton, MA. After graduating high school, John enlisted in the Air Force, stationed at Westover AFB in Chicopee, MA and Thailand during the Vietnam War. After his tour of duty, He...
Philip Meredith Tannenholz
Mar 4, 2019
Philip Meredith Tannenholz of Sun City Bluffton, SC passed away at the age of 76 at Savannah Memorial Hospital on March 4, 2019 with his family beside him.
Philip was born on January 29, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY. He was the loving husband, father, and the son of Robin and Louis Tannenholz, deceased. He is survived by...
Jean (Daring) Tindal
Mar 3, 2019
Jean Daring Tindal, 81, of Ridgeland, SC, wife of Allen Tindal, I, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Ridgeland Nursing Center.
Mrs. Tindal was born on September 9, 1937 in Ridgeland, SC to Clinton Daring and Jennie Woods Daring. She was a childcare specialist, helping raise and develop many children in the Jasper County area. She...
Connie Kay Timms
Mar 2, 2019
Connie Kay Timms passed away on 3/2/2019 at her home on Hilton Head Island.
Beloved and adored wife of Donald Robert Timms.
She was originally from Oshkosh Wisconsin and was preceded in death by her parents, John Kenneth Danner and Carmen June Widrick Danner, brothers Ted Danner, and Terry Danner. Survived by brothers John Danner,...
Robyn Maxine (Nicholson) Hancock
Feb 28, 2019
Robyn Maxine Hancock, age 59 of Ridgeland passed away on February 28, 2019 at her home.
Mrs. Hancock was born in Copper Hill, TN on July 28, 1959 to the late Robert M. Nicholson and Jewel Reid Nicholson.
Mrs. Hancock was a stay at home Mom who loved to care for her children and grandchildren. ...
David L Hiott Jr.
Feb 24, 2019
David L. Hiott Jr., age 66 of Hardeeville passed away at Memorial Medical University, Savannah, GA on February 24, 2019.
David was born in Savannah, GA on June 25, 1952 to David Hiott Sr. and Shirley Malphrus Hiott who both preceded him in death as well as his sister, Paula Cramer.
David enjoyed fox hunting...
Robert Phillipe Normandin
Feb 22, 2019
Robert Phillippe Normandin, age 75 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Friday February 22, 2019 at Hilton Head Hospital in Hilton Head, SC after a sudden illness.
Bob was born in lMassachusetts on March 13, 1943 to his parents, Phillippe Elphage Normandin and mother Blanch H. Deforge Normandin Sancoucy who both preceded him in death. He was...
Allan R. Stern
Feb 22, 2019
Allan Roy Stern passed away on Friday, February 22, 2019. Allan was born in Brooklyn, New York to parents Gerald and Mazie Stern on December 15, 1934. Allan grew up on Long Island flipping burgers at the beach and playing baseball endlessly. He attended Southside High School in Rockville Centre. Following that, he worked twelve years in hi-tech industry....
Oris John Giroir
Feb 19, 2019
Oris John Giroir, better known to all as OJ, passed away on February 19, 2019.
A beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, OJ led a rich and colorful life.
Born November 19, 1930 in in the small town of Grey, Louisiana on Bayou Black, OJ’s life spanned an incredible gamut, from hewing logs to...
James L. Valrance
Feb 19, 2019
James L Valrance, age 69, of Bluffton, SC and Burt Lake, MI and formerly of Lake Wylie, SC, died Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Candler Hospital in Savannah, GA.
Mr. Valrance was born on February 28, 1949 in Detroit, MI, the son of the late James R and Jean L Valrance. He was a graduate of Purdue...
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