Local Obituaries
for families in Charleston, James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Summerville, and beyond.
Bess Smith Burrows
Dec 30, 2010
Bess Sanders Smith Burrows, 88, of Charleston, beloved wife of John E. Burrows, died Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Roper Hospital. Mrs. Burrows was born in Charleston, SC, on December 1, 1922, the daughter of Bessie Sanders Smith and Eugene Yates Smith. She attended Memminger School, Ashley Hall, and the College of Charleston. She was a member of the Ivy...
Croix Stephen Killermann
Dec 26, 2010
Croix Killermann, 46, of James Island, beloved son of Joan Kintzing-Killermann, brother to Adam Killermann and brother-in-law to Lark McDonald Killermann passed away on Dec. 26, 2010. An avid boater, fisherman and talented carpenter, Croix will be greatly missed by all. A small private family ceremony will be performed and Ms. Kintzing has requested that in lieu of flowers, a...
Sarah Reynolds Fosberry
Dec 26, 2010
Sarah Reynolds Fosberry, wife of 49 years to Martin James Fosberry, passed peacefully at her home on Wadmalaw Island the morning of December 26, 2010. Sarah was born April 5, 1939, in Charleston, the eldest child of the late Lola Anderson and T. Willard Reynolds, MD. She was a graduate of Bishop England High School and The St. Francis School...
Carolyn Elizabeth Pendarvis
Dec 22, 2010
Carolyn Elizabeth Pendarvis Charleston, SC - Carolyn Elizabeth Pendarvis, 67, of Charleston, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Charleston, SC on Saturday, February 6, 1943, the daughter of Viola Griffith Pendarvis and the late James Smoak Pendarvis. Carolyn was a graduate of St. Andrews High School, a member of Holy...
Elizabeth Anne Terry Thompson
Dec 22, 2010
Entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Elizabeth (Betty) Terry Thompson wife of Lynn B. Thompson. Betty was born in Charleston a daughter of Frank S. and Virginia T. Terry on June 7, 1929. She was a graduate of Memminger High School and the College of Charleston, where she played basketball. After college she opened her own dancing...
Elizabeth Michel Porter
Dec 19, 2010
Elizabeth Michel Weikert Porter entered into eternal rest early in the afternoon of Sunday, December 19, 2010, after a very courageous sixteen year battle with ovarian cancer. She is survived by her loving husband Michael E. Porter and their son Justin M. Porter. She also leaves behind a sister, Minette W. Hutto and her sons of Walterboro; a brother, Bernard...
Thomas O'Quinn
Dec 19, 2010
Thomas O'Quinn, 73, of James Island, the husband of Patricia Ida Beckenstein O'Quinn, entered eternal rest on Sunday, December 19, 2010 with his family by his side. He was born in Branchville, SC, the son of Robert Benjamin O'Quinn and Minnie Lee Carter O'Quinn, on Thursday, April 8, 1937. Mr. O'Quinn honorably served our country in the United States Army...
Ruth Semmler Brown
Dec 17, 2010
Ruth S. Brown-Charleston Entered into eternal rest on December 17, 2010, Ruth Semmler Brown, the widow of Heinz Gerhard Brown. Ruth was born on Tuesday, August 16, 1910, a daughter of Louis and Rosa Schoenholz Semmler in New York, NY. Ruth lived a long, interesting and energetic life, especially for a woman of her generation. After graduating from college at...
Thomas Leroy Barrineau
Dec 14, 2010
Entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, Thomas Leroy "Roy" Barrineau, husband of Betty Jean Seabrook Barrineau. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Barrineau are invited to attend his Funeral Service at 10:30 AM Saturday, December 18, 2010, at the James A. McAlister Chapel. Interment , Riverview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends...
Darell Ray Harper
Dec 13, 2010
Darell Ray Harper, 59, of Ladson, entered into eternal rest on Monday evening, December 13, 2010 at his residence. The relatives and friends of Mr. Darell "Pete" Ray Harper are invited to attend his Celebration of Life Service, 2:00 PM Saturday, December 18, 2010 at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Highway. The family will receive friends from 1:00...
Mary Theresa Britton Ball
Dec 13, 2010
Mary Theresa Britton Ball, formerly of James Island, passed away Monday, December 13, 2010. She had been residing with her daughter and family in Orangeburg for the past five years. Mrs. Ball was born in Charleston on Tuesday, September 2, 1941, a daughter of Andrew Joseph Britton Jr. and Mary Theresa McCarrel Britton. She taught in Charleston County for more...
Robert William Epper
Dec 10, 2010
ROBERT WILLIAM EPPER CHARLESTON - Entered into eternal rest on Friday, December 10, 2010. The family will receive friends 4 - 6 pm at James A. McAlister Funeral Home Sunday, December 12. His Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 AM, Monday, December 13, 2010 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1695 Wallenberg Boulevard. Entombment will follow afterward at Live...
Frances W Worsham
Dec 7, 2010
Entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, Frances Wheeler Worsham, the widow of Thomas Phillips Worsham. She was born in Norwich, NY a daughter of Franklin Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Roberts Wheeler on Friday, May 19, 1922, and was a graduate of Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonvile, FL. She became an active member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic...
Alma Lee Laroche
Dec 6, 2010
Alma Lee Jenkins LaRoche, 90, of Johns Island, the widow of Robert Stanyarne LaRoche, Sr., left to be in the arms of our Lord and Savior on Monday, December 6, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Charleston, October 6, 1920, the daughter of Daniel LaRoche Jenkins and Elizabeth Grimball Jenkins. Mrs. LaRoche received her bachelor's degree from Winthrop...
Avram Kronsberg
Nov 29, 2010
Avram Kronsberg, 74, of Wadmalaw Island died Monday, November 29, 2010. He was born in Charleston on August 27, 1936, a son of Edward and Hattie Barshay Kronsberg, graduated from Rivers High School and attended Tulane University. Avram was President and Chief Executive Officer of Edward's Stores Inc. and the Harrison Co. He managed thirty-five stores and thirty-five hundred employees....
Robert Anthony Pitts
Nov 27, 2010
Robert Anthony "Bobby" Pitts, 54, died Saturday morning, Nov. 27, 2010. He was born in Charleston, SC on November 28, 1956, to the late Joseph L. Pitts, Sr. and Mayme Platt Pitts. He graduated from Bishop England High School in 1975, and he was employed as the maintenance coordinator at the Mount Pleasant Water Works. Bobby was a very talented...
Hwa Sook Baek
Nov 25, 2010
Hwa Sook Baek, widow of Ye Sop Back, died in Charleston, SC on Thursday, November 25, 2010. She was born in Seoul, Korea on Tuesday, November 2, 1926. Hwa Sook Baek was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. We are all very sad to say good bye, but happy for the wonderful memories we have of her holding her...
Catherine Quinby Pinckney
Nov 24, 2010
Catherine Q. Pinckney - Charleston- Entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 24, 2010, Catherine Elizabeth Quinby Pinckney, the widow of Gaillard Pinckney. The relatives and friends of Catherine Q. Pinckney are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 11:00 AM. Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy. Interment, Riverview Memorial Park. The family...
