OBITUARIES
Richard Randolph Smith
Jun 23, 2014
Richard Randolph Smith, 71 of Bluffton, SC passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014 at Coastal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville, SC. He was born in Savannah, GA on February 3, 1943 to the late Marion Randolph and Annie Mae Mulligan Smith. He was retired from the Hilton Head Public Service District #1 after 28 years of service. He was a...
Rudolph L. Mccormack
Jun 21, 2014
Rudolph L. McCormack, 92 a life long resident of Ridgeland SC passed away from natural causes on Saturday, June 21, 2014. He passed to glory with his family at his side. He was born August 31, 1921 to the late Judge Leland S. McCormack and Virginia Nettles McCormack. He was a Navy veteran having served his country from 1939 -...
Rebecca "Becky" Smith
Jun 21, 2014
Rebecca "Becky" Smith, 68 of Hardeeville, SC and widow of Tommy Walls (married 30 years) and Eddie Smith (married 14 years) passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the home of her daughter in Rincon, GA. She was born in High Point, NC on April 11, 1946. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and Marie McPherson Perdue....
William James €Œbill†Fielder, Iii
Jun 20, 2014
William James "Bill" Fielder, III, 73 of Bluffton, SC died Friday, June 20, 2014. Mr. Fielder was born in Cordele, GA on December 19, 1940, the son of the late William James Fielder, Jr. and Ruth Mangham Barendsz. He was a graduate of the University of Florida where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. He remained an avid Florida...
Marie Pollack
Jun 19, 2014
Marie Pollack, 85, of Ridgeland, SC died June 19, 2014 at Ridgeland Nursing Center. She was born on October 30, 1928 in Duryea, PA the daughter of the late Metchin and Ethel Rominski Yankowski. She and her late husband Andrew "Andy" Pollack owned and operated Pollack's Tavern and Grill in Taylor, PA for many years. She loved to quilt, knit,...
George W. Baranowski
Jun 19, 2014
George W. Baranowski, age 93, of Bluffton, SC passed away June 19, 2014 at home after a short illness. George Baranowski was born in Brooklyn, NY on January 02, 1921. He graduated with a Scholastic Attainment Award from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY in 1943. After graduation, he married Julia Dzwonczyk from Hopewell, Pennsylvania. During World War...
Jane Alstaugh Drum
Jun 18, 2014
Jane Alstaugh Drum, 93, of Hilton Head Island, died June 18, 2014 at Hilton Head Hospital. She was born on May 19, 1921 in Taylorsville, NC the daughter of the late Thomas and Hattie Lawrence Alstaugh. A graveside service will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at Taylorsville Cemetery in Taylorsville, NC. A graveside service will be...
Harold H. Kline
Jun 17, 2014
Harold H. Kline, 75, died Tuesday, June 17 at his residence in Sun City. Born February 10, 1939, in Philadelphia to Edward Chamberlain and Mae Clark, he attended Germantown Friends School before attending Ursinus College and the University of Virginia. He served as president of Provident National Bank in Philadelphia after starting in the mailroom and working his way up...
Dorothy Jean Spargur
Jun 17, 2014
God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered "come to me" -Author Unknown Dorothy Spargur, 67 years old, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina passed away June 17, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded at home by her loving family. Dorothy was born...
Patricia Loraine Paff
Jun 17, 2014
Patricia Loraine Paff of Sun City in Okatie, SC and North Hutchinson Island, FL died on June 17, 2014 at Memorial Health in Savannah, GA at the age of 77. Pat was born on June 10, 1937 to Alfred and Lina DeSimone in the Bronx, NY and moved to Yonkers, NY as a young teenager. She graduated Roosevelt High School,...
Emma Marie Balassone
Jun 14, 2014
Emma Marie Balassone, 78, of Bluffton, SC died June 14, 2014 at her residence. She was born on February 6, 1936 in Union City, New Jersey the daughter of the late Amerigo and Concetta Domizio Frangillo. She was a member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church and while she was alive, she lived! She is survived by her husband,...
Randy Topp-Tatro
Jun 13, 2014
Randy Topp-Tatro, 26 of Bluffton, SC died Friday, June 13, 2014. He is survived by his mother, Amy Bartolotto (Brian); father, Bill Topp; stepfather, Keith Tatro; son, Aiden Buckley; sister, Charly Tatro; great-grandparents, Robert and Patricia Homan; grandparents, Louis Tatro, Pam Gabso, and Chris Billman. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2014 at Sauls...
Steven B. Weissman
Jun 12, 2014
Steven B. Weissman of Hilton Head Island, age 60, died suddenly of a heart attack on Thursday, June 12, 2014, at his home in Sea Pines Plantation. Originally from Long Island, New York, Steven moved to Hilton Head in 1985 to pursue life in South Carolina with his now former wife Barbara O'Leary. Together they raised their daughter, Kristin, who...
James A. €Œjim†Fick
Jun 10, 2014
James A. "Jim" Fick, 66 of Bluffton, SC died Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Mr. Fick was born on May 19, 1948 in Fremont, OH. He served as a police officer for the city of Fremont for ten years. He later worked in sales and real estate in Fremont before retiring to Bluffton, SC. He was a devout Catholic and parishioner...
Juanita Lowther Kemmerlin
Jun 8, 2014
Juanita Lowther Kemmerlin, 89, widow of L.C. "Jack" Kemmerlin, died Sunday, June 8, 2014 at her home in Sheldon, SC. She was born in Ridgeland, SC on December 25, 1924 to the late Charles Mitchell Lowther and English Davis Lowther. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse and retired from The Methodist Home in Orangeburg, S.C. She was a member of...
Joseph & Nancy Bailey
Jun 8, 2014
Joseph N. Bailey, 58, and his wife, Nancy Hartzell Bailey, 51 died June 8, 2014 and June 10, 2014 respectively at Hospice of Piedmont. Joseph Norwood Bailey, 58, husband of Nancy Hartzell Bailey, son of G. Norwood Bailey of Cherryville, NC formerly of Rome, GA and Mary Hiott Bailey of Bluffton, SC passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2014 at...
John Francis Peeples
Jun 6, 2014
John Francis Peeples, 69 of Grays, SC and husband of 46 years to Judy Mishoe Peeples, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014 at his home. He was born in Ridgeland, SC on December 12, 1944 to the late Henry C. and Lottie Thomas Peeples. He was a farmer and cattleman and had retired from Westinghouse Corporation after 41 years....
Bruce Dean Vanbuskirk
Jun 6, 2014
Bruce Dean VanBuskirk, 56, of Bluffton, SC. On June 6, 2014 his pain and suffering ended and God received another beautiful angel in heaven. He is predeceased by his parents, Bernard and Delores VanBuskirk and sisters, Denise Shidagas and Dawn Lucas. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Betsy, who he dearly loved as well as his constant...
Dewitt Lynds Cooke,, €Œchip†J
Jun 5, 2014
DeWitt Lynds Cooke, Jr., "Chip", 76 of Bluffton passed away on June 5, 2014 at NHC Bluffton. He was born in Takoma Park, Maryland on November 12, 1937 to the late DeWitt and Virginia Cooke, Sr. He served in the U.S. Army and was retired from the National Security Agency where he worked for thirty-three years as an Integrated Logistics...
Martha N. Doolittle
Jun 5, 2014
Martha N. Doolittle, 71, passed away Thursday, June 5th, at home under Hospice care. She was a retired school teacher with 30 years service with Chatham County BOE at Mercer Middle School, Garden City, GA. and 10 years service at Thomas Heyward Academy, Ridgeland, SC. She had also served as a youth Sunday School teacher at St. Paul's United Methodist...
