Recent Obituaries

Henry Clay Reel Jr

May 31, 2014

Reel , Henry Clay Jr Henry Clay Reel Jr.,73, of Moncks Corner, retired US Navy chief and military contractor, died Saturday, May 31, 2014 Henry was born April 28, 1941, in Hollywood Ca., the son of Henry Clay Reel Sr. and Virginia Hulsmon Reel. Surviving are his wife, Linda Saylor Reel; a son – Lee S. Reel and his...

Charles "Bob" Harris

May 29, 2014

Charles "Bob" Harris Sr., 89, of Moncks Corner, widower of Gwendolyn Klintworth Harris, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Harris was born March 25, 1925, in Kannapolis, N.C., son of Charles R. Harris and Odessa Blackmon Harris. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of World War II and Korea, and a Federal Government retiree. He...

Juanita J. Warren Hammonds

May 23, 2014

Juanita J. Warren Hammonds, 78, of Bonneau, former food service manager, widow of Billy Joe Hammonds, passed away Friday, May 23, 2014, in Mt. Pleasant. Juanita was born May 8, 1936, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Norman Henry Warren and Lily Mae Silver Warren. She was a member of Bonneau Baptist Church and a member of the Seniors...

Gail Hooks

May 7, 2014

HOOKS, Rhonda Gail Doyle

Rhonda Gail Hooks, 59, of North Charleston, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at her residence.

Gail was born September 18, 1953, in Conway, S.C., the daughter of Cleo Hubert Hooks and Gwendolyn Tyler Hooks Whitlow.

Funeral services for Gail will be held in RUSSELL FUNERAL CHAPEL, Moncks...

Lydia Benton Lankford

Apr 29, 2014

Lydia B. Lankford, 54, of Pinopolis, wife of William Michael (Mike) Lankford, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at her home after a brief illness. Lydia was born on January 23, 1960, in West Palm Beach, FL, the daughter of Thomas D. Benton and Lee Cooper Benton. She was a staff trainer for Victorious Ministry Through Christ, led worship,...

Robert L. Lipsey Sr.

Apr 24, 2014

Robert L. Lipsey Sr., 93, of Moncks Corner, retired Boilermaker with Charleston Naval Shipyard, died Thursday, April 24, 2014. He was first married to the late Ethel Neal Lipsey and is the widower of Paula Radford Lipsey. Robert was born July 9, 1920, in Norfolk, Va., the son of A. Madison Lipsey and Buleah Moore Lipsey. He was...

Arthur B Metcalf

Apr 20, 2014

Arthur B. Metcalf, 82, of Moncks Corner, husband of Nettie P. Metcalf, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014, in a St. Stephen nursing home.

Mr. Metcalf was born March 22, 1932, in Boise, Idaho, a son of Charles A. Metcalf and Alma Louise Brumback Metcalf.

He was an U.S. Army veteran and was...

Richard Perpruner

Apr 20, 2014

Richard Lewis Perpruner, 76, of Ladson, widower of Gail Caldwell Perpruner, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2014, in a North Charleston nursing home.

Mr. Perpruner was born November 11, 1937, in Hibbing, Minnesota, the son of Andrew Perpruner and Romola Bertelli Perpruner.

Following service in the U.S. Navy, he had been an employee...

Patricia Anne Watson

Apr 19, 2014

WATSON, Patricia Anne, 80, of Pinopolis, retired teacher from Central Piedmont College, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014, in a Moncks Corner nursing home. Pat was born March 24, 1934, in Spartanburg, S.C., daughter of Theodore M. Watson and Dorothy Moore Watson. Surviving are her sister - Michael L. Lewis and her husband, Jerry, of Pinopolis; 2 brothers...

Christopher Paul Kuffel

Apr 13, 2014

Christopher Paul Kuffel, 44, of Moncks Corner, residential construction worker, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014. at his residence. Christopher was born February 23, 1970, in Summerville, son of David S. Kuffel and Marie Kyle Kuffel. Surviving in addition to his parents, are his fiance - Amiee Ledwell; a daughter - Barbara Gail Kuffel of North Carolina; 2 brothers...

Precious Carter Gregory

Apr 5, 2014

Precious Carter Gregory, 84, of Moncks Corner, widow of Robert F. Gregory, Sr., passed away Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Hospice of Charleston.

Precious was born in Charleston on November 26, 1929, daughter of Briley H. Carter and Gladys Halshall Carter.

She was a graduate of Memminger High School and attended Rice Business...

Jacqueline Tucker Baxley

Apr 3, 2014

Jacqueline Tucker Baxley, of Cordesville, widow of Clifford C. Baxley, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Hospice of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant.

Mrs. Baxley was born April 25, 1931, in Givhans, a daughter of Lawrence Tucker and Mattie Gleaton Tucker.

She was a former employee of American Tobacco Company and was a...

Helen Coleman Chaplin

Mar 30, 2014

Helen Coleman Chaplin, 88, of North Charleston, wife of Charles L. Chaplin, passed away Sunday evening, March 30, 2014, in a North Charleston hospital.

Mrs. Chaplin was born November 13, 1925, in Florence, a daughter of Maxcey Coleman and Ella Turner Coleman. Surviving in addition to her husband, are two sons - Paul Chaplin of...

Jimmie O'Neal Hill

Mar 23, 2014

Jimmie O'Neal Hill 66, of Ridgeville (Lebanon Community), passed away Sunday, March 23, 2014, at his residence. Jimmie was born September 9, 1947, in Berkeley County, the son of Ernest Fletcher Hill and Pearl Welch Hill. Surviving are two sons - Christopher Hill of Summerville; and Patrick Hill of Lebanon; two sisters - Christina Souther and her husband, Charles,...

Mary Gladys Ulmer Austin

Mar 16, 2014

Mary Gladys Ulmer Austin, 89, of Moncks Corner, a homemaker, widow of Judson D. (J.D.) Austin passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014, in a Charleston hospital. Mrs. Austin was born June 21, 1924, in Moncks Corner, a daughter of Pinckney K. Ulmer and Daisy Belle Metts Ulmer. She had been a Sunday School teacher for many years at Wassamassaw...

Ila Haselden Shuler

Mar 11, 2014

Ila Haselden Shuler, 82, of Jamestown, homemaker and widow of James A. “Jack” Shuler, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in a St. Stephen nursing home.

Mrs. Shuler was born November 9, 1931, in Berkeley County, daughter of Clarence D. Haselden and Annie Florence Ackerman Haselden.

She was a homemaker whose favorite pastimes...

Rosemary Guerry Jones

Mar 4, 2014

Rosemary Guerry Jones, 73, of Bonneau, wife of Jerry Lynn Jones, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at her son's residence in Summerville. Mrs. Jones was born August 30, 1940, in Charleston Heights, S.C., daughter of Edward M. Guerry and Mary Caison Guerry. She was a graduate of Lander University School of Nursing, later working with Roper Home Health...

Elizabeth Franciscaech Murphy Sr

Mar 4, 2014

Elizabeth Francisca Srech Murphy, 86, of Moncks Corner, widow of Adam Murphy, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in a North Charleston hospital. Mrs. Murphy was born May 5, 1927, in Hoensbroek, Holland, daughter of Ignatius Srech and Helene Rutlkowski Srech. She was a former teachers’ assistant at Macedonia Middle and High Schools and was a member of Victory...

Betty Jo Wiggins Clark

Mar 3, 2014

Betty Jo Wiggins Clark, 71, of Cross,wife of Samuel Clark, passed away Monday, March 3, 2014, in a Mt. Pleasant hospital. Betty Jo was born June 19, 1942, in Berkeley County, a daughter of Gilbert Walter Wiggins and Sadie Dehay Wiggins. A graduate of Berkeley High School, she was retired from the S. C. Forestry Commission and as a...

Patricia Ann Pofi Leyland

Mar 2, 2014

Patricia Ann Leyland, 69, of Goose Creek,widow of Elywn Leyland, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Leyland was born December 2, 1944, at Allegheny County, PA, a daughter of Mario Pofi and Josephine Constantino Pofi. Surviving are her son, Sean Leyland and his wife, Liza, of Goose Creek; her daughter - Heather Leyland of Goose...