Local Obituaries
for families in Charleston, James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Summerville, and beyond.
George John Morris
Mar 15, 2018
George John Morris, 76, husband of Lynette Dandridge Morris, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family and friends on March 15, 2018. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. George John Morris are invited to attend his Funeral Service 11:00 AM Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity. Interment will...
Constance Dena Calamas
Mar 13, 2018
Entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, Constance Dena Lempesis Calamas, widow of James Calamas, of Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Constance Dena Calamas are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 11:00 AM, Monday, March 19, 2018, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity. Interment will follow at Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The...
Agnes Cox Deantonio
Mar 11, 2018
Entered into eternal rest on March 11, 2018, Agnes Cox Danehey DeAntonio, age 97. She was born February 25 1921, the daughter of Alice Williams Cox and Henry K. Cox. She was retired from MUSC, a lifetime member of the Charleston Rifle Club Ladies Auxillary and a member of Blessed Sacrament Church. She was first married to her high school...
Patrick O. Wofford
Mar 7, 2018
The Mass of Christian Burial for Patrick O. Wofford, infant son of Nate and Mary Helen Frick Wofford, will be held 10:00 AM Saturday, March 10, 2018, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 89 Hasell Street, Charleston. The Rite of Committal will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery on James Island.
Margaret Carlisle Skinner
Mar 5, 2018
Margaret Carlisle Skinner, 89, of Charleston, SC died Monday, March 5, 2018, at The Village at Summerville. She was born March 14, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, a daughter of Aiken Rast and Sarah Lane Carlisle. Margaret was a retired pre-school teacher, devoted wife and mother. She attended St. Mark United Methodist Church prior to moving to The Village at Summerville....
Laura Mcnair Wilson
Mar 1, 2018
Entered into eternal rest on March 1, 2018, Laura Anne McNair Wilson, wife of Henry S. Wilson, of Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Wilson are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 10:30 AM Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family will...
Charles Monroe Mcalister
Feb 26, 2018
Charles Monroe McAlister passed away Monday, February 26, 2018. Charlie was born March 04, 1969 in Columbia, SC, and moved with his family to Georgetown, SC, overseas to Athens, Greece, and eventually to Mount Pleasant, SC in 1979. He attended East Cooper School, then Wando High School, where he excelled in art. He attended the Chicago Art Institute and lived...
Tina Marie Carter-Salter
Feb 18, 2018
Tina Marie Hess Carter-Salter, 52, of Charleston, SC, loving wife to Christopher Wade Salter Sr. passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018. She was called to Heaven surrounded by the love and compassion of family and friends. The relatives and friends of Tina Carter-Salter are invited to attend her Memorial Service at 6:00 PM Friday, February 23, 2018 at the...
Edwin Jesse Thornhill
Feb 17, 2018
Entered into eternal rest on Saturday, February 17, 2018, Edwin Jesse Thornhill, Jr. husband of Martha Woodall Thornhill, of Rockville, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Thornhill Jr. are invited to attend his Funeral Service at 11:00 AM, Friday, February 23, 2018, at the Graveside, St. John's Parish Church, 3673 Maybank Hwy, Johns Island. The...
Lucille Waldrop Baker
Feb 16, 2018
Lucille Waldrop Baker, 96, widow of the late William Furman Baker and the late George Waldrop, passed on to heavenly glory on Friday, February 16, 2018. She was surrounded by loved ones at her daughter's home on Johns Island, where she lived for many years. The relatives and friends of Lucille Waldrop Baker are invited to attend her Funeral Service...
Mary Condon Schill
Feb 14, 2018
On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, Mary Mathewes Condon Schill died peacefully in her home in the company of her adoring husband of 50 years, Gustave Benedikt Schill, Sr. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave B. Schill, Sr. are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM, Monday, February 19, 2018, at the Cathedral of...
Perry Thomas Mckeithan
Feb 11, 2018
Perry Thomas McKeithan, 85, of Ladson, SC, entered into eternal rest peacefully at his beloved Ashepoo River home on Sunday, February 11, 2018 . His relatives and friends are invited to attend his Memorial Service 1:00 PM Thursday, February 15, 2018, at the James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1620 Savannah Highway, Charleston. The family will receive friends one hour prior...
John West Trott
Feb 8, 2018
John West Trott of Charleston SC died in his home on February 8, 2018, at the age of 61. John was born August 30, 1956, in Charleston, SC to Cambridge Munro (Budge) Trott and Anne Jenkins Trott. He grew up in Charleston and in the marshes and creeks of the lowcountry and especially around his beloved family home in Rockville...
Robert Edward Flynn
Feb 7, 2018
Robert "Bob" Edward Flynn, 88, died February 7, 2018, at the Hospice Center of Charleston in Mount Pleasant, SC. The relatives and friends of Robert E. Flynn are warmly invited to attend his Memorial Mass at 11:00 AM on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, Center St., Folly Beach. The family will receive friends...
Robert L. Lanier
Feb 2, 2018
Robert L. Lanier Jr., 85, of Charleston, SC, husband of Sarah 'Mickey' Lanier, died Friday, February 02, 2018. He was born August 21, 1932, in Brownsville, TX, the son of the late Virginia Hamlinck and Robert L. Lanier, Sr. He graduated in 1950 from Landon High School in Jacksonville, FL, after which he received his Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering...
Edna M. Gerardi
Feb 2, 2018
Edna M. Gerardi, 84, wife of Joseph Frank Gerardi, entered into eternal rest on February 2, 2018. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gerardi are invited to attend her Memorial Service at 11:00 AM, Friday, February 16, 2018, at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...
James Burwell Bobo, Sr.
Jan 31, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of James Burwell Bobo, Sr., announces his passing on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, after a brave battle against Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was 82 and leaves behind his wife, Margaret, his three children, Valli, Jim, and Julia, his sister, Rosemary Owen and five grandchildren, Blair, Austin and Kelsey Johnson and Emily and Shell...
Mcfarland Heard Mikell, Jr.
Jan 31, 2018
McFarland (Mike) Heard Mikell, Jr., widower of Patricia Ann Duc Mikell, entered into eternal rest on January 31, 2018, at the age of 79. The relatives and friend of McFarland H. Mikell, Jr., are invited to attend his Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Christ Our King Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will...
Jean Elizabeth Aldous Thomas
Jan 30, 2018
Jean Aldous Thomas, wife of the late John (Jack) Bowden Thomas died on January 30, 2018. The relatives and friends of Mrs. Jean A. Thomas are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Nativity Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family will receive friends...
Bokrezion W. Tesfazion
Jan 23, 2018
Bokrezion W. Tesfazion, 79, of Ladson, SC, died January 23, 2018, at Medical University of SC in Charleston, SC. He was born in Eriteria, and will be returned to his native homeland for burial. His friends and relatives will gather between 12:00 PM and 3:00 PM Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the James A. McAlister Funeral Home for a time...
