OBITUARIES
Percy Alfred Sauls
Jul 9, 2015
Percy Alfred Sauls, age 86, of Hardeeville, S.C. died Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Ralph Johnson V.A. Hospital in Charleston, S.C. after an extended illness. Mr. Sauls was born on March 12, 1929 in Ridgeland, S.C. He was baptized at Great Swamp Baptist Church where he was an active member. He was a graduate of Ridgeland High School, Class of...
Reba Annie Floyd
Jul 6, 2015
Reba Annie Floyd, age 86, of Hardeeville, SC died Monday, July 6, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mrs. Floyd was born on June 16, 1929 in Cottageville, SC, the daughter of the late Robert A. Ackerman and Corrie Lee Redman Ackerman. She was an outstanding high school basketball player. She was a longtime employee with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of South...
Jean Annette (Miedema) Guiler
Jul 5, 2015
JEAN GUILER A limb has fallen from the family tree. We keep hearing her voice saying, "Don't grieve for me, and just remember the good times, the laughter and the love". Jean was an amazing woman. We are proud to call her our Mom. It takes a very special person to treat step-children as if they were your own, but...
John Walter Sloss
Jul 5, 2015
John Walter Sloss, 74, died Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Hospice House in Savannah, GA. He was born on September 7, 1940 in Tillman, SC to the late Pete Garcia Sloss and Purnell Drawdy Sloss. He was retired Civil Service at Hunter Army Airfield Commissary; presently employed by Jasper County Recycling Centers; member, Family Harvest Ministries of Ridgeland; former member,...
Melanie Anne Harrell Graham
Jul 5, 2015
Born in Savannah, Georgia on June 24, 1958 to George William Harrell, Jr., US Army JAG and Annelore Stelljes Harrell, Melanie Anne Harrell Graham passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2015 in her home on Myrtle Island in Bluffton, South Carolina. She spent most of her school years in Germany where she graduated from Stuttgart American High School. Melanie was...
Carolyn Davis Herndon
Jul 4, 2015
Carolyn Davis Herndon, 78 of Hilton Head Island and widow of John D. Herndon passed away peacefully at Hilton Head Hospital on the fourth of July surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her parents of Savannah, GA, Leon and Josephine Davis, her loving husband of Hilton Head Island, SC and her grandson, Jeremiah. She is...
Edward A. Wiler
Jul 1, 2015
Edward A. Wiler died on July 1, 2015 at the age of 87 at the National Health Care Institution in Bluffton, S.C. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1949, a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He was a Senior Vice President of Marketing for Rowe Manufacturing Company. He was one of the early pioneers...
Virginia M. Stefani
Jun 30, 2015
Virginia M. Stefani, 72, died peacefully June 30, 2015 in Sun City, Hilton Head. She was the beloved daughter of the late Henry and Rena (Maffini) Stefani, and sister of the late Henry Stefani Jr, and his wife Muriel. "Ginny" is survived by her brother Michael Stefani and his wife Kathy, of Hernando, Fl. as well as nieces, nephews, cousins...
Donald W. Zellar
Jun 30, 2015
Donald W. Zellar Donald Zellar, 91, of Sun City, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at National HealthCare (NHC) in Bluffton. He was born September 25, 1923, in Plano, Illinois. Don attended the University of Illinois before enlisting in the Army Air Corps in March 1943, becoming part of the "Greatest Generation." Don was stationed in Molesworth, England as part of...
Joseph Salvatore Lojacono
Jun 28, 2015
Joseph Salvatore LoJacono, 74, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Solomons Island, MD died Sunday, June 28, 2015. Mr. LoJacono is survived by his wife, Barbara LoJacono; sons, Michael LoJacono (Bridget) of New Bern, NC, Ralph LoJacono (Sandra) of St. Leonard, MD, and William LoJacono (Tammy) of St. Leonard, MD; Carole Allen (Linda Lindamood) of Chesapeake Beach, MD, Coleen Damalouji...
Major Gary W. Hodges,Usaf,Retired
Jun 27, 2015
Major Gary W. Hodges, U.S. Air Force, Retired Former Mayor of Ridgeland Gary W. Hodges, age 63, died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Candler Hospital, Savannah, GA. He was born at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana on May 17, 1952, son of the late TSgt Robert F. Hodges Jr. from Tillman and Miriam Tant Hodges from Ridgeland. Major Hodges graduated from Ridgeland...
Frederick K. Gumpf
Jun 23, 2015
Frederick K Gumpf, 83 of Sun City Hilton Head, South Carolina passed away on June 23, 2015. As a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, he was born and raised in Beaver Falls, PA. A graduate of Beaver Falls High School Class of 1949 and Geneva College, Fred graduated with a degree in engineering. He was the son of the...
Pearl Mcqueen Ingram
Jun 23, 2015
Pearl McQueen Ingram, 93, widow of F. M. Ingram, Jr., passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at her home in Ridgeland, SC. She was born in Galivants Ferry, SC on April 12, 1922 to the late Samuel and Costie Johnson McQueen. She was a homemaker; former school teacher; former social worker for Jasper County Department of Social Services; Graduate of...
Frances Scuffos
Jun 22, 2015
Frances Scuffos went to be with the Lord on June 22, 2015, after a brief illness. She was 94. A resident of Sun City since 2006, she leaves behind her loving husband George, to whom she was married for 74 years, three children, and four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Born and raised in Spartanburg, SC, Frances married George in 1941....
Barbara Morgan Gyngell (Grant)
Jun 22, 2015
Barbara Morgan Gyngell (Grant) died peacefully on June 22, 2015 in Hilton Head Island, SC at the age of 88. Barbara is survived by her children, Gordon Gyngell III and his partner Peggy Cunningham of New Britain, CT, Linda and John Stulpin of Bluffton, SC, Jay Gyngell of Coventry, CT, Debra Berloni of Bluffton, SC and Adam Gyngell of Levy,...
Judy Carmen
Jun 20, 2015
Judy Carmen, beloved daughter of Molleah (Boo) and David Greenberg, sister of Jo Ann and Michael passed away June 20th after a yearlong battle with cancer. Plans for a memorial in Los Angeles, where she spent the majority of her adult life are pending. The family of Judy Carmen would be honored by your gift in her memory to support...
Frank J. Falcione
Jun 17, 2015
Frank J. Falcione, 81 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at his home. He was the born in Coraopolis, PA on August 27, 1933. He was the son of the late Orlando and Concetta Mastrangelo Falcione. He was a US Navy veteran and an accountant. He is survived by his wife, Carol M. Falcione of Bluffton;...
Arleen Melamed
Jun 15, 2015
Arleen Melamed, 66 of Bluffton and wife of Harvey Samuel Melamed passed away on Monday, June 15, 2015 at her home. She was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 16, 1948 to Anna Bacon Cohen and the late Israel Cohen. She was a musician, music teacher for students from 4 to 18 in Philadelphia at the Bensalem School District. She...
Barbara Maddocks Reirden
Jun 11, 2015
Barbara Maddocks Reirden, age 75, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Deerfield, IL and Burlington VT died Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. Mrs. Reirden was born on July 9, 1939 in Boston, MA and raised in Burlington, VT, the daughter of the late Ruth and Charles Raymond Maddocks. She was a graduate of Burlington High School and...
Nadine Kelley Jones
Jun 10, 2015
Nadine Kelley Jones, 81, of Hardeeville, SC passed away peacefully into the arms of her Savior on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Jones was born on March 21, 1934 in Moultrie, GA, the daughter of the late John Kelley, Sr. and Ouida Avery Kelley. She was retired from Dowling Bag Co. of Savannah,...
