Georgette Pepper Hanckel

CHARLESTON - Entered into eternal rest on Thursday, October 15, 2009, Georgette Pepper Pinckney Hanckel, widow of Francis Stuart Hanckel, Jr. The relatives and friends of Georgette P. Hanckel are invited to attend her Memorial Service at 4:00 PM, Sunday, October 18, 2009, at Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Sullivan's Island. Private interment will be at Old St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard The family requests memorials be made to the Holy Cross Church, 2520 Middle St., Sullivan's Island, SC 29482 or a charity of one's choice. She was born in Lansing, Michigan the daughter of B. Gaillard and Mary Ackis DuTart Pinckney on Friday, July 14, 1922. Peppie was a graduate of Memminger High School. During World War II she was employed at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. Peppie served on the Board of Directors for the developer of St. Andrew's Shopping Center, the Board of Directors of Coburg Dairy and was the Secretary - Treasurer of Dickinson, Mikell and Comar, Inc. She was a member of the Charleston County Republican Party for over 40 years and served as a poll manger. Peppie was a Girl Scout Troop Leader on the Isle of Palms, a member and Past President of the West Ashley Exchange Club, a member of the Woman's Transporation Club, the Confederate Memorial Society of Mt. Pleasant, the Lady's Benevolent Society of Charleston and a former Board Member of The National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of South Carolina. Surviving are two sisters, Sarah P. Hanckel and Verdier P. Fritz, a brother, Gaillard "Bubby" Pinckney, her step mother, Catherine Q. Pinckney, a brother in law, Gerald P. Dickinson; five step children, Frank S. Hanckel, Eleanor H. Jenkins, Charlotte H. Hay, Sarah Ann H. Jenkins and Estelle H. Walpole. She was predeceased by her siblings, Caroline P. Dickinson, Gail P. Crayton, Mary P. Darlington and Philip D. Pinckney; a step son, Richardson M. Hanckel and a step daughter, Polly H. Westen. Known affectionally as "Galloping Pep", & "UGH!", she will be dearly missed by her 70 nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews. A special thanks to her nursing home family for their love and care. A Condolence may be made to her Guest Book at www.charlestonfunerals.com Arrangements by JAMES A. MCALISTER, INC. 766-1365