OBITUARIES
Michele Meyer Fennell
May 25, 2015
Michele Meyer Fennell, age 67, of Hardeeville, SC died Monday, May 25, 2015 at her home. Funeral services will be private. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton is assisting the family with arrangements. Funeral services will be private.
John William (Jack) Hawkins
May 24, 2015
John William Hawkins (1926-2015) John William (Jack) Hawkins, 89, of Hilton Head Island, SC, died peacefully and surrounded by his wife and niece, on the eve of Veteran's Day at Victory House Veterans Home in Walterboro, SC. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the 28th day of February, 1926 to Willis Gail Hawkins and Eleanor Eakins Hawkins. Jack's love...
Michael Frederick Gray
May 24, 2015
Michael Frederick Gray, age 64, of Bluffton, SC died Sunday, May 24, 2015 at Hilton Head, SC. Mr. Gray was born on May 12, 1951 in Dracut, MA. He was preceded in death by his father, Irving Francis "Buddy" Gray. He is survived by his wife, Olivia Sloan Gray; children, Jeff Gray of Greenville, SC, Beth Gray of Greenville, SC,...
Jeanne Ashley Jones
May 23, 2015
Bluffton - After a long illness, Jeanne Ashley Jones of Bluffton, SC, passed into eternal rest peacefully at her home on Myrtle Island in Bluffton, Saturday, May 23, 2015. Jeanne, born and raised in Walterboro, SC was the daughter of Mr. Jerome Campbell Ashley and Dorothy Padgett Ashley. Jeanne studied at Queens College, Charlotte, NC and graduated from The University...
Jack Allan Bennett
May 21, 2015
Jack Allan Bennett, 82, passed away peacefully at his home in Bluffton, SC on Thursday, May 21, 2015. Jack served his country proudly as a Marine in the Korean War. He continued to serve in his community(s) as a 37 year veteran of the fire department. 31 of those years with the LAFD where he was promoted through the ranks...
Robert Charles €Œbobby†Bolton
May 18, 2015
Robert Charles "Bobby" Bolton, age 51, died at his home in Bluffton, SC. Mr. Bolton was born on May 16, 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of the late Rosella Rice Bolton and William J. Bolton, Jr. He had worked in the golf industry for many years, lastly working with Old South Golf Links in Bluffton. Mr. Bolton is survived...
Joseph Spear Miller
May 17, 2015
Joseph Spear Miller, 79, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015, at Coastal Carolina Hospital in South Carolina. A remembrance and celebration of his life was held Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his home in Bluffton, SC. Joe was born in 1936 in Brazil, IN and was a 1954 Brazil High School graduate. He was the son of the late Nicholas...
Mr. Eric W. Anderson
May 16, 2015
Mr. Eric W. Anderson of Holland, OH died on May 16, 2015, at the age of 66 as a result of complications from prostate cancer. He passed away peacefully at his vacation home in Bluffton, SC surrounded by family members. Eric was born on May 10, 1949, in Wooster, OH to Carl Arthur Norman Anderson (deceased) and Helen Irene Anderson,...
John Francis Deil
May 14, 2015
John Francis Deil A man who always told his kids they could "sell it on the corner" and "make a fortune," John Deil was a true believer in the American Dream and the free market and spent a 37-year career on the floor of the NYSE. John died Thursday, May 14th in Bluffton, SC, where he had retired. He was...
Robert Buchanan Mears Sr.
May 14, 2015
Robert Buchanan Mears Sr., 83 of McCormick, SC passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Petra Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Tillman, SC on February 23, 1932 to the late John Harry and Mary Rebecca Nettles Mears. He was a retired Clemson Extension Agent. He was a Mason and a veteran of the Korean War. He...
Dorothy Vernon Mock
May 13, 2015
Dorothy Vernon Blanchard Mock, 97 of Ridgeland, SC passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Summit Place of Beaufort. She was born in West Green, GA on August 8, 1917 to the late John Hurt Blanchard and Eula Mae Perkins. She was a Graduate of Ridgeland High School and Draughn's Junior College. She worked as an Executive Assistant and...
Vernon Uteal Orr
May 11, 2015
Vernon Uteal Orr, son of the late Moses and Francena Orr, was born February 03, 1950 in Ridgeland, SC. He entered peacefully into eternal rest on May 07, 2015 at Hampton Regional Medical Center after a motorcycle accident. He was the youngest of nine children, six of which preceded him in death. Vernon was educated in the Jasper County Public...
Nell Cooler Nichols
May 11, 2015
Nell Cooler Nichols, 99 of Ridgeland, SC passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015 in Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC. She was born in Hardeeville, SC on April 1, 1916 to the late Arthur Edward and Viola A. Brabham Cooler. She was a member of the Red Dam Baptist Church where she served as the first church secretary when it...
Frank P. Bavosa
May 11, 2015
Frank P. Bavosa, 69 of Bluffton, SC died Monday, May 11, 2015 at Hilton Head Hospital. A memorial visitation will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, SC 29910. A memorial visitation will be held from 4:00 â
Anne Marie Mcmahon Gilliam
May 10, 2015
Anne Marie McMahon Gilliam, 67, of Bluffton, formerly of New York, died peacefully with family and friends at her bedside on May 10, 2015 after a long brave fight against lung and brain cancer. Her beautiful smile, loving disposition and quick wit will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Born in New York, she went to Sacred...
Joseph Vernon Morford Jr
May 10, 2015
Joseph Vernon Morford, Jr. died peacefully Sunday morning, May 10, 2015. He was 86 years old. Joe was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on April 20,1929 to Joseph Vernon Morford, Sr. and Ruth Pyle Morford. Joe attended Greensburg High School and Purdue University. Mr. Morford graduated from Purdue University in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. While...
Henry David Padgett Jr.
May 8, 2015
Henry David Padgett, Jr. 92 of Bluffton passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015 at Bloom of Bluffton. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on January 9, 1923 to the late Henry D. and Marie Bailey Padgett Sr. He was a retired Melrose and Haig Point Boat Captain; shrimper; former crop duster; flew out of Padgett Airfield in Fairfax; member...
Maureen V. O’Rourke
May 8, 2015
Maureen V. O'Rourke, of Bluffton, SC died Friday, May 08, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, John J. O'Rourke and Veronica Viola Malley O'Rourke of Merrick, NY and her sister Carol. She is survived by two brothers; several nieces and nephews; her aunt Ruth Wiedemann of Hilton Head, SC; and many good friends that she has made...
John W. Fell Jr.
May 7, 2015
John W. Fell Jr., 71, of Seabrook passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015 in the Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on August 19, 1943 to Tootsie Fell Ison and the late John William Fell Sr. He was a graduate of Ridgeland High, Jacksonville University and Vienna Conservatory of Music in Vienna, Austria. He served...
Samuel J. Plice
May 7, 2015
Hilton Head, SC - Sam Plice passed away on Thursday, May 7 at 9pm. He died peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness. He was 84 years old. He his survived by his brother Bill, his daughter Laura, his son Dan and his step-daughter Shawn. There will be a reception for family and friends on Thursday, May 14 from...
