OBITUARIES
Sherry Lynn Mitchell Jackson
Jun 1, 2017
Sherry Jackson passed away suddenly while on vacation in Bonaire on June 1, 2017 at the age of 65. She was born Sherry Mitchell on November 18th, 1951 in Woodriver, IL. She grew up in Peabody, MA with her sister Aleta and later attended Bridgewater State University where she met her husband, Larry. Together they raised a family and...
Mary Carolyn Coone Hilderbran
May 31, 2017
Mary Carolyn Coone Hilderbran, 82 of Ridgeland, SC and widow of Timmy Paul Hilderbran passed away on May 31, 2017 as the result of an automobile accident. Mrs. Hilderbran was born in Iredell County, North Carolina on May 13, 1935, the daughter of Jay Will Coone and Eunice Elizabeth Hudspeth Coone. Mrs. Hilderbran was a homemaker; a member of...
Bradford Graham Fontes
May 30, 2017
Bradford Graham Fontes was born on August 7, 1980. Graham was raised in San Antonio, TX, where he graduated from Alamo Heights High School in 1998. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Mississippi. Graham was the Executive Chef at the Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort. Graham and his wife, Margaret Bess Jones,...
Albert Anthony Saltalamachea
May 30, 2017
Albert Anthony Saltalamachea, age 67, of Bluffton, S.C. died May 30, 2017. Mr. Saltalamachea was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 15, 1950, the son of Cuban immigrants Enrique Jose Saltalamachea and Argelia Eufemia Saltalamachea. He lived a hard and well-fought sixty-seven years; he overcame an impoverished upbringing, enlisted with the United States Navy to serve his country...
Dr. Stephen A. Miller
May 27, 2017
Dr. Stephen A. Miller, 81 of Bluffton and husband of Judith Robbins Miller, passed away on May 27, 2017 at the Hilton Head Hospital. Dr. Miller was born in Boston, MA on May 14, 1936 to the late Carl Miller and Symma Pansky Miller. Dr. Miller was a 1958 graduate of Harvard; 1962 graduate of Harvard Dental School and...
Harold V. “Hal” Ashcom
May 26, 2017
Harold V. “Hal” Ashcom, age 84, of Bluffton, SC died Friday, May 26, 2017 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Ashcom was born on January 4, 1933 in Duquesne, PA, the son of the late Charles Lewis Ashcom and Mary Slater Ashcom. Hal worked as a metallurgist with Westinghouse. He is survived by his life partner, Janet M. Martin;...
Connie Terrell
May 26, 2017
Connie Terrell, age 70, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Colorado died Friday, May 26, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Terrell was born on September 10, 1946 in Denver, CO, the daughter of the late Allen Edgar Robinson and Alice Bernice Robinson. She was a graduate of the University of Colorado and retired after 33 years of service with...
Nancy Woods
May 25, 2017
Nancy Woods, 61, of Hardeeville, SC passed away Thursday, May 25, 2017 at her home.
Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton will be assisting the family with arrangements.
Mary J. Davis Sweat
May 24, 2017
Mary J. Davis Sweat, 80, of Ridgeland, SC, widow of Charles M. Sweat, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at her home.
Mrs. Sweat was born April 6, 1937 in Atlanta GA. She was a chef at the Ramada Inn and an employee for Beaufort County for 20 years. She attended Maye River Baptist Church and was...
Steven Scott Dupree
May 23, 2017
Steve Dupree, 46, originally of Raleigh, NC, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2017, after a truly courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Mary McClaskey Dupree of Beaufort; his parents, Joe and Gloria Dupree of Myrtle Beach; two stepchildren, Briana McClaskey of Beaufort and Jaime Torres (Yesenia) of Long Beach, CA; and cousins, Jenny Scratcher...
Harriet Jackson Brinson Lawson
May 21, 2017
Harriet Jackson Brinson Lawson, 87 of Ridgeland, SC, widow of Johnny Clark Lawson, passed away on May 21, 2017 at the Ridgeland Nursing Center, Ridgeland, SC.
Mrs. Lawson was born in Sylvania, GA on July 7, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Barney Lamar Brinson and Rachel LuTisha Sharpe Brinson. She was a Bookkeeper for...
Charlie Carlyle O’Quinn
May 21, 2017
Charlie Carlyle O’Quinn, 61 of Ridgeland, SC, passed away on May 21, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.
Mr. O’Quinn was born in Ridgeland, SC on July 23, 1955. He was born to the late Charlie A. O’Quinn and Ruth Dean. He was a painting contractor for home and commercial construction. He was a member...
James Raymond Roseland
May 20, 2017
James Raymond Roseland, age 74, of Bluffton passed away at his home on May 20, 2017.
Mr. Roseland was born in West Allis, Wisconsin on March 5, 1943. He was the son of the late Clarence Edmund Roseland and Vilia Emilia Starfeldt.
Mr. Roseland was an Electrical Engineer/ Project Manager for Emerson Electric Company. He...
Bjorg “Bj” Laxman
May 16, 2017
Bjorg “BJ” Laxman, age 75, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of New York State died Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at home. Mrs. Laxman was born on April 19, 1942 in Kristiansand, Norway, the daughter of the late Inger and Peder Rynningen. She is survived by her loving husband of 30 years, Dr. Art Laxman; daughters, Ingrid Judy Peterson (Rodney),...
Jerry "Papa" Sulak
May 16, 2017
On Tuesday May 16, 2017 Jerry "Papa" Sulak passed away peacefully after a yearlong battle with Ulcerated Colitis. Jerry was born in Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Leonard and Wanda Sulak. In 1959 he met and married his lifetime love, Carol Maloney. Jerry joined the military in 1954 and spent twelve years in the Navy. He would spend months at a...
Carol Tyler
May 16, 2017
Carol Parsons Tyler, born in Boston, MA seventy one years ago, died peacefully May 16, 2017 after a long illness. Her parents were Charles and Mary (Greeley) Parsons. She was preceded in death by her parents and beloved brother Charles (Chip). Carol believes in God and was looking forward to joining her family and others who preceded her in...
Noah Patrick Fedele
May 15, 2017
Noah Patrick Fedele, age 17, of Bluffton, SC died Monday, May 15, 2017. Noah was born on July 12, 1999 in Hilton Head Island, SC. He was a senior at Bluffton High School and was an outgoing teenager who loved hanging out with his friends, playing video games, and just simply being the life of the party. He also...
Samuel Martin Bougus
May 15, 2017
Samuel Martin Bougus, 19 of Bluffton passed away on May 15, 2017 as the result of an automobile accident. Sam was born on January 17, 1998 on Hilton Head Island, SC to H. Martin Bougus and Sandra Sgroi Bougus. Sam was a 2016 graduate of Bluffton High School. He was employed by Hilton Head Boathouse; avid fisherman, passionate about...
Dr. William B. Humphrey
May 14, 2017
Dr. William B. Humphrey, age 78, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Liverpool, NY and Big Moose Lake, NY died Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Dr. Humphrey was born on November 23, 1938 in Oklahoma City, OK, the son of the late Kathryn and Clifford Humphrey. He was a graduate of the University...
Thelma M. (Snodgrass) Davis
May 14, 2017
Thelma M. (Snodgrass) Davis, 92, passed away at Bloom of Bluffton on Sunday, May 14, 2017. She is now at rest after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Thelma was the widow of Harold Davis, with whom she shared 50 years of marriage. She has three living children, David Davis and his wife Cindy of Marietta, OH, Deborah Hall...
