OBITUARIES
John Weymouth Mullen
May 6, 2014
John Weymouth Mullen , 89 years old, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, May 6. John is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Frances McClure Mullen; children Myra Eskew, Mary Mullen , John Mullen, and George Mullen; grandchildren Fran Eskew Jordan, David Eskew, Lauren Mullen, Chip Mullen, Toria Mullen , Tevis Mullen; great granddaughter, Anna...
Eleanor Hass
May 5, 2014
Eleanor Hass, 86 of Ridgeland, SC and formerly of Cape May, NJ died Monday, May 05, 2014 at home. Mrs. Hass was born in Worcester, MA on June 6, 1927, the daughter of the late Joseph P. Carraher and Elizabeth Laughlin Carraher. She started a family and raised her children in New York where she worked as a secretary with...
Edward J. €Œed†Schmidt, Jr.
May 5, 2014
Edward J. "Ed" Schmidt, Jr., 78 of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Sarasota, FL died Monday, May 5, 2014. Mr. Schmidt was born in Baltimore, MD on September 14, 1935, the son of the late Edward J. Schmidt, Sr. and Jeannette Chason Schmidt. He began his formal education at the University of Maryland where he was a member of the...
Ray Smith
May 4, 2014
Ray Eugene Smith, 60, died Sunday, May 04, 2014 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC Mr. Smith was born in Hampton, SC on January 26, 1954 to the late Norman Elbert Smith and Irma Lee Williams Smith. Mr. Smith was the owner of Smith's Body Shop in Ridgeland, SC for many years. He is survived by his Fiance,...
Dorothy Bernice Irvin
May 4, 2014
Dorothy Bernice Irvin was born on December 21, 1922 to James and Beatrice Wolfe in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She later moved to Harlem, New York where she lived throughout her childhood. She was a graduate of St. Andrews boarding school in Virginia where she captained the field hockey team and Morgan State College in Maryland. In 1946 she went...
Laura Isabel Mccabe
May 3, 2014
Laura Isabel McCabe, 93, of Bluffton and widow of Joseph M. McCabe passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at her home. She was born on September 7, 1920 in Passaic, NJ to the late William and Lena Leonard Hamilton. She is survived by her son, William McCabe (Madelyn) of Williamsburg, VA; two daughters, Laura Lacatena (Nicholas) of Bluffton, SC...
Barbara €Œbarb†Je Ray
Apr 28, 2014
Barbara "Barb" Jean McIntyre Ray, age 75, had been a resident of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for 9 years when she died in hospice care at the Cypress on April 28, 2014 from a stroke. Barb was born on December 22, 1938 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Kermit and Thelma McIntyre, and had two older sisters, the late Patricia Stearns...
Jay Waldrop
Apr 28, 2014
Jay Waldrop, 45 of Bluffton, SC died Monday, April 28, 2014. Funeral services will be private. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton is assisting the family with arrangements. Funeral services will be private.
Joel Andrew Yates
Apr 28, 2014
Joel Andrew Yates, 53, the son of the late Lois and Newell Yates of Lamoni, IA, passed away Monday, April 28 at Savannah Memorial Hospital. He was a long time resident of Bluffton and the scope of people he influenced stretches far beyond the Bluffton area. Joel spent the majority of his career as a franchise owner of Snap-on Tools...
Joe Ann Moore Billet
Apr 26, 2014
Joe Ann Moore Billet, 83, of Hilton Head Island, SC died Saturday, April 26, 2014. Ms. Billet was born in Oklahoma City, OK on January 8, 1931. She was preceded in death by her husband, Don Billet and her son, Gregory Wayne Billet. A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2014 at Beaufort National...
Maureen G. Zemkowski
Apr 18, 2014
Maureen G. Zemkowski, 71, of Bluffton, SC died Friday, April 18, 2014. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 333 Fording Island Road, Bluffton, SC 29909. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton is assisting the family. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 7,...
Stephanie Williams
Apr 18, 2014
Stephanie Williams, 76, of Bluffton, SC died Friday, April 18, 2014. Ms. Williams was born in St. Lucia on December 26, 1937, the daughter of the late Albert Johnson and Rita Boyer Johnson. She is survived by her sons, Anthony Williams and Linus Williams, both of Bluffton; Camilla Chisholm of Hilton Head Island and Mary James (Donovan) of Bluffton; sisters,...
Barbra Elizabeth Blasey
Apr 17, 2014
Barbra Elizabeth Blasey, beloved daughter of Richard Blasey and Lillian Barnes, loving sister of Dawn Marie Blasey, left this world on April 17, 2014. She was born in Fairview Park, Ohio and was a 1985 graduate of Hilton Head High School. Friends of Barbra and friends of her family are invited to gather together at Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville...
Gladys Edna Woods
Apr 17, 2014
Gladys Edna Woods, 96, widow of James Varden Woods, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014 at her home in Okatie, SC. She was born on May 15, 1917 in Carlstadt, New Jersey to the late Edward John Vorisek and Esther Martha Scott Vorisek. She was a homemaker and enjoyed her family. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on...
John David (Dave) Taylor
Apr 17, 2014
John David (Dave) Taylor of Bluffton, SC, died on April 17, at the Medical University Hospital of South Carolina in Charleston, following a brief illness. Born Sept. 29, 1939, in Pittsburgh, PA, to Robert Marsden Taylor and Esther McCarthy Taylor, Dave had two older brothers, Robert Marsden Taylor, Jr., and William McCarthy Taylor. He was predeceased by both his parents...
Helen C. Godwin
Apr 16, 2014
Helen C. Godwin, 82, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Fort Washington, MD died Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Mrs. Godwin was born in Belknap, IL on July 9, 1931, the daughter of the late Guy Casper and Essie Marlman Casper. She was a graduate of St. Luke's Nursing School in St. Louis, MO and practiced as a Registered Nurse for...
John Edgar Mccormick
Apr 15, 2014
John Edgar McCormick, 74, passed away peacefully at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. John was born on July 29, 1939 in Coral Gables, FL and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He was a son of the late Edgar and Anna Houston McCormick. John and his wife, Judy, retired recently to Sun City/ Bluffton, SC from Hendersonville,...
Johnnie Harriet Mixson Smith
Apr 15, 2014
Johnnie Harriet Mixson Smith, 80, died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Unihealth Post Acute Care in Estill, SC. She was born in Jacksonville, FL on September 28, 1933 to the late Eli Mixson and Nettie Mae Stanley Mixson. She was a Homemaker; a retiree of Palmetto Electric Cooperative after many years of service and she was a member of Beaver...
Norma Renea Fogle Tobias
Apr 15, 2014
Norma Renea Fogle Tobias, 54 of Summerville SC passed away suddenly on April 15, 2014 at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital in Columbia, SC. Leaving behind her beloved family, Michael Shannon Tobias ( Holly ) of Summerville SC , Kristen Leigh Tobias of Columbia SC; Sean Allen Tobias ( Sandria ) and her granddaughter, Kelsi Alena Tobias of Columbia SC; her...
Mary Helen Mikell Elliott
Apr 14, 2014
Mary Helen Mikell Elliott - March 15, 1955 - April 14, 2014 Mary Helen Elliott died at her home in Bluffton, SC following a long illness. She had a loving heart and a vivacious spirit that made the world a brighter place. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles H. and Myrtle Mikell of Estill; husband, Carlton Edgar...
