OBITUARIES
Sandra Ann “Sandi” Matthews
Apr 27, 2017
Sandra Ann “Sandi” Matthews, age 69, of Sun City, SC and formerly of Arnold, MD, died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Bayview Manor in Beaufort, SC. Mrs. Matthews was born on July 12, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, the daughter of the late Eleanor and Frank Kulick. She was a graduate of Wilkes University, earning a degree in German. She...
Ashley Lauren Toho
Apr 26, 2017
Ashley Lauren Toho, 24, of Bluffton, SC passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at her home.
Ashley was born December 6, 1992 in Austell, GA to Kristen Toho. She was a homemaker, a Christian, and a devoted mother to her son. She enjoyed anything outdoors, country music, and her animals.
Ashley is survived by her...
Anthony J. “Tony” Pavilonis, Jr.
Apr 26, 2017
Anthony J. “Tony” Pavilonis, Jr., age 84, of Bluffton, SC died Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at his home. He was born on November 20, 1932 in New York City, NY, the son of the late Elizabeth and Anthony John Pavilonis. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Dorothy Pavilonis; daughters, Denise Pavilonis and Debra Pavilonis; son, Anthony...
Mark Edward Burtell
Apr 24, 2017
Mark Edward Burtell of Hilton Head Island passed away Monday, April 24 at his home. Mark was born August 29, 1958 in Pittsburgh, PA to Edward and Mary Lou Burtell. He was a 1977 graduate of North Allegheny High School in McCandless, Pennsylvania. Mark operated Burtell Painting for over 20 years until health problems made it difficult for him...
Anthony J. Ginexi
Apr 24, 2017
Anthony J. Ginexi, 70, of Bluffton died Monday, April 24th at Hilton Head Hospital. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 26th at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 27th at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 31 St. Gregory Dr., Bluffton.
John Claire Cook
Apr 24, 2017
John Claire Cook, 72, of Hilton Head, SC and Brighton, MI, passed away Monday April, 24, 2017 after a hard fought 14-year battle with prostate cancer. He was born to the late Cecil and Augusta Cook, March 25, 1945, in Detroit, MI. John graduated from Bloomfield Hills High School in 1963 and was a graduate of Michigan State University....
James Boswell Inniss
Apr 20, 2017
James Boswell Inniss (94) passed away on April 20, 2017. He was the second son of Vernon Boswell and Amy Inniss and was preceded in death by a brother Leonard Boswell Inniss of La Mesa, CA. Jim was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies on January 3, 1923. In 1945, at the age of 22, he...
James Lawrence Hurlburt
Apr 20, 2017
James Hurlburt, 59 of Bluffton passed away on April 20, 2017 at his home. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton.
John R. Barlow
Apr 20, 2017
John R. Barlow, 43 of Bluffton passed away on April 20, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC. John was born in Greenfield, MA on February 6, 1974 to John Barlow and Marianne White. John is survived by his wife, Krista Solley Barlow of Bluffton; his father and mother and one sister, Anne Marie Barlow of FL. He was...
William “Bill” Leroy Freeman
Apr 17, 2017
William “Bill” LeRoy Freeman, age 76, of Beaufort, SC and formerly of Hilton Head, SC died Monday, April 17, 2017. Mr. Freeman was born on October 7, 1940 in Portland, IN, the son of the late Iris and Orville Freeman. He was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, earning a degree in Interior Design. He was a member...
Carol D. Lewis
Apr 17, 2017
Carol D. Lewis, age 79, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of West Grove, PA died Monday, April 17, 2017 at MUSC in Charleston, SC. Mrs. Lewis was born on September 8, 1937 in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late Ruth and Franklin Dickey. She attended Temple University in Ambler, PA where she studied Landscape Architecture. She worked for...
Thomas William Barnes Jr.
Apr 17, 2017
Thomas W. Barnes, Jr of Bluffton, SC, age 93, passed away on April 17, 2017. Tom was born March 8, 1924 in Atlanta, GA to the late Thomas and Edith (Camp) Barnes. He graduated from Bessemer (AL) High School in 1942, and served in the Army Air Corps as a pilot in the Pacific theater in WWII. After the...
Elizabeth Laura O’Neil
Apr 17, 2017
Elizabeth Laura O’Neil, age 79, of Bluffton, SC died Monday, April 17, 2017 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mrs. O’Neil was born on December 21, 1937 in Passaic, NJ, the daughter of the late Evelyn and Thomas Dunnican. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roland (Mike) O'Neil, sister, Wilma Marro and brother, Thomas...
Nancy A. Fahrmeier
Apr 16, 2017
On Easter Sunday 2017, Nancy Allen Fahrmeier peacefully crossed into Eternal Life. She was in the presence of her husband and two children - the family she spent a lifetime loving and caring for. Born on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1941, Nancy was the daughter of the late Robert E. Allen and Cornelia J. Allen and loving sister to...
Russell B. Cooper
Apr 15, 2017
Russell B. Cooper, age 92, of Bluffton, SC died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mr. Cooper was born on February 7, 1925 in Sugar Grove, PA and was raised in Mars, PA, the son of the late Louie and Rollin James Cooper. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, and he attended...
Linda Ann Rourk
Apr 14, 2017
Linda Ann Rourk, 50, of Walterboro, SC, wife of Earl E. Rourk, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at her home.
Mrs. Rourk was born June 30, 1966 in St. Mary’s, GA to the late Norman Miller and Shirley Benton Miller. She was a homemaker and member of Indian Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with...
James Oscar Rowell
Apr 14, 2017
James Oscar Rowell, 65, of Varnville, SC passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at his home.
Mr. Rowell was born July 17, 1951 in Hampton, SC to the late Harold J. Rowell and Mary Lee Peeples Rowell. He was an auto and tractor mechanic for North End Tractor and Smith’s Auto Body. He enjoyed the outdoors and...
James Dwaine Smith
Apr 13, 2017
James Dwaine Smith, age 70, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Austin and Houston, TX died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at his home. Mr. Smith was born on July 12, 1946 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, the son of the late Fran Smith Peters and Ron Smith. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. Following his military...
A.W. “Pete” Petersen, Iii
Apr 12, 2017
A.W. “Pete” Petersen, III, 73, of Bluffton, SC died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at his home. Mr. Petersen was born on March 30, 1944 in Huntington, WV, the son of the late Kathryn and Arthur William Petersen, Jr. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War. He attended John Tyler Community College...
Myrtle Geneva Rowell Smith
Apr 11, 2017
Myrtle Geneva Rowell Smith, 100, of Early Branch, SC and widow of James S. (Blake) Smith passed away on April 11, 2017 at her home in the Grays Community. Mrs. Smith was born in Ridgeland, SC on June 6, 1916 to the late Robert G. Rowell and Edna Rosalee Robinson Rowell. She was a homemaker, former employee of Holiday...
