OBITUARIES
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...
Magdalene €Œmadge†F Gonzales
May 5, 2015
Magdalene "Madge" Fiore Gonzales, age 73 of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Glassport, PA died Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Charleston, SC. Mrs. Gonzales was born on August 9, 1941 in Glassport, PA, the daughter of the late Charles Fiore and Mary Thomas Fiore. She worked as an insurance agent with Rupp Fiore Insurance Agency, where she retired after many...
Gloria Anzalone Shelton
May 4, 2015
Gloria Anzalone Shelton, 62 of Hardeeville, SC and formerly of Stafford, VA, died peacefully at home surrounded by family on May 4, 2015 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Watertown, NY, she moved to Washington, DC in 1973 to work on Capitol Hill. Soon after, she began employment with the Mars Company in McLean, VA, before taking a...
Ruby W. €Œshorty†Smith
Apr 28, 2015
Ruby W. "Shorty" Smith, age 97 of Bluffton, SC died Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Columbus, NC. Mrs. Smith was born on June 29, 1917 in Marshallville, GA, the daughter of the late William Thomas Whittington and Lula Mae Philmon Whittington. She loved people and her family. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Ben H....
Dominick E. Casella
Apr 26, 2015
Dominick E. Casella, age 86, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Baldwin, NY died Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center. Mr. Casella was born on February 19, 1929 in Genoa, Italy, the son of the late Natale Casella and Quintana Lorenza Sereni Casella. After graduating high school in Italy he immigrated to the United States. For over...
Brian Fredrick Eick
Apr 26, 2015
Brian Fredrick Eick, 55 of Shohola, PA passed away on April 26, 2015 at his home in Pennsylvania. He was born in Orange, NJ on March 12, 1960 to Edward F. and Janet Gefken Eick. He was a stone mason and a kind, loving man. He is survived by his parents, Edward F Eick and Janet Gefken Eick of Bluffton;...
Lawrence Mount
Apr 25, 2015
Lawrence Mount, 87 of Hardeeville, SC passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville. He was born in Niagara Falls, NY on August 6, 1927 to the late John and Clara Walker Mount. He was a retired Letter Carrier in Niagara Falls, NY. He was a member and served on the church board for 38...
Susie Orr Howard
Apr 24, 2015
Susie Orr Howard, formerly of Ridgeland, SC, died Friday, April 24, 2015 in Baltimore, MD. She was a Baptist and she was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Otis Howard of Baltimore, MD; daughter, Annett Howard of Indiana; sons, Michael Orr of Ridgeland, SC; Terrell Howard of Baltimore, MD; sisters, Bertie Cook of Ridgeland, SC; Dorothy Jenkins of...
Michael Lewis Colvin
Apr 24, 2015
Michael Lewis Colvin, 69 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Friday, April 24, 2015 on Hilton Head Island, SC. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on September 25, 1945 to the late Henry Lewis and Edith Burrows Colvin. He was the former district Sales Manager for RJR Nabisco; owner of PCJ Enterprises Mini Storage Units; owner, Buffalo Bill's Saloon...
Theresa Porcelli
Apr 22, 2015
Theresa Porcelli, 76, of Bluffton died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. A memorial mass will take place at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 24, 2015 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 333 Fording Island Road, Bluffton, SC 29909. A memorial mass will take place at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 24, 2015 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic...
L. David Jones
Apr 22, 2015
L. David Jones, age 73, of Hardeeville, SC and formerly of Greenville and Greer, SC died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center. Mr. Jones was born on May 18, 1941 in Greenville, SC, the son of the late Toy Creighton Jones and Allie Bernice Carver Jones. He was a graduate of Greenville High School and attended North...
Douglas C. Moat, Sr.
Apr 20, 2015
Douglas C. Moat, Sr. passed away peacefully on April 20 in Bluffton, South Carolina. Born August 2, 1931 in St. John, New Brunswick Canada and raised in Toronto, Doug was a graduate of Toronto University '52 and Fordham Law School'72. For twenty years he was President of the Manhattan Group in New York City and continued to consult on Insurance...
John David Into
Apr 20, 2015
On Monday, April 20th Hardeeville, South Carolina lost a beloved husband, a cherished father, and a local racing legend when David Into passed away. David loved all things outdoors, taking every opportunity he could to fish and shrimp the local waters. He had a gentle, kind way with all of God's creatures. David graduated from Hardeeville High School in 1957...
