Local Obituaries
for families in Charleston, James Island, Johns Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Summerville, and beyond.
William Legare Ferrell, Sr.
September 14, 2012
Charleston, SC - FERRELL, William Legare, age 81, and husband of Beatrice Shirley Johnson Ferrell, passed away Friday, September 14, 2012. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, he was the son of the late William R. Ferrell and Mattie Sweatman Ferrell Knight. Mr. Ferrell worked hard all of his life, and was a true American who joined the United States...
Elizabeth Conway Lawler
September 12, 2012
Elizabeth Cecelia Conway Lawler, 85, of Charleston entered into heavenly life on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. The relatives and friends of Elizabeth Conway Lawler are invited to attend her Funeral Service at 10:30 AM, Saturday, September 15, 2012, in the James A. McAlister Chapel, 1620 Savannah Hwy. The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home Saturday Morning from 10:00...
Jennings B. Knight
September 4, 2012
Entered into eternal rest on September 4, 2012, Mr. Jennings Bryan Knight, husband of Betty Johnston Knight, of Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings B. Knight are invited to attend his Funeral Service at 11:30 AM, Thursday, September 6, 2012, at the Graveside, Riverview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the James A....
Josephine M. Ketcham
September 1, 2012
Josephine E. (Metz) Ketcham, 96, of Ladson and formerly of James Island, entered into eternal rest on Saturday evening, September 1, 2012. She was born in New York City, NY on August 20, 1916, the daughter of Adam Metz Jr. and Josephine M. (Schupp) Metz. Mrs. Ketcham, along with her late husband Bert Ketcham, were the former owners of the...
Margie E. Pooser
September 1, 2012
Margie Elizabeth Drawdy Pooser, 87, passed away September 1, 2012 at her home on James Island. She was born January 26, 1925 in Walterboro, SC. Margie was the daughter of the late Jeff Blanchard Drawdy and Mary Elizabeth Crosby. She was predeceased by her husband of sixty-three years, Ira D. Pooser, Jr., sons Donald and Robert Pooser. She is survived...
Alvin Wall
August 31, 2012
Alvin J. Wall, 86, of Charleston, entered into eternal rest Friday, August 31, 2012. Mr. Wall is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. His interest in academic and career enrichment programs began decades ago, first as a teacher in a small private college, then as an instructor in the Dale Carnegie Organization. Al served and was chairman of...
Gloria Hoffman
August 26, 2012
Gloria Kinlaw Hoffmann, 64, of Charleston, passed away August 26, 2012. Mrs. Hoffmann was born in Charleston, SC and graduated from James Island High School. She worked in the insurance industry for decades, working for The Olasov Agency, Heffron, Ingle, McDowell and Cooper, Alexander and Alexander Insurance Agents and C.T. Lowndes and Company. Later in her career, she worked for...
Martha B. Dicus
August 26, 2012
Our beloved Martha Browning Dicus died on Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Roper Hospital in Charleston, SC, as courageous in death as she was in living with cancer. Martha was born on July 18, 1949, to Dorothy May Liles Dicus ("Dot") and Col. William Anderson Dicus, Jr. She was the oldest of three children in a family that moved from...
Sandra Cargile
August 25, 2012
Mount Pleasant, SC - Sandra T. Pierce Cargile, 45, passed away Saturday, August 25, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. A native of Charleston, SC, she was the daughter of Matthew and Litlon T. Pierce. Sandra attended public schools in Charleston. Sandra was a self-employed Personal Property Manager. She had an avid love for animals and nature. She was...
Mary Castillo
August 22, 2012
Charleston, South Carolina Mary Glover Castillo, 96, widow of Paul A. Castillo, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Mary was born in Walterboro, South Carolina, on February 26, 1916, a daughter of Lucius Northorp and Annie Hearndon Glover. She is survived by her daughter, Carole McCrary and her husband Bill and her grandchildren; Michael McCrary, Karen Kuhn and her husband Mark,...
Gloria Walker Moorhead
August 16, 2012
Entered into eternal rest in Orlando, Fl. on August 16, 2012, Gloria Walker Moorhead, formerly of Charleston. She was the youngest daughter of eleven children born to John L. and Catherine (Katie) L. Walker on December 25, 1927, in Charleston. She graduated from Bishop England High School, attended the University of South Carolina and was a member of Blessed Sacrament...
Jeanette Miller
August 15, 2012
Jeanette Aytes Miller, of Johns Island, widow of Roy L. Miller and a retired employee of Pre School Academy, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at a local hospital. Jeanette was born March 22, 1926, in Charleston, a daughter of John Edward and Ethel Jones Aytes. She attended Charleston area schools and was a member of the Cathedral of St. Luke...
Sr. M. Marcella Zwingmann, Olm
August 13, 2012
Sister M. Marcella Zwingmann, a Sister of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, died at May Forest Motherhouse, on August 13, 2012. Sr. Marcella, formerly Rosalie Charlotte Zwingmann, was born in Charleston on August 31, 1918 to John A. and Marie E. Jones Zwingmann. A graduate of Bishop England High School, Charleston, SC, she received a BA degree from the...
Sr. Jean Marie O’Shea, Olm
August 12, 2012
Sister Jean Marie O'Shea, a Sister of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, died on August 12, 2012. Sr. Jean Marie, formerly Mary Regina O'Shea, was born in New York City on June 11, 1931. A graduate of St. Angela Academy, Aiken SC, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Villanova University. Sister Jean Marie entered...
Herbert Durden,
July 30, 2012
Herbert Britten Durden, 94, of Charleston, widower of Eloise Berry Durden, died Monday, July 30, 2012. He was born in Metter, GA. on Tuesday, November 6, 1917, a son of Bennett and Maude Lanier Durden. Mr. Durden graduated from Metter High School and was the retired owner of Durden Watson Plumbing Co. He was a member of Ashley River Baptist...
Mary Ann Graham
July 30, 2012
Charleston, SC - Mrs. Mary Ann Graham, age 83, entered into eternal rest on the afternoon of July 30, 2012. A native of the Washington, DC and northern Virginia area, she was the daughter of Michael and Anna L. (Hunter) Ciuffreda. Among her many professional accomplishments, Mrs. Graham was most proud of her tenure at The Pentagon, where she served...
Camille Ryan Young
July 26, 2012
Camille Ryan Young, 98, a lifelong resident of Charleston, died Thursday, July 26, 2012. Camille was the widow of William H. Young, her husband of forty-nine years. She was born September 14, 1913, at 22 North Tracy Street in Charleston, a daughter of William Patrick Ryan and Rosalie Jefferson Ryan. Camille was educated in the Charleston Catholic school system, was...
Louise V. Kingsbury
July 23, 2012
Louise McCulloch Nelson Ebner Kingsbury, 86, of Hollywood, SC went home to be with the Lord on Monday evening, July 23, 2012. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends while at Ashley River Plantation where she was a much loved resident. Louise was born in Charleston, SC on August 14, 1925, a daughter of the late Russell and...
