OBITUARIES
Tracy Arnold Benton
Jan 15, 2014
Tracy Arnold Benton, 43, of North Carolina died January 15, 2014 at his home in Dallas, North Carolina. He was born in Savannah, Georgia on November 4, 1970 the son of Thomas Benton and Gloria N. Nettles. He was an IT manager for Hewlett-Packard Corporation. He was a graduate of Thomas Heyward Academy Class of '89 and later earned a...
Wayne D. Firestone
Jan 15, 2014
Wayne D. Firestone, 53, of Bluffton, SC died Wednesday, January 15, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, SC 29910. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton,...
Charles D. Smith
Jan 15, 2014
Charles Donald "Donnie" Smith, 69, of Bluffton, SC passed away on January 15, 2014. He was born in Savannah, GA on November 17, 1944 and was preceded in death by his parents Elmer "Pops" H. Smith Sr. and Georgia Magann Smith and his brothers Elmer "Jack" Smith, Jr. and Albert "Butch" Smith of Bluffton, SC. He was well known for...
Don Billet
Jan 14, 2014
Don Billet, 84, of Hilton Head Island, SC died Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Mr. Billet was born in York, PA on May 26, 1929. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, retiring as Commander in 1979. After a 26 year career with the Civil Engineer Corps, U.S. Navy involving Public Works assignments and construction contract administration at 11...
Tommie Lee Mccallister
Jan 13, 2014
Tommie Lee McCallister, 85, died Monday, January 13, 2014 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. He was born in Burroughs, GA on September 09, 1928 to the late Herman Earl McCallister and Elizabeth Seldon McCallister. He was a retiree of CSX Transportation where he was employed for 46 1/2 years as a Signalman; US Army Veteran of Korea;...
Coleman S. Smith
Jan 12, 2014
Coleman S. Smith, 73, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at his home in Early Branch, SC. He was born in Grays, SC on June 28, 1940 to the late Simmie Smith and Mary Cook Smith. He was a painter and a carpenter for Richardson Construction Company and Gooding Contractors of Hampton; attended Open Arms Fellowship of Hampton and loved his...
Joyce Ann Meadows
Jan 11, 2014
Joyce Ann Meadows, 62, died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. She was born on March 14, 1951 in Guyton, GA to Rubina Sparks Boudrieau and the late Arthur Phillip Boudrieau. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her mother, Rubina Sparks Duncan; long time friend, Glen Smith of Ridgeland, SC; daughter, Sonya Sexton...
John Sidney Horton
Jan 11, 2014
John Sidney Horton, 94, of Hardeeville, SC died January 11, 2014 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. He was born on November 28, 1919 in Robertville, South Carolina the son of the late Charles W. and Mary Edna Fennell Horton. He was a US Army veteran of World War II who served in the liberation of the Philippines. He retired in 1979...
Woodrow Wilson Durden
Jan 11, 2014
Woodrow Wilson Durden, 91, of Brooklet, GA died January 11, 2014 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro, GA. He was born on July 19, 1922 in Ridgeland, SC the son of the late Lonnie and Louise Blakely Durden. He was a retired from the US Army after 20 years of service, serving in WWII, The Vietnam War, and...
Dorothy Griner
Jan 10, 2014
Dorothy Griner, 83, widow of Johnnie Whitman Griner, died Friday, January 10, 2014 at her home in Early Branch, SC. She was born in Varnville, SC on September 21, 1930 to the late Ernest Tindal and Edna Thomas Tindal. She was a homemaker; member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church; loved gardening and feeding the hummingbirds. She is survived by her...
Helen Mccullough Inglis
Jan 10, 2014
Helen McCullough Inglis, 87 of Bluffton, SC died Friday, January 10, 2014 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 27, 1926. Helen was raised in Jacksonville, FL where she met her husband, Allick Wyllie Inglis, Jr. ("Al"). Helen and Al were married in 1945 and together they have lived in Bluffton...
Christie Calvin (Chris) Maile
Jan 10, 2014
Christie (Chris) Calvin Maile, 73, died on January 10th, 2014 in Bluffton, S.C. Christie was born on October 1st, 1940 in Villa Rica, Georgia to Christie Calvin Maile and Margaret Huffine Maile. Christie was raised in Douglasville, GA and then later lived in Marietta, GA and Greenville, SC. Christie loved and lived in Mazatlan, Sinaloa in Mexico from 1998 to...
Egon W. Hasler
Jan 9, 2014
Egon W. Hasler, 70 of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Hilton Head Island, SC following a brief hospitalization. Mr. Hasler was born in Switzerland on May 5, 1943, the son of the late Engelbert Hasler and Philomena Spirig Hasler. He practiced accounting for many years, working primarily for Texaco. He began working with Texaco in West Africa...
Trudy Riley Cramer
Jan 9, 2014
Trudy Riley Cramer, 63 of Bluffton and wife of Marion Bliss Cramer passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Savannah, GA. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 am, Monday, January 13, 2014 at the church. Funeral services will be held at Noon on Monday, January 13, 2014 at the Okatee Baptist Church, Ridgeland, SC....
Ben Earl Floyd
Jan 7, 2014
Ben Earl Floyd, 87, of Hardeeville, SC died January 7, 2014 at Costal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville, SC. He was born on May 21, 1927 in Garnet, SC the son of the late Ben and Carrie Sauls Floyd. He was the former owner of Floyd's Service Center and Wrecker Service and worked as a long haul truck driver for Coastal...
Mary D. Bernardo
Jan 6, 2014
Mary D. Bernardo, 94 of Bluffton and formerly of Stratford, CT passed away on Monday, January 6, 2014 at Hospice Savannah, GA. She was the widow of Anthony L. Bernardo. She was born in Bridgeport, CT on September 8, 1919 to the late Mike Gomzi and Marie Preyner Gomzi. She was a member of Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church....
Vianery H. Garcia Barrientos
Jan 4, 2014
Vianery H. Garcia Barrientos, 19, of Bluffton, South Carolina, died January 4th at 11:10 AM at Savannah Memorial Hospital, where her heart took its last beat. Vianery was born on November 5th, 1994, in the city of Chilpancingo, which is located in the state of Guerrero, in Mexico. She was the daughter of Evelia Barrientos and Gilberto Garcia. She was...
Charles (Chuck) Roth, Jr.
Jan 4, 2014
Bluffton, S.C. - Charles (Chuck) Roth, Jr., age 82, of Bluffton, South Carolina and formerly of Avon, Connecticut passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 at NHC Bluffton after a brief illness. Chuck was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the only son to the late Charles V. Roth Sr. and Berta Pulsifer Roth. He was a graduate of Bridgeport High School and...
Susan Van Hoewyk
Jan 4, 2014
Susan Van Hoewyk, 68, of Bluffton, SC and formerly of Bolton, CT died Friday, January 4, 2014. Mrs. Van Hoewyk was born in Melrose, MA on November 8, 1945, the daughter of the late Walter Medding and Marjorie Perkins Medding. Susan worked as an Instructional Aide for many years in the Bolton, CT public schools. She was a member of...
Cynthia Ann Stephens
Jan 4, 2014
Cynthia Ann Stephens , 51, passed away on January 4, 2014 at her home in Bluffton. She was born in Savannah, GA on November 5, 1962 to Howard B. Stephens and the late JoAnne Beach. She was a Bluffton native who loved the river and enjoyed fishing and boating. She loved her dog, Thumper and cat, Bratt. She was a...
