OBITUARIES
Dr. David R. Hobbs
Dec 1, 2008
Dr. David R. Hobbs, 71, passed away on Monday, December 1, 2008 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 20, 1937. He was the son of the late Milford R. and Marjorie Hobbs.He was a Physician who practiced medicine in Ridgeland for many years. He attended Ridgeland Baptist Church. He enjoyed all...
Joseph Michael Meyer
Nov 30, 2008
Joseph Michael Meyer, 49, died Sunday, November 30, 2008 at his home in Bluffton, SC.He was born May 20, 1959 in Savannah, GA. He was the son of Joseph Walter Meyer and the late Edith Jeanne Bazemore Meyer.He was a life long resident of Bluffton, SC. He golfed in the Bulldog Tournament, was an avid fisherman, a member of the...
Nevaeh Hannah Velasques
Nov 30, 2008
Baby Nevaeh Hannah Velasques, the infant daughter of Katreena and Derek Velasques was born November 19, 2008 at Savannah Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. The memories of baby Nevaeh will be cherished by her mother, Katreena Beaton and her father, Derek Velasques; one sister, Takarie Velasques; one brother, Derek Velasques, Jr.; grandparents, Kathleen Beaton of Beaufort, SC and Isabelle...
Deborah Lee Neidert Bohl
Nov 29, 2008
Deborah Lee Neidert-Bohl , Hardeeville, SCDeborah Lee Neidert-Bohl, 56, wife of Paul A. Bohl, passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2008 as the result of an automobile accident near Hardeeville, SC. She was formerly of Strawberry Plains, TN.She was born in Winter Park, FL on September 14, 1952. She was the daughter of the late Lena Pringle. She was a...
Roy Mitchell Heape
Nov 18, 2008
Roy M. HeapeRidgeland, SCRoy Mitchell Heape, 65, died Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at his home in Ridgeland, SC.He was born in Ridgeland SC on May 24, 1943 to the late Edward Wendell Heape and Izora Priester Heape.He was a retired ironworker and a member of Gillisonville Baptist Church.He is survived by his special friend, Elaine Deglar of Ridgeland, SC; two...
Richard Byron Low
Nov 15, 2008
Richard Byron Low, 74, died Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his home in Bluffton, SC.He was born October 31, 1934 in Portland, ME. He was the son of the late Warren and Julia Montgomery Low.He and his wife moved from New England in 1982 to Hilton Head Island, SC where he was a home builder for over 20 years. He...
Caroline Bennett Gill
Nov 12, 2008
Caroline B. GillRidgeland, SCCaroline Bennett Gill, 76, widow of William Perry Gill, died Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC.She was born in Summerville, SC on August 21, 1932 to the late Heyward Adolphus Bennett and Ethel Grooms Bennett. She was an Elementary School Teacher and Homemaker; a graduate of Winthrop College, a member of St....
Bonnie Sue Simons Beeferman
Nov 11, 2008
Bonnie Sue Simons Beeferman, wife of Harvey L. Beeferman, 66, passed away at her home in Bluffton on Tuesday, November 11, 2008.She was born in Chicago, IL on August 10, 1942. She was the daughter of the late Herbert and Phyllis Allen Simons.She taught High School Spanish early in her career in Illinois. She was most known for her volunteer...
Jon Anthony (Tony) Jester
Nov 9, 2008
Jon Anthony (Tony) Jester of Bluffton, SC, formerly of Weymouth, MAJon Anthony (Tony) Jester, 70, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at St. Joseph
Preston Wilburn Wright Iii
Nov 9, 2008
Preston Wilburn Wright III, 66, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Hospice House of Savannah, GA.He was born in Baltimore, MD on August 5, 1942. He was the son of the late Preston W. Wright Jr. and Bertha Marie Segelhorst Wright.He was a retired Technology Consultant. He had lived in Stow, MA for 28 years. He was a...
Robert John Mills
Nov 9, 2008
Robert John Mills, 82, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at his home in Bluffton, SC.He was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA on December 11, 1925. He was the son of the late George and Elizabeth Varga Mills.He was a retired Safety Engineer for the Aerospace industry. He was a graduate of Colgate University Class of 1949. He was a...
Sharon Lorraine Murphy Smith
Nov 6, 2008
Sharon Lorraine Murphy Smith, "The Cheesecake Lady", 70, died Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC. She was born December 17, 1937 in Detroit MI. She was the daughter of the late Raymond and Lorraine Seymour Murphy. She was a homemaker and baked the best cheesecake in Bluffton. She was a member of the Bridge...
John Z. Taran
Nov 4, 2008
John Z. Taran, 93, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Coastal Carolina Medical Center in Hardeeville, SC.He was born November 1, 1915 in Ansonia, CT. He was a member of Lowcountry Presbyterian Church in Bluffton, SC. He was a retired mechanical engineer, a Navy Veteran of World War II, and a member of the Sun City Veterans Club. He was...
Marie Louise Vanvechten Sigerist
Nov 4, 2008
BLUFFTON, SC- Marie Louise Van Vechten Sigerist died peacefully on November 4, 2008 at the Carolina House in Bluffton, SC at the age of 94. She was born in 1913 in Elizabeth, NJ to Arthur and Rieta Van Vechten. She was predeceased by both parents, her husband Fred Sigerist, and her sister Anne Van Vechten Coupe.Marie Louise attended Kent Place...
Dr. J. M. Bennett Jr.
Nov 3, 2008
Dr. J. M. Bennett Jr., 79, died Monday, November 3, 2008 in the Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.He was born in Ruffin, SC on August 6, 1929. He was the son of the late Joe Monnie and Versie Breland Bennett.He was a Medical Doctor who graduated from the MUSC School of Medicine. He was Board Certified in Forensics and...
Eulalie Cooler Simmons
Nov 1, 2008
Eulalie Cooler Simmons, 90, widow of Hoyt Simmons, died Saturday, November 1, 2008 after a long illness.She was born in Ridgeland, SC on July 8, 1918. She was the daughter of the late Walter Russell and Lela Corene Smith Cooler.After graduation, she lived in Charleston, SC where she worked for the Port of Embarkation as a secretary. She married the...
Stephen Wayne Sease
Oct 31, 2008
Stephen W. Sease, 61, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at his home in Ridgeland, SC.He was born in Barnwell, SC on July 25, 1947. He was the son of the late Eugene and Ruby Morris Sease.He moved to Ridgeland in 1958 from Barnwell, SC. He retired from Hargray Telephone Company in 2003 after 37 years. He was a US Army...
Damian Whelan Kernan
Oct 30, 2008
Damian Kernan, 39, formerly of Glasnevin Ave., Dublin, Ireland tragically died on October 30, 2008.He was the beloved husband of Martina (nee Scanlon-Sligo) and doting Dad of Sean and Sarah and son of the late Peter P. Kernan. He will be very sadly missed by his loving family, Mary his Mother, brothers and sisters, Lorna, Sandra, Pamela, Peter, Brian, John,...
