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Sue Pepper Klump

Sue Pepper Klump

March 26, 2018

Sue Pepper Klump, wife of George Karl Klump, peacefully passed away on Monday, March 26, 2018. The family will receive friends between 4:30 and 6:30 PM, this Thursday, March 29, 2018, at 17 East Battery. All other services will be private. She was born November 13, 1936, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the daughter of Frederic Curry Pepper and Jean Reppert...

Brennan Roye Bennett

Brennan Roye Bennett

March 26, 2018

Brennan Roye Bennett, beloved son, brother, grandson and friend, left this Earth at the youthful age of 21 on March 26, 2018. He was a soul from a different time. Brennan was strong yet gentle, a sweet and kind young man who touched the lives of the many that loved him. He was proper, funny, resilient, distinguished, smart, handsome and...

Rosemarie Shumate Paulling

Rosemarie Shumate Paulling

March 25, 2018

Rosemarie Shumate Paulling, 71, wife of Robert Murray Paulling III, entered into eternal rest on March 25, 2018. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Paulling III are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 31, 2018, at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. The...

Robert Arnold Millenbine

Robert Arnold Millenbine

March 23, 2018

Robert A. 'Bob' Millenbine passed away on March 23, 2018, after a short illness. He was born on March 4, 1949 in Cherry Point, North Carolina. After he graduated from Beaufort High School in 1967, Bob attended The Citadel, where he graduated as a member of the Junior Sword Drill and the Class of '71. Bob was a small business...

Forest Elwood Mckenzie

Forest Elwood Mckenzie

March 19, 2018

Forest Elwood McKenzie, 81, widower of Jean O'Rourke McKenzie, entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 19, 2018. The relatives and friends of Forest E. McKenzie are invited to attend his Funeral Service at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 22, 2018, at the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family will receive...

George John Morris

George John Morris

March 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

Constance Dena Calamas

March 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

Agnes Cox Deantonio

March 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

Patrick O. Wofford

March 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

Margaret Carlisle Skinner

March 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

Laura Mcnair Wilson

March 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

Charles Monroe Mcalister

February 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

Tina Marie Carter-Salter

February 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

Edwin Jesse Thornhill

February 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

Lucille Waldrop Baker

February 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

Mary Condon Schill

February 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

Perry Thomas Mckeithan

February 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

John West Trott

February 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

Robert Edward Flynn

February 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

Robert L. Lanier

February 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...

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