OBITUARIES
David Carl Fryman
Dec 24, 2014
His job here is done, David Carl Fryman has gone home to be with The Lord. He passed at home surrounded by his loving family in Bluffton, South Carolina on December 24th 2014 at age 68, following a long battle with cancer. Born on 30 August 1946 in Ashland, Ohio to the late Carl Fryman and Grace Crossen Fryman. After...
Marcia Alene Payne
Dec 22, 2014
Marcia Alene Payne, 59, died Monday, December 22, 2014 at her home in Hardeeville, SC. She was born in Savannah, GA on August 2, 1955 to the late John Turner and Willie Ethel Fennell Turner. She graduated in 1973 from Effingham County High School. She volunteered for the Hardeeville Thrift Store and she was a Baptist. She loved Tybee Island...
Mary Mollie Daring Nettles
Dec 21, 2014
Mary Mollie Nettles, 77, widow of Henry Ford Nettles, died Sunday, December 21, 2014 in Ridgeland, SC. Mrs. Nettles was born in Tillman, SC on February 8, 1937 to the late Horace and Laura Cooler Long. She was a homemaker; member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and she enjoyed doing for others. Mrs. Nettles is survived by...
U.S.M.C. L.H. €Œruss†Russell
Dec 21, 2014
U.S.M.C. L.H. "Russ" Russell 4/28/27 - 12/21/14 Russ, as he often publicly acknowledged, was "unbelievable". To find a person who was more fun or more loved, no matter age or gender, would be a challenge. As much as he will be missed, he will also be a source of many smiles and much laughter as we share memories of his...
John Gyorki
Dec 21, 2014
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. In memory of John Gyorki, born January 18th, 1936 in Paks, Hungary. He led an extraordinary life full of unimaginable journey's full of real life stories of survival. He fled his homeland in 1956 in order to escape the grip of communism so that he could establish a life...
Barbara Odessa Butler
Dec 19, 2014
Barbara Odessa Butler, 69, of Ellijay, GA died Friday, December 19, 2014 at her daughter's home in Beaufort, SC. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, SC. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, SC.
Elton Osborne 'Jep' Smith
Dec 16, 2014
Elton Osborne "˜Jep' Smith, 87 of Grays, SC passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at his home. He was born in Grays, SC on January 8, 1927 to the late F. Wilson and Ethel Jones Smith. He was a US Army veteran of World War II. After the war he was Cadre of the SC National Guard at the...
Jessie Mae Garvin
Dec 16, 2014
Sister Jessie Mae Garvin Sister Jessie Mae Garvin, the daughter of the late Dixie Bell Singleton and Bert Lee Miller was born on September 13, 1945 in Hampton County, South Carolina. Sister Jessie Mae Garvin received her formal education in the public schools of Jasper County. She was a member at Padgett Branch Baptist Church in Gillionsville, South Carolina. She...
Matilda S. Smith
Dec 14, 2014
Matilda S. Smith, 88 of Grays, SC passed away at her home on December 14, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Church of the Palms, Okatie, SC with burial in Grimes Cemetery, Grays, SC. The family will receive friends from 6 til 8:00 pm, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at Sauls Funeral Home,...
William "Harry" Wood
Dec 13, 2014
William "Harry" Wood, 76, of Ridgeland, SC died December 13, 2014. Harry was born in Ponotoc, MS on October 4, 1938 the son of the late William Q "Bill" Wood and Sybil H Wood. He was a veteran of the United States National Guard. He worked for many years in the Industrial Sandblasting and Painting Industry and owned several businesses...
Ray Mullaney
Dec 13, 2014
Ray Mullaney It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of our beloved Ray. Devoted husband of Lorraine, died at home on December 13, 2014. Ray was very much loved and will be terribly missed. Ray was born in East Orange, New Jersey on June 12, 1941 the son of the late Raymond Mullaney and Dorothy Guinan Mullaney....
Ella White
Dec 12, 2014
Ella White, 75, of Grays, SC died Friday, December 12, 2014 at her home. Mrs. White was born in Hazard, KY on April 27, 1939, the daughter of the late Martin Williams and Etta Mae Combs Williams. She was a member of Grays Church of God of Prophecy. She worked as a certified nursing assistant for over 35 years. She...
Ronald L. Thuma
Dec 12, 2014
Ronald L. Thuma Sun City, SC - Ronald Lee Thuma, 69, of Sun City, SC passed peacefully on December 12 surrounded by his family. Ronald was born on March 29, 1945 in Sycamore, Illinois. He was the second oldest of seven children born to Marguerite and Jack Thuma. He graduated from West High School in Cleveland, Ohio in 1963. After...
Dave Barwise
Dec 12, 2014
Dave Barwise, 73, of Bluffton, SC died Friday, December 12, 2014 at his home. Mr. Barwise is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Pat Barwise; sons, Andrew Barwise of Bluffton, SC, John Barwise of Savannah, GA, and Patrick Barwise of Savannah, GA; sister, Elizabeth "Betsy" Geary McClellan (Jim) of Sea Pines, SC; and several nieces and nephews. He...
Marilyn Marcott
Dec 10, 2014
Marilyn Marcott, 91, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Wyoming, OH died Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Marcott was born in Oak Park, IL on April 1, 1923, the eldest of 8 children of Julius Marquardt and Virginia Barton Marquardt. She was a graduate of Trinity High School in River Forest, IL. She devoted herself to raising...
Alice Birdwell Schanen
Dec 9, 2014
Alice Birdwell Schanen, 95 of Hilton Head, SC died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 at home. She was born in Red Boiling Springs, TN. Alice was preceded in death by her husband E.A. Schanen and is survived by daughters Susan and Billie Jean Schanen, son Richard Kelly Schanen, daughter Sandy and her husband Dick Sanders, and son Edward Keith Schanen and...
Richard L. €Œrick†Rucker
Dec 8, 2014
Richard L. "Rick" Rucker, 64, of Bluffton, SC died December 8, 2014. Rick was born in Eugene, OR on August 11, 1950, the son of the late Richard L. Rucker and Mary Lou Spangler Rucker. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving during the Vietnam War and three time recipient of the Purple Heart. He worked...
Thomas S. Conroy
Dec 7, 2014
Thomas S. Conroy, 79, of Bluffton, SC died Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family and his beloved dog Cleo after a brave battle with thyroid cancer. Mr. Conroy was born in Summit, NJ on February 28, 1935, the son of the late Thomas J. Conroy and Grace Wiatroski Conroy. He worked for Jersey Central Power...
Russell Charles Washburn
Dec 6, 2014
Russell Charles Washburn, age 94, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Leesburg, FL and western New York, died peacefully, Saturday, December 6, 2014. Mr. Washburn was born on September 15, 1920 in Buffalo, NY, the son of the late Russell John Washburn and Marian Genevieve Baxter. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps, serving during WWII....
E. Muriel Freund
Dec 6, 2014
E. Muriel Freund, 104 of Bluffton, SC passed away on December 6, 2014 at Life Care Center of Hilton Head, SC. She was born in Truro, England on December 10, 1909 , the third daughter of Beatrice Alice and Albert Ernest Spurrier. The family emigrated to America when Muriel was a toddler, and settled in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY where...
