Local Obituaries
for families in Charleston, James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Summerville, and beyond.
Donald L. Wiggins, Ii
January 24, 2013
Donald L Wiggins II (D Ray), of James Island, SC, entered into eternal rest on January 24, 2013 at the age of 60. Born in Charleston, Donald was the son of the late Donald L and the late Lois Catherine Wiggins. Mr. Wiggins was a graduate of St Andrews High School, a member of Grace United Methodist Church and an...
Audrey C. Jones
January 21, 2013
Mt. Pleasant, SC Audrey Cecil Jones died January 21, 2013. She was born December 15, 1922, in Thomasville, NC a daughter of Charles Lawrence and Velna R.Hodgin Cecil. Audrey was predeceased by her husband, Albert Pritchard Jones and a daughter, Eugenia Jones Carter. She is survived by her sons: Albert P. Jones, Jr. and James Robert Jones; ten grandchildren, fifteen...
Richard H. Kiel
January 21, 2013
Richard Henry Kiel, 77, husband of Maria Botzis Kiel died January 21, 2013. Mr. Kiel was born on January 27, 1935, in Ft. Snelling, Minnesota, the son of Henry I. and Catherine Murphy Kiel. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and served for twenty years before retiring as a Captain. After his naval career he went...
Barbara L. Chevrier
January 20, 2013
Barbara Kennedy Chevrier, wife of Philip A. Chevrier, Sr. died Sunday, January 20, 2013. Barbara Chevrier was a loving wife and wonderful mother to four boys and two grandchildren. She believed that it took a village to raise a child and was devoted to family and the well-being of others. She will be missed by family and friends. She was...
Helen Loraine Williams
January 20, 2013
Helen Loraine Williams, widow of Daniel B. Williams Sr., passed away Sunday January 20 at Hospice of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Helen was born March 5, 1925 in Lawrenceburg, TN. She is the daughter of Marvin A. Bailey and Martha Hunt Bailey. At the age of eighteen, she left the family farm and moved to Savannah, Georgia to work...
Frances M. Leake
January 18, 2013
YONGES ISLAND Frances Marie Lamphere Leake, the widow of Albert Thomas Leake, entered into eternal rest peacefully on Friday, January 18, 2013, at the Hospice Center of Charleston. Frances was born on October 20, 1921, in Mystic, Connecticut, the daughter of Frances Gongaware Lamphere and Paul Benjamin Lamphere. She graduated from Memminger High School and attended Marion College in Virginia....
Theresa A Luhrs
January 14, 2013
Mary Theresa Anderson Luhrs, 83, died Monday, January 14, 2013, after a long illness. She was born on April 1, 1929, a daughter of Arthur E. Anderson and Mary Alma Bean Anderson. Theresa was the loving and devoted wife to Harry John Luhrs, Jr. and a wonderful mother to her four children whom she loved dearly, Diane, Gene, David and...
Katherine Carabatsos Gianoukos
January 14, 2013
Katherine Carabatsos Gianoukos, 88, of Charleston SC, widow of Anthony James Gianoukos, Sr., died Monday, January 14, 2013. The relatives and friends of Katherine Gianoukos are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 12:00 Noon, Thursday, January 17, 2013, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Race Street, Charleston, SC. Burial will follow at Live Oak Memorial Gardens. Friends may...
Cynthia Anne Pinto
January 14, 2013
Cynthia Anne Pinto entered into eternal rest peacefully as she slept on Monday, January 14, 2013. Cindy was born on September 7, 1959 in Charleston, a daughter of Marie Patton and John W. Pinto. She graduated from St. Andrews High School, attended Trident Technical College and lived all her life in Charleston. She is survived by her father, John W,...
Margaret Bowers Hendricks
January 11, 2013
Margaret (Peggy) Bowers Hendricks, departed this life surrounded by her loving family on January 11, 2013. She was born in Charleston, SC, on March 8, 1931, a daughter of the late Dr. Theodore Ellis Bowers and Eliza Buie McEachern Bowers. She attended Ashley Hall, Saint Genevieve of the Pines in Asheville, NC, and later returned home to graduate from Ashley...
Evelyn Ruth Schraibman
January 10, 2013
Evelyn Ruth Herndon Schraibman, 87, of Charleston, SC, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2013. She was born March 23, 1925 in Walterboro, SC to Charles H. and Lula B. Herndon. She married Carl Schraibman and moved to Charleston, where she had 2 sons and was married for 39 years. Evelyn and Carl loved to dance and listen to music,...
Tiffany Warren Crews
January 8, 2013
Tiffany Elizabeth Warren Crews, 38, wife of James L. Crews of Sardis, GA, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013. She was born May 17, 1974 in Charleston, SC. Tiffany was the daughter of the late Billy H. Warren, Sr. and Jacqueline B. Warren. Tiffany was a graduate of Middleton High School. She worked for SCANA as a customer service representative....
Clyde Wilburn Shieder
January 6, 2013
Clyde Wilburn Shieder, Jr., 68, husband of Margaret Louise Price Shieder, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 6 2013. He was born on September 20, 1944, a son of Ethel Shieder Hobbs and the late Clyde Wilburn Shieder, Sr. Clyde attended St. John's High School and was a member of John's Island Baptist Church. He honorably served his country...
May F. Copeland
December 31, 2012
May France Copeland, widow of Leon Jackson Copeland, Sr. entered into eternal rest on Monday, December 31, 2012. She was born in Charleston, SC on August 12, 1924 and graduated from Bishop England High School. May was a devoted mother to her children and worked with her late husband, Jack, at Schiff Shoes in South Windermere Center for many years....
Betty Virginia Jackson
December 28, 2012
Betty Virginia Jackson, 86, of James Island entered into eternal rest on Friday, December 28, 2012. Betty was born in LaGrange, GA in 1926 to John and Lillie Snow Fling. She grew up with 17 brothers and sisters who were very close and always looked after each other. She enjoyed playing on the basketball team for Troop County High School...
Arlys Mae Millard
December 28, 2012
Arlys M. Millard entered into eternal rest on Friday, December, 28 2012 at her residence. She was born in Avon, South Dakota on June 1, 1925 to the late William and Irene Millard. Arlys graduated from East High School and St. Joseph College of Nursing. She joined the Navy as an operating room nurse in 1957 and retired after 21...
Edwin Leo Blitch Iii
December 27, 2012
Edwin Leo Blitch III, of Charleston, South Carolina, died surrounded by family, Thursday December 27, 2012, at Trident Medical Center after a long battle with kidney and heart disease. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina on August 23, 1938 to Edwin Leo Blitch Jr. and Anne Eudora McElveen and attended St. Andrews Parish High School. He went on to...
Judith Qualey Bevon
December 25, 2012
Judith Patricia Qualey Bevon, 74, of Charleston, South Carolina, passed away on December 25, 2012. Judy was born April 6, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York to John Patrick and Mildred Lynch Qualey. Judy graduated from Bishop England High School in Charleston, South Carolina and Hotel Dieu School of Nursing, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana. She worked for many years with...
