OBITUARIES
Marie Burkhardt Rich
Aug 3, 2022
Marie B. Rich passed away on August 3, 2022 at the Vineyard in Bluffton, S.C.
She was 91. Her strong sense of faith allowed her to pass peacefully with courage and dignity.
Marie is survived by her daughter Denise Fitzgerald (Mike), son David Rich (Cindy), daughter Suellen Nida (Paul), 8 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren she...
Sumako Mori Lavigne
Aug 3, 2022
Sumako Mori Lavigne of Ridgeland, South Carolina, peacefully passed away at her home on August 3, 2022 at the age of 91.
She is survived by her husband, Amos Lavigne, Jr.; children Victor Lavigne (Savannah, Georgia) with wife Martha, and Susan Waite (Ridgeland) with husband Randy; grandchildren Christina Lang (Ridgeland) with husband Steven, Michael Waite (Ridgeland) with...
Barbara Jane (Coston) Partridge
Aug 3, 2022
Barbara Coston Partridge, 85 of Sun City died Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 at her home surrounded by her children, Bradford K Partridge, Linda P. Bird, Cynthia P. Sticker and Amy T. Gray and granddaughter Sara Sticker.
She was born February 13, 1937 to her late parents, Verona Trubshaw and Samuel Smith Coston II in Camden, NJ and...
Jan Joseph Bessette
Aug 2, 2022
Jan Joseph Bessette, 79 of Bluffton, SC formerly Charlton, NY died August 2, 2022 after a short illness. He graduated Linton High School in 1960 and immediately joined the workforce. After a brief employment with Sealy Mattress Company, he began his 33-year career with The General Electric Company. In September of 1969, he married the love of his life...
Stephen "Steve" Parson
Aug 2, 2022
Stephen (Steve) Parson, 79, died August 2, 2022, of pneumonia, while in the hospital in Bluffton, SC. He was born in Shenandoah, IA, but claimed Des Moines, IA, as his hometown. He was the oldest of four children of Betty and Maurice Parson.
He went to college on a football scholarship, and it was at the University...
Erik Timothy Howard
Aug 2, 2022
Erik Timothy Howard, 26, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022, at his home in Hilton Head, SC after an intense 3 year journey with cancer.
Although he was only 26 at the time of his death, Erik impacted many people in his lifetime.
Erik was born at Allen Bennett Hospital in Greer, SC...
Barbara Joan (Ward) Major
Aug 1, 2022
Barbara Joan (Ward/Lagomarsino) Major departed this life on August 1, 2022. Known as “Bobbie” to her family and friends, she had five brothers whom she dearly loved: Raymond “Ray”, David “Dave” (deceased), Dennis “Denny” (deceased) (Wyona), Michael “Mike” (Cindy), and Anthony “Tony” (Erin). She also had an older sister, Jewel Francis, who died as an infant and whom she...
Claude Parker Cook, Jr.
Aug 1, 2022
Claude Parker Cook Jr was born in Hazlehurst, GA on June 16, 1943 and died at home on August 1, 2022 surrounded by his family.
He is survived by his sister Saralyn Sears, of Hazlehurst GA. His daughter Catharine Cook DeLong of Bluffton SC and his two step-sons James Reid Williamson of Savannah GA & Robert Glendining...
James Simmons, Jr.
Aug 1, 2022
James Simmons, Jr., 71 years old, of Hardeeville, SC, passed away on August 1, 2022. James was born on December 24, 1950, to Ernestine and James Simmons, Sr. in Bluffton, SC.
James graduated from Michael C. Riley School in Bluffton. He worked at Union Camp, where through hard work, he was promoted to a managerial position. He...
Margaret Carroll (Hatton) Kocurek
Jul 30, 2022
Margaret Carroll Kocurek (Hatton) of Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away peacefully in the early morning of July 30th, 2022, surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice Care of the Lowcountry.
Margaret was born in Ithaca, New York, on February 7, 1942, to the late John McClay Hatton and Kathryn Lucille Hatton. Margaret received her...
Alex M. Raney
Jul 29, 2022
Alex M. Raney of Rose Hill Plantation in Bluffton, SC and also of Barley Mill Courts in Greenville, DE passed away peacefully on July 27, with loving family at his side .
He is survived by his loving wife of 37 years Denise L. Raney, two loving daughters Michele Branigan (Philip) of Calverton, NY, Barbara Green (Kyle...
Ronald "Ron" Naughton
Jul 29, 2022
Ronald (Ron) Franklin Naughton, age 88, passed away at home on Hilton Head Island, SC on Friday, July 29, 2022. He was born to Joseph and Elizabeth Naughton on January 5, 1934, in Brackenridge, PA. He was preceded in death by his wife Lucille, parents, sister Dorothy and six brothers, Joseph, Walter, Albert, John, Russell, and Raymond. Ronald is...
John "Jack" Curtis Mullett
Jul 29, 2022
John Curtis Mullett (Jack), beloved husband, father and “Papa”, was called home to heaven Friday, July 29th in Hilton Head Island surrounded by his wife and children. Jack was born in Boston, MA and grew up in Fairhaven, MA. He was a star athlete from a very young age playing football, basketball and baseball through high school. Spending his...
Rita Poe Bostick
Jul 29, 2022
Rita Poe Bostick of Estill, South Carolina, passed peacefully into Heaven early on the morning of July 29 th , 2022, while under the compassionate care of the memory care staff at The Arbor in Canton, Georgia. Rita was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she later met the love of her life, Roger Bostick. They spent much of their...
Michelle (Flynn) Fraser
Jul 28, 2022
SUN CITY, BLUFFTON – It is with great sadness our family announces that our cherished darling, Michelle Fraser, 58, died at home after a prolonged illness.
Michelle was born on April 22, 1964 in Audubon, New Jersey, the daughter of the late William Flynn and Lois (Flynn) Schleuss. She then moved as an infant to San Antonio,...
Carolyn V. Graham
Jul 28, 2022
Ms. Carolyn Virginia Graham, 80, passed peacefully into the arms of her savior, on the morning of Thursday, July 28, 2022 with family by her side and under the care of Bethany Hospice.
Carolyn was born in Jesup, Georgia on April 3, 1942 the first of seven siblings born to the late Mr. Lonnie C. Graham Sr....
Ulric "Big Joe" Joseph
Jul 27, 2022
Ulric “Big Joe” Joseph, 82, of Ridgeland, SC passed away July 27, 2022 at his home.
Big Joe was born December 6, 1939 in Trinidad, WI to the late Clarence Joseph and Josephine Lazarus Joseph. He was a baptized member of St. Luke’s Baptist Church and enjoyed sports, politics, and dancing. He loved to eat and have...
Dr. Lawrence Dean Bourgard
Jul 27, 2022
Dr. Lawrence D. Bourgard passed peacefully into the arms of his Savior on the morning of Wednesday, July 27, at his home on Hampton Lake, under the loving care of GHC Hospice.
Larry was born on December 2, 1942, in Amityville, NY, where he excelled in his studies at Amityville Memorial High School and was on the...
Kenneth Stanley
Jul 26, 2022
KENNETH STANLEY, GRAYS SC – Mr. Kenneth Reece Stanley Sr., 90, of Anderson SC, formally of Grays, SC, entered into the Kingdom of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at the AnMed Health Medical Center of Anderson, SC. Mr. Stanley was born May 26, 1932 in the Varnville, SC area and was the son...
Rose Clayton
Jul 24, 2022
Rose Clayton, 79, of Bluffton, SC, passed away on July 24, 2022, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Rose was born on August 3, 1942, to Thomas J. Money and Leontine Drake in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Eastern High School in Washington, D.C., she went on to Howard University, where she met several lifelong friends...
