OBITUARIES
Sadie Elizabeth Smith Johnson
Feb 8, 2009
Sadie S. JohnsonEarly Branch, SCSadie Elizabeth Smith Johnson, 84, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Candler Hospital in Savannah, GA.She was born in Jasper County, SC on May 7, 1924, the daughter of the late Rufus Virgil and Mamie Cope Smith.She was a graduate of Grays High School and Rice Business College of Charleston, SC. She was a member...
Queen Taylor Washington
Feb 5, 2009
Queen Taylor Washington, 90, widow of Freddie Taylor and William Washington, passed away Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC.She was born October 20, 1918 in Ridgeland, SC. She was the daughter of the late Wally and Susie Jenkins Bolden. She was a former employee of Bailey
Jose Abel Miranda-Hernandez
Feb 5, 2009
Jose Abel Miranda-Hernandez, 3 weeks old, of Bluffton, SC died Thursday, February 5, 2009 at his home.He was born on Hilton Head Island, SC on January 14, 2009. He was the son of Jose and Jessica Carter Hernandez.He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose Hernandez of Bluffton, SC; his maternal grandfather, Dennis Carter of Hartwell, GA; his...
Peter J. Mutascio Jr.
Jan 31, 2009
Peter J. Mutascio Jr., 69, of Hilton Head Island, SC, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2009 in the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.He was born in Orange, NJ on January 31, 1940. He was the son of the late Peter J. and Antoinette Delisa Mutascio Sr.He moved to Hilton Head Island twelve years ago from Mt. Laurel,...
Bessie Mae Mitchell Fields
Jan 31, 2009
Bessie Mae Mitchell Fields, 60, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC.She was born June 11, 1948 in Beaufort, SC. She was the daughter of Alvin and Maddie Howard Mitchell.She was a cook at the Palmetto Bluff Hunting Lodge and a member of St. John
Andrea Marie Lopez
Jan 28, 2009
Andrea Marie Lopez, 20, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident in Brunswick, GA.She was born on Hilton Head Island, SC on April 25, 1988. She was the daughter of Luis Lopez and Wendy Carol Winn Kennedy.She was a graduate of Hilton Head High School. She was a former member...
George A. Matzner Iii
Jan 28, 2009
George A. Matzner III, formerly of Pocomoke City, MD, died Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Palm Meadows Village on Hilton Head Island, SC. He was born in High Point, NC on June 4, 1928, the son of the late Cleo Ridge Matzner and George A. Matzner, Jr. He graduated from high school in 1945 in Emporia, VA, and received a...
Charles William Morse
Jan 28, 2009
Charles William Morse, 96, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at his home.He was born in Hastings, NY on April 3, 1912. He was the son of the late William C. and Jennie Spicer Morse.He moved to Bluffton in 2005. He was retired from the International Harvester Corporation. He was an avid golfer. He was the...
Michael George Kautzmann
Jan 28, 2009
Michael George Kautzmann, 22, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident in Brunswick, GA.He was born in Dover, New Jersey on July 7, 1986. He was the son of George Kautzmann and Laurie Fernandez Stewart.He moved to Bluffton, SC from Randolph, NJ. He was a Catholic. He was an avid...
Charles Earl Burton
Jan 28, 2009
Charles Earl Burton, 86, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at his home.He was born in Louisville, KY on August 31, 1922. He was the son of the late William E. and Edith Berry Burton.He was the owner of Burton Insurance Agency of Louisville, KY. He was a US Navy veteran of World War II and...
Jerry Joseph Erzen
Jan 27, 2009
Jerry Joseph Erzen, 67, of Hilton Head Island, SC and formerly of Naperville IL, Sheboygan, WI and Galena, IL, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 in the Hilton Head Medical Center from complications following a fall.He was born in Sheboygan, WI on March 4, 1941. He was the son of Doris Meyer Erzen and the late Joseph Jerry Erzen.He...
Opal Pugmire Petty
Jan 26, 2009
Oral Pugmire Petty passed away peacefully at her home on January 26, 2009 at the age of 88. She was born on Aug. 11, 1920 in St. Charles Idaho. She is survived by her children and their spouses Ken & Debbie Petty of Arcadia CA, Doug & Marjie Petty of Evergreen CO, Richard & Tami Petty of Lake View Terrace,...
James Malik
Jan 25, 2009
James Malik, 79, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2009 in the Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 10, 1929. He was the son of the late James and Anna Hosek Malik. He was retired from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation after 23 years of service.He is survived by his wife of...
Richard K Guillory
Jan 25, 2009
Richard K. Guillory, 80 died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC.He was born in Alexandria, LA on August 14, 1928 to the late Ernest Guillory and Cora Bordelon Guillory.He was a retired Environmental Health Inspector for SC Department of Health and Environmental Control; had served as a Deacon in Ridgeland Baptist Church; US Navy Veteran...
Arlan Louis Lowe
Jan 23, 2009
Arlan L. Lowe, formerly of Fairbury, Nebraska, passed away at his home in Bluffton on Saturday, January 24th, 2009. He is survived by his brother, Robert Lowe, and sons, Lance and Kevin Lowe. He will be memorialized at the Bluffton Oyster Company on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 10:00 am.
Howard Arthur Vieau Sr.
Jan 21, 2009
Howard Arthur Vieau Sr., 88, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 in the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SCHe was born on January 20, 1921 in Minneapolis, MN. He was the son of the late Arthur Eouard and Pauline Schilling Vieau.He was a retired computer engineer. He was a member of the Elks Club. He...
William Frank Kaufman
Jan 21, 2009
William Frank Kaufman, 61, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center in Hilton Head Island, SC. He was born August 9, 1947 in Johnstown, PA. He was the son of the late Robert and Anne Engelbach Kaufman. He was a retired electrical engineer for General Electric. He graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science...
Lillian Albertha Reynolds Benton
Jan 19, 2009
Lillian R. BentonPort Wentworth, GALillian Albertha Reynolds Benton, 90, widow of Louis Lester Benton, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2009 at Westview Nursing Home in Port Wentworth, GA.She was born in Bluffton, SC on September 16, 1918 to the late Edward Grayson Reynolds and Lulu Irene Padgett Reynolds.She was a homemaker and she was a member of Indian Hill...
