OBITUARIES
Jerome Stephen Baum
Feb 24, 2009
Jerome Stephen Baum, Jerry to his family and friends, left this life on February 24, 2009. He was born March 28, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY. He was the older son of Philip and Sadye Baum, brother of Bruce Baum. Jerry attended Lawrence High School on Long Island and graduated from Rhodes Academy in NYC. He attended Hobart in upstate NY...
Robert George (Bob) Simonsen
Feb 23, 2009
Robert (Bob) George Simonsen of Bluffton, SC passed away on Monday, February 23, 2009 in Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Hardeeville, SC.He was born in New York City on January 16, 1940. He was the son of the late John and Asta Ericksen Simonsen.He was a retired New Rochelle, NY Firefighter. He was a former resident of Williamsburg, VA moving to...
Wilma Lee Goethe Wilson
Feb 23, 2009
Wilma Lee Goethe Wilson of Bluffton, SC passed away on Monday , February 23, 2009 at her home.She was born on June 10, 1917 in the caretaker
Edward Earl (Tommy) Merritt, Jr.
Feb 21, 2009
Edward E. (Tommy) Merritt, Jr.Ridgeland, SCEdward Earl (Tommy) Merritt, Jr., 72, died Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital in Beaufort, SC.He was born on January 10, 1937 in Charleston, SC to the late Edward E. Merritt, Sr. and Susan O. Merritt.He was a retired Trooper for South Carolina Highway Patrol, a US Army Veteran of Korea and a...
Bobbie Toker Cooler-Roberts
Feb 20, 2009
Bobbie T. Cooler-RobertsRidgeland, SCBobbie Toker Cooler-Roberts, 77, died Friday, February 20, 2009 at her home in Ridgeland, SC.She was born in Watertown, NY on March 13, 1931 to the late Andy P. Toker and Mary Toker Vinci.She was a retired Bookkeeper for Peeples Construction Company of Hilton Head, SC; former Hostess for Jaspers Porch Restaurant in Ridgeland; active member Ridgeland...
Douglas Howard Wilson, Sr.
Feb 19, 2009
Douglas Howard Wilson Sr., 60, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his home.He was born in Lenoir, NC on December 5, 1948. He was the son of Stanford R. Wilson and the late Louise Anderson Wilson.He was the Director of Security for Indigo Run. He had been the caretaker of Bull Island Plantation for fifteen...
Tony Bombardiere
Feb 19, 2009
Tony Bombardiere, 63, passed away February 19, 2009 at Carolina House of Hilton Head Island, SC. He was born August 12, 1945 in Clarksburg, WV. He was the son of the late Salvatore and Antonina
Jay Anthony Shanks
Feb 13, 2009
Jay Anthony Shanks, 46, of Bluffton, SC passed away suddenly on Friday, February 13, 2009 as the result of an accident in Riceboro, GA.He was born in Milwaukee, WI on October 2, 1962. He was the son of Patricia Moseler Shanks and the late Charles Shanks.In 1993 they relocated to Hilton Head Island, SC. He was a brick mason and...
Helen Price Malphrus
Feb 10, 2009
Helen P. MalphrusRidgeland, SCHelen Price Malphrus, 86, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at her home in Ridgeland, SC.She was born on January 5, 1923 in Ridgeland, SC to the late Grover Price and Ada Vaigneur Price.She was a homemaker and a faithful mother who loved her children and grandchildren. She was a member of Great Swamp Baptist Church.She is...
Peter Carleton Forbes Ii
Feb 10, 2009
Peter Carleton Forbes, II, 47, of Bluffton, SC passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at his home.He was born in Boston, Mass. on August 11, 1961. He was the son of Joyce Sargent Forbes and the late Peter Carleton Forbes.He was a Medical Technologist. He was a graduate of Armstrong Atlantic University. He was a diver-owner of Discount Divers...
Dorothy A. Hamm
Feb 8, 2009
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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...
