William Gary Roe

William “Bill” G. Roe a lifelong resident of Bluffton, SC died on 2/17/2020 at MUSC in Charleston. Born in Teaneck, NJ, with a love for Wall Street which dates back to his father’s seat on the New York Stock Exchange in the 1930s. After graduating from the University of Georgia, a member of the Gridiron Society and serving in the United States Marine Corps, he began work as a security trader in Atlanta, Ga. where he was a member of the Atlanta Polo team. Bill brought his love of the sport to the Lowcountry where he built a polo field, exercise track and stables at Windy Knoll Farm in Bluffton on the May River with his wife Nancy and their four children. They established polo at Rose Hill Plantation and travelled to Charleston, Aiken, Atlanta and Camden to play. Bill was a well-known political writer and essayist frequently contributing to CNN/FN and was involved in a wide variety of civic and community organizations. A champion for education, he had served as president of the Beaufort County Education Alliance and a past member of the College of Charleston Board of Visitors. In 1999, the Governor of South Carolina bestowed the highest honor a citizen can receive for service to his state, awarding him with The Order Of The Palmetto and the rare distinction of being named a Palmetto Gentleman.

Bill was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Nancy H. Roe and brother Eugene Roe. Surviving him is his wife Elisabeth Jones Roe; his four children Kristy Ernst (Kelly Ernst), John Roe, Kellie Kenny (Brian Kenny), and Kathryn Munsterman (Dennis Munsterman); six grandchildren, Kiley Ernst, Kyle Roe, Kamryn Roe, Maeve Kenny, Owen Kenny and Trevor Munsterman; his sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and Ken Horton; nephew Marshall Horton, nieces Andrea Horton and Kate Judson.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in his name to the Wounded warrior Foundation at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/donate or Maranatha Farm an animal rescue going to the aid of animals that are hurt, abused or abandoned, and making them into healthy companions to be adopted. https://www.maranathafarm.net/donations

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