OBITUARIES
Margaret Foster Curtis
Jan 29, 2016
Margaret Foster Curtis (78) peacefully passed away on January 29, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC surrounded by her family. Family, faith, service and community formed the cornerstones of her life. Margaret was most happy surrounded by her children and family. She thrived in the chaos and delighted in hosting family, friends, neighbors, dogs, cats and...
Lawanda J. Hynum
Jan 29, 2016
Bluffton Resident, LaWanda Jackson (Hynum), has graduated from her battle with cancer into the arms of our Lord on the 29th of January at the age of 69. Born and raised in Jackson, MS, she graduated Provine High School, class of 1964. Her career in Information Technology took her from Vicksburg, MS, to Slidell, LA, Huntsville AL, and finally...
Patricia Judson Roller
Jan 26, 2016
Patricia Judson Roller, 91, passed away on January 26th at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA, after a brief, sudden illness. Her loving children were at her side.
Pat was born May 17, 1924, in Sandusky, OH to Lorraine and Robert Judson. She had a wonderful childhood there with her sister, Lorraine, They spent their summers sailing the...
Gene D. Bryan Sr.
Jan 25, 2016
Gene Daniel (Papa Gene) Bryan Sr. moved on to Heaven on Monday January 25, 2016. He passed quietly surrounded by his wife and children at his home in Levy, South Carolina. He was born on December 2, 1937 in Savannah, Georgia, the son of the late George and Odell Bryan. He retired from the Savannah Sugar Refinery after 40...
Robert Westbrook (Bob) Butler
Jan 25, 2016
Robert (Bob) Westbrook Butler, 94, died peacefully at his home while napping on the couch on Monday, January 25. Bob was born in Jamaica, British West Indies to Norman and Rosa Butler. He attended Jamaica College prep school and the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad. At these schools, Robert excelled academically, as a marksman, and at track and...
William Edward Smith
Jan 24, 2016
William Edward Smith, age 63, of Bluffton, SC died Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mr. Smith was born on June 13, 1952 in Queens, NY, the son of the late William F. Smith and Mary A. Connors. He was United States Army veteran. He worked for many years with Con-Edison Utility and later moved to Massachusetts...
Caroline Baker Swett
Jan 23, 2016
Caroline Baker Swett, age 86 of Hardeeville, SC and widow of Donald Rufus Swett, passed away on January 23, 2016 in Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC. Mrs. Swett was born in Great Falls, SC on April 27, 1929 to the late William Wylie Baker and Lula Mae Stevens Baker. Mrs. Swett worked in the cafeteria school system in Charlotte-Mecklenburg;...
John Santo Caracciolo
Jan 23, 2016
John Santo Caracciolo, age 74, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Charleston, SC and Long Beach, NY died Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mr. Caracciolo was born on August 30, 1941 in Long Beach, NY, the son of the late Santo Caracciolo, a Long Beach firefighter who died in the line of...
John Langdon Haskell Sr.
Jan 22, 2016
John Langdon Haskell, Sr., of Charleston, SC, died peacefully at home in loving care of his family on January 22, 2016. He was born February 16, 1921 in Chattanooga, TN. He spent his childhood in Beaufort, SC at Tidalholm, a prominent estate, circa 1853, owned by his parents from the 1930s to the 1950s. This historic property, which has...
Raymond R. Leary
Jan 21, 2016
Raymond R. Leary, age 90, of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. Mr. Leary was born on December 7, 1925 in New York, NY, the son of the late John Leary and Rose Merlin Leary. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Army. He was a...
Dr. David M Simpson
Jan 20, 2016
Dr. David M Simpson, 89, of Bluffton South Carolina passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. David died at home after a prolonged illness surrounded by loving family and his beloved golden retriever, Libby. David was born on May 9, 1926, in Pittsburgh, PA, eldest son of the late Dean D Simpson and Martha Brennen Simpson. He was preceded...
Ruth Brabham Carlson
Jan 20, 2016
Ruth Brabham Carlson passed into glory on January 20, 2016. Ruth was born in Ridgeland, SC and was a one- time Jasper County Treasurer. She retired from Memorial Health University Medical Center. A loving wife of 64 years, she is survived by her husband Harold Carlson; daughter Cathy Lattke; grandchildren Ralph, Haley and Maggie Lattke; brother Samuel Brabham and...
Charlotte "Pat" Gertrude Leonard
Jan 20, 2016
Charlotte "Pat" Gertrude Leonard, age 89 of Bluffton and wife of Harold C. Leonard, passed away on January 20, 2016 at Bloom at Belfair. Mrs. Leonard was born in Bogalusa, LA on February 12, 1926 to the late William Floyd Caldwell and Lottie Hurst Caldwell. Mrs. Leonard was a legal secretary for Chase Bank in Manhattan, NY; an Episcopalian...
Scott Patrick Gariti
Jan 19, 2016
Scott Patrick Gariti, age 42, of Bluffton passed away on January 19, 2016 in Bluffton. Scott was born in Pittsburgh, PA on January 9, 1974 to Joseph Gariti, III and Dorothy Barnhart Gariti. Scott was an avid golfer; Pittsburgh Steelers fan and graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Scott is survived by his wife, Alison Kolesar Gariti of Bluffton;...
Debra Lee Ray
Jan 19, 2016
Debra Lee [Smith] Ray died unexpectedly Tuesday Jan. 19th at 5:22 pm, age 57, of a massive heart attack. Debbie is survived by her partner of 18 years Mark W. Wagner, her parents Herbert and Patricia Smith and her sisters Linda and Karen. In lieu of flowers please make a contribution in her name to Wounded Warrior Project or...
Donald Charles Galbraith
Jan 18, 2016
Donald Charles Galbraith died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday 18th January, 2016 after a short struggle with a heart related illness.
Don was born and lived his early years in New York City. He spent his youth on Long Island before moving with his family to Cape Town, South Africa, where his father had taken a...
Carol Byer Crist Castiglione
Jan 17, 2016
Carol Byer Crist Castiglione passed peacefully January 17, 2016 at Hospice Savannah.
She is survived by her daughters, Karen and Robin Crist, her brother, Robert Byer, her sister, Judith Anderson, and numerous beloved family members and friends. She is predeceased by her first husband, Douglas Crist, her second husband, Joseph Castiglione, her son-in-law, Brent Gillette, and her...
Michael Jerome Way Ii
Jan 16, 2016
Michael Jerome Way II, "Dawg", age 42, passed away on January 16, 2016 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC as a result of an accident.
Michael was born in Savannah, GA on October 16, 1973 to Ann Dean Smith and the late Michael Jerome Way I.
Michael was a truck driver with Year Round...
Margaret Jane Doran
Jan 14, 2016
Bluffton: Margaret J. Doran, 92 died Thursday, January 14, 2016 at NHC Healthcare in Bluffton, SC. She was born in Brooklyn, New York the daughter of the late John Geary and Helen Myron Geary. She retired from the Herricks Public School District, and lived for over 63 years in New Hyde Park, NY where she was a member of...
Gene T. Fogle
Jan 14, 2016
Gene T. Fogle of Ridgeland, SC passed away January 14, 2016 at his home after a long illness. He was born August 6, 1936 in Norway, SC. He worked as a glass glazier for most of his adult life and enjoyed hunting along with spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife, Norma H. Fogle and...
