Local Obituaries
for families in Charleston, James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Summerville, and beyond.
Joan Arbour Grant
Apr 16, 2013
Joan Arbour Grant was a woman who found truth in beauty. She believed in art as presence and practiced personal creativity as a design-for herself, her family, her friends and the weave of the three. Joan wrote about life as she lived it-and also wished it to be lived. As an accomplished author, Joan was a recipient of the prestigious...
Dera B. Bicaise
Apr 14, 2013
Dera Boyette Bicaise, 102, widow of Paul Brazie Bicaise, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, April 14, 2013. She was born October 3, 1910 in Cobbtown, Georgia, a daughter of Rosa Alice and Thomas Lawton Boyette. Dera was a homemaker who dearly loved her family. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, gardening and was an avid Atlanta Braves fan. She was a...
Adele Ruffner Fischer
Apr 10, 2013
Adele Ruffner Fischer went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 10, 2013. Mrs. Fischer was born in Bisbee, AZ, on October 5, 1916. She was the child of Eugene Grissom Ruffner and Violet Dameron Ruffner. Mrs. Fischer's was very proud of her forbearers who were some of the first settlers of the Denver, Colorado area....
Julie Ann Carr Trouche
Apr 8, 2013
Julie Ann Carr Trouche, 84, widow of Paul Edwin Trouche, died peacefully on Monday, April 8, 2013, with her children at her bedside. She is survived by her four sons, John Paul Trouche (Janie), Perry Edwin Trouche (Alice), Michael Francis Trouche, and Thomas Gerard Trouche (Ariel), and her two daughters, Mary Helen Trouche Dantzler (Lynn) and Therese Trouche Smythe (George),...
Charles R. Cooper, Sr.
Apr 3, 2013
North Charleston, SC Mr. Charles Raymond Cooper Sr., 88, of North Charleston, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013. A native of Conway, SC, he was a son of the late Bryant and Ida N. Cooper. A veteran of the second World War, he served his country with honor as a Private First Class in the US Army. After WWII, he...
Patricia Morgan Milner
Apr 3, 2013
Patricia (Tricia) Morgan Milner passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, April 3, 2013. Born in Jackson, Tennessee to Walter (Sonny) and Patricia (Patty) Morgan, Tricia spent her childhood there before leaving to attend Villa Duchesne Prep school in St. Louis. After graduating from Villa Duchesne, Tricia continued her studies at her mother's alma mater, Randolph-Macon Women's College. She later graduated from...
Anthony Joseph Moscati
Mar 30, 2013
Entered into eternal rest on Saturday, March 30, 2013, Mr. Anthony Joseph Moscati, husband of Marguerite Pinto Moscati and resident of Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Moscati are invited to attend his Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 89 Hasell St. The Rite...
Mike Hammer
Mar 30, 2013
Johns Island, SC - Michael V. Hammer Mr. Michael Valentine Hammer, 49, of Johns Island, SC, passed away March 30, 2013, at his home. A native of Santa Barbara, CA, he was the son of Katherine and the late Paul I. Hammer, Jr. A certified Welder by trade, Mike was a member of the Boilermakers Union and was employed with...
L.R. "Walkie" Lyons
Mar 28, 2013
L. R."Walkie" Lyons, 78, of Charleston, SC, died Thursday, March 28, 2013. Lawrence was born December 26, 1934 in Charleston, SC, the son of the late Lawrence R. Lyons, Sr., and Eva Hires Lyons. Mr. Lyons attended Bishop England High School and the University of South Carolina. He was a retired Mail Carrier with the United States Postal Service and...
Vermelle Deterville
Mar 26, 2013
Vermelle E. Deterville, being of uplifting mind and spiritually unconstrained body, departed from all worldly matters on Tuesday March 26, 2013 at the age of 62 from the Medical University of South Carolina as a result of her long traveled but finished journey. Vermelle E. Deterville entered this world on October 27, 1950 in historic downtown Charleston, S.C. To her...
Robert E Molony
Mar 21, 2013
Robert E. Molony passed away after an extended illness on March 21, 2013. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his seven children. Known to his many friends as "Bobby," he was born on August 20, 1921, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Henry Augustus Molony and Margaret Hering Molony. He attended public schools in the City of Charleston...
Mildred Bridgeman
Mar 17, 2013
Mildred Louise Anderson Bridgeman entered into eternal rest on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mrs. Bridgeman was born on August 1, 1915, one of six children born in Forrest City, Arkansas to Nora Whittenton and Everett Sutton Anderson. She was the widow of Charles Elmore Bridgeman. Mildred had been a radiologic technician in the pioneer days of the field, was an...
Michael J. Powers
Mar 16, 2013
James Island, SC - Mr. Michael James Powers, widower of Hedi H. Powers, 84, passed away March 16, 2013, at the Hospice Care Center in Mount Pleasant. The relatives and friends of Mr. Michael James Powers are invited to attend his funeral service at 2:30 PM Monday, March 18, 2013, from the chapel of James A. McAlister Funeral Home. The...
Ernestine Thompson Richter
Mar 14, 2013
Charleston, SC - Ernestine Jones Richter, 99, widow of Louis Tobias Richter Sr., entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 14, 2013. A native of Charleston, SC, she was a daughter of the late Irvin L. and Ida T. Jones. A graduate of Memminger High School, Ernestine spent a great part of her life as a homemaker before starting her...
Elizabeth Hayes Spencer
Mar 10, 2013
Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes Spencer 78, wife of the late Alfred E. Spencer, entered into eternal rest on Sunday March 10, 2013, at her residence. Born January 9, 1935, in Doles, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Allison Hayes and Clara Mae Thompson. She was a homemaker who loved her family and friends. Elizabeth was a member of...
Eugene Stephen Godawski
Mar 8, 2013
Eugene S. Godawski - Charleston Eugene Stephen Godawski, Sr. passed away Friday, March 8, 2013, at age 83. He was born to Alexander and Jennie Godawski on November 17, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Kathryn Godawski and their four children; a daughter, Terry Fisher (John)of Charleston, a son, Eugene Godawski, Jr,...
Anthony Wilson Matson
Mar 7, 2013
Mr. Anthony Joseph Matson of Charleston died in his residence on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the age of 81. He was born on March 1, 1932 and lived in his beloved City of Charleston for his entire life. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margaret Thrower Matson; a brother Walter Edward Matson of Erving, Texas; children...
John H. Rudloff
Mar 4, 2013
Jack Rudloff of Charleston, SC passed into the eternal hands of God on March 4, 2013. He was a beloved husband, a wonderful father, grandfather and great grandfather. Jack was a very giving and faithful friend to all that he knew. He was an established business owner in Charleston as the owner of Blanche Darby Florist. Jack accomplished many things...
