Local Obituaries
for families in Charleston, James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Summerville, and beyond.
Barbara Ann Gregorie
January 18, 2010
Barbara Ann Truesdell Gregorie, wife of Joseph Carl Gregorie of Charleston, entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 18, 2010. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs Gregorie are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at 12 Noon, Friday, January 22, 2010 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will be in Holy Cross Cemetery....
Heinrich Josef Forschbach
January 17, 2010
Entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 17, 2010, Heinrich Josef Forschbach, husband of Magdalene Frohwitter Forschbach, of Charleston, SC The family will receive friends on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1620 Savannah Hwy from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be Private. Surviving are his wife , two daughters, Chirley M....
Kathleen Phillips Richter
January 16, 2010
Kathleen Phillips Richter of Charleston, widow of Ernest J. Richter, died Saturday, January 16, 2010. The relatives and friends of Kathleen Phillips Richter are invited to attend her Funeral Service at at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church. Burial will at Meadowbrook Cemetery in Lumberton, NC. The family will receive friends at the church following...
Christopher Mestnick Luper
January 15, 2010
Christopher Mestnick Luper, 33, of Charleston, a customer account sales manager for Triple -T Freightliner, died Friday, January 15, 2010, at his residence of cardiac arrest. Visitation will be on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at the James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1620 Savannah Highway, Charleston. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at...
Mary Agnes Meyer
January 9, 2010
Mary Meyer of Moncks Corner died January 9, 2010 at the Unihealth Post-Acute Care facility. A daughter of the late Herman G. and Mary Agnes Nolen Meyer, she was born in Charleston on September 10, 1933. She was a graduate of Bishop Englad High School, and worked for many years as a volunteer for the American Red Cross. She is...
Walter Metz Prause, Sr.
January 9, 2010
Mr. Walter Metz Prause, Sr., 76, of Charleston, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, January 9, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Caroline Scarborough Prause, his sons, William Theodore "Teddy" Prause and his wife, Patricia, Walter M. Prause, Jr. and his wife, Laura and four grandsons, Bud, Jesse, Metz and Robert. A sister, Charlotte and a...
Clifton Olaf Widner, Jr.
January 8, 2010
Clifton "Crit Dog" Olaf Widner, Jr., 68, of Charleston, entered into eternal rest on Friday, January 8, 2010. He was born in Maryville, TN, the son of Clifton O. Widner, Sr and Agnes Stinnett Widner, on Tuesday, March 11, 1941. Mr. Widner spent his whole career at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, where he was a Ship Superintendent. He also spent...
Colleen Dufort Evans Petterson
January 8, 2010
Colleen duFort Evans of Folly Beach, entered into eternal rest on Friday, January 8, 2010 at her home. The family will receive friends this Monday evening from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1620 Savannah Highway. Funeral services will be private. Colleen was born October 13, 1962 in Charleston, daughter of L. Wilbur and Yvonne...
Ephraim A. Clark
January 4, 2010
Ephraim A. Clark of Charleston, S.C. entered eternal rest on January 4, 2010, at age 94. He has been a resident of Charleston since 1951. Mr. Clark is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mercedes Foley Clark and four children: sons, Ephraim and wife Maria, Michael and wife Julie; daughters Catherine de Liesseline and Christine Renfro; four grandchildren and...
Virginia "Ginnie" Swain Mckay Hamby
December 29, 2009
Virginia "Ginnie" Swain McKay Hamby, 33, of James Island, the wife of Brandon Hamby, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. She was born in Charleston, a daughter of Robert Clement McKay, Jr and Lynda Burbage McKay, on Wednesday, September 8, 1976. Ginnie was a graduate of James Island High School and of Trident Technical College. She worked...
Jean Mclaughlin
December 27, 2009
Jean LeaMond McLaughlin, 77, of Mt. Pleasant, the wife of Ralph Vincent McLaughlin, Sr., entered into eternal rest on Sunday, December 27, 2009. She was born in Charleston, the daughter of Frederick Julian LeaMond and Catherine Dowling LeaMond on Friday, January 8, 1932. Mrs. McLaughlin was a graduate of Bishop England High School and of St. Francis Nursing School. She...
Natalie Procaccini
December 16, 2009
Entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Natalie Raponi Procaccini , widow of Joseph Procaccini. The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service at the Crypt side at 12 Noon on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Holy Cross Cemetery. She was born in Providence, RI a daughter of Eluterio and Anna Aquino Raponi on Sunday,...
James Miles Culpepper
December 13, 2009
James Miles Culpepper, director emeritus with more than 60 years of service with First Financial Holdings Inc. and former president of Copleston's Klendry Inc., died Sunday. He was 91. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at McAlister Funeral Home at 1620 Savannah Highway. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the...
Catherine Elizabeth O'Donnell
December 7, 2009
Entered into eternal rest on Monday, December 7, 2009 Catherine Elizabeth Cushing O'Donnell, beloved wife of Roger E. O'Donnell, of Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. O'Donnell are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM Friday, December 11, 2009, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will be...
Raymond Francis Thompson
December 5, 2009
Raymond F, Thompson entered into eternal rest on December 5, 2009. The beloved husband of Josephine Chiello Thompson for 53 years. The loving father of Antoinette (Clint) Milner, Raymond A. (Lana), Randal, and Maria (Randy) Lovdal, his loyal son-in-law, Randy Simonis and best friend Harry Sirigos. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Jesse (Melissa), Jodi, Nicholas, Jonathan, Elizabeth and...
Margie J. Dempsey
November 26, 2009
Margie J. Johns Dempsey, 63, of John's Island, the wife of Robert O. Dempsey, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, November 26, 2009. She was born in Olar, SC, the daughter of Henry Clarence Johns and Myrtle Horton Johns, on Friday, June 14, 1946. Mrs. Dempsey was a graduate of Denmark Olar High School and a Registered Nurse. She loved...
James Rice Lawler
November 19, 2009
CHARLESTON - Entered into eternal rest on Thursday, November 19, 2009 James Rice Lawler widower of Mary Elizabeth O'Leary Lawler. He was born in Reading, MA a son of James H. Lawler and Elizabeth Riley Lawler on Thursday, February 12, 1920. Mr. Lawler honorably served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a a retired attorney...
Kenneth Young
November 18, 2009
CHARLESTON, SC - Entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, Mr. Kenneth Young, husband of Maria H. Young. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, January 29, 1926, a son of George Douglas and Elizabeth McCubbin Young. Mr. Young honorably served our country in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and the U.S. Air...
Charles Alton Taylor
November 14, 2009
Entered into eternal rest Mr. Charles Alton Taylor, widower of Elinor McIntosh Taylor, of Charleston, SC The relatives and friends of Mr. Charles A. Taylor are invited to attend his funeral service at 11:30 AM Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy Burial will be in the French Huguenot Churchyard. The family will receive...
