Obituaries

Charles C.

Charles C.

Dec 19, 2020

Charles C. Lee passed away in his home in Jonesboro, Georgia on Friday, December 19th, 2020. Charles was born November 22,1953 in Beaufort, South Carolina to Mr. P. C. and Mrs. A. H. Lee. Charles graduated Cum Laude in 1976 with a BA in Aviation from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He then began his career with Wheeler Airlines...

Ltcol Corps (Ret.)

Ltcol Corps (Ret.)

Dec 16, 2020

Charles 'Chuck' Francis Sprietsma passed away on Saturday evening December 12, 2020 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Chuck was born on October 28, 1946 in New Rochelle, New York and was the first child and first son of Charles J Sprietsma and Dorothy Vale Sprietsma. Chuck attended the University of Tampa on a full basketball scholarship and graduated as the outstanding...

Curtis Tanner

Curtis Tanner

Dec 14, 2020

Curtis Tanner, 79, formerly of Beaufort, South Carolina died Friday, November 27, 2020. A graveside service for Curtis will be held 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Beaufort Memorial Gardens.

Purita R. Wolfe

Purita R. Wolfe

Dec 14, 2020

Purita R. Wolfe, 64, of Beaufort, South Carolina and wife of Mark Wolfe, died Friday, December 11, 2020 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Purita was born in Marikina, Philippines and was the daughter of Milagros Reyes Santos and the late Isaac Santos. She was co-owner, with her husband, of the Filing Station, Lady's Island. The family will receive friends from 5:00...

Agatha Young Harris

Agatha Young Harris

Dec 2, 2020

Agatha Young Harris, 93, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Wednesday morning, December 2, 2020, at Morningside Assisted Living Facility of Beaufort. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service ' One Copeland Drive.

Mary Mcallister Dunning

Mary Mcallister Dunning

Nov 28, 2020

Mary Jo McAllister Dunning, 90, of Beaufort, widow of Wilburn Carl Dunning, Jr. passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020 in Florence, South Carolina. She was born in Big Creek, Alabama on December 29, 1929 to the late D. S. McAllister and Dixie Belle McAllister. She had three brothers, Maurice, Wilmer, and Charles McAllister. Mary Jo worked in Beaufort in...

Sgtmaj Corps (Ret.)

Sgtmaj Corps (Ret.)

Nov 21, 2020

Born to Roy and Sallie Walters in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, on December 16, 1932, Franklin Delano Walters embodied the motto of his beloved Marine Corps, Semper Fidelis. Doodlebug, as his family called him, grew up with his brother, Herbert, and sister, Edith, on his family's farm. He learned to hunt and fish with his dad. He'd teach his children and...

Ellen Martha Jenness

Ellen Martha Jenness

Nov 18, 2020

Ellen Jenness, formerly of Beaufort, South Carolina and Gresham, Oregon, passed away peacefully at the Sunnybrook Rehabilitation facility in Raleigh, North Carolina on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. In addition to her parents, Sammie and Ella Smith, Ellen was preceded in death by her husband John Jenness, daughter Roxie Holmes Lee, and younger brother Randy Smith. She is survived by four...

Paul Francis Jank

Paul Francis Jank

Nov 18, 2020

Paul Francis Jank II, 74, of Beaufort, South Carolina and husband of Soledad Austria Jank, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning, December 18, 2020, at Beaufort National Cemetery with United States Marine Corps Honors.

Erwin W. Prindle

Erwin W. Prindle

Nov 9, 2020

Erwin Prindle, 96, a resident of Summit Place in Beaufort, South Carolina, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020. He was born in Shinglehouse, PA, on June 5, 1924. He was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Prindle; mother, Alta Prindle Packer; and step-father, Harry Packer. He was also preceded in death by his son, Billy, and sister, Elizabeth Prindle...

Amalia Vernon Pugh

Amalia Vernon Pugh

Nov 9, 2020

Amalia Elise Vernon Pugh passed away quietly in her sleep, November 9, 2020, in Winter Haven, Florida. She was born February 9, 1924, in Columbia, SC. She is survived by her four children; Margaret Pugh of Winter Haven, FL, Georganne Williams of Lawrenceville, GA, David Pugh of Milton, FL, and Kathryn Filipovich of Gaffney SC; seven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren....

Elizabeth Gleason Caldwell

Elizabeth Gleason Caldwell

Nov 7, 2020

Elizabeth Gleason Caldwell, widow of the late James Dozier Caldwell, passed away peacefully on November 6, 2020. Mrs. Caldwell was born on August 2, 1918, in West Hartford, Connecticut, and was the daughter of the late Frederick R. Gleason and the late Charlotte Norris Gleason. She attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Katherine Gibbs School in Boston,...

Heather Simmons

Heather Simmons

Nov 4, 2020

Heather Simmons, 31, of Seabrook and wife of Christian Jimenez, died Monday, November 2, 2020. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Sylias Jimenez; a daughter, Serenity Nix; her parents, Tim and Tammie Benway; a sister, Chelsie Hightower, and a brother, Kamron Gentile. The family will receive friends 1 until 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, November 6,...

Adele Swift

Adele Swift

Nov 2, 2020

Adele Swift, 66, of Port Royal, South Carolina and wife of David Swift, died Sunday, November 1, 2020, at her residence. Adele was born in Syracuse, NY to the late James David and Eleanor Delphine Gardner Countryman. She graduated from South Jefferson Central School in 1972. On June 16, 1973, Adele married her husband, David, in Lorraine, NY. From 1993...

Leslie Joan Gibbens

Leslie Joan Gibbens

Oct 26, 2020

Leslie Joan Gibbens, 70, of Del Rio, Tennessee, died Sunday, October 25, 2020, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. No service is planned at this time.

Patricia Samuel Ethier

Patricia Samuel Ethier

Oct 23, 2020

Patricia 'Pat' Ann Samuel Ethier, 73, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Thursday afternoon, October 22, 2020, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Alban Edward 'Ed' Samuel II and the late Marian Smith Samuel. Pat was an active member of The Baptist Church of Beaufort where she was a member of...

Gysgt Corps (Ret.)

Gysgt Corps (Ret.)

Oct 19, 2020

GySgt Francis 'Fran' Dewey Williamson, Jr., United States Marine Corps (Ret.), 96, of Beaufort, South Carolina and widower of Emma Lee Owens Williamson, died Friday afternoon, October 2, 2020, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service ' One Copeland Drive.

Anniemae Carter Busbee

Anniemae Carter Busbee

Oct 15, 2020

Anniemae Carter Busbee, 96, of Beaufort, South Carolina and widow of Thomas Irvine Busbee, died Thursday morning, October 15, 2020, at NHC of Bluffton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Copeland Funeral Service ' One Copeland Drive.

Virginia "Ginny" Skinner

Virginia "Ginny" Skinner

Oct 15, 2020

Virginia "Ginny" Skinner, 94, passed away on October 15, 2020. She was the daughter of William and Bessie Vaigneur. She was born in Port Royal, South Carolina on February 5, 1926, and lived most of her life in Beaufort County. Ginny is survived by her three children, Carol Skinner of Beaufort, South Carolina, Dave (Kathy) Skinner of Rockledge, Florida, and...

Penelope Miller

Penelope Miller

Oct 9, 2020

Penelope Miller, 36, of Beaufort, South Carolina, died Wednesday, October 7, 2020. A memorial service will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, October 14, 2020, in the chapel of Copeland Funeral Service - One Copeland Drive.