Beaufort County Obituaries South Carolina

Robert Eugene Mort - Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Robert Eugene Mort, 74, of Beaufort died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 today in Anderson Funeral Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Anderson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. Mr. Mort was born June 29, 1926, in Fairmount, WVa., a son of Raymond E. Mort and Madie Ellen Hershberger Mort. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, (Iwo Jima), Korea (Chosin Reservoir) and Vietnam. He was awarded numerous citations and commendations including Purple Heart with two stars, Navy Commendation Medal, two Presidential Unit Citations, seven Marine Corps Good Conduct Medals, China Service Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Korean Presidential United Citation and United Nations Service Medal. He was employed by Atlantic Coast and Prudential insurance companies and retired in 1989. He was a lifetime member of the Purple Heart Association, 4th Marine Division Association, Dog 7 Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Underwriter's Association, a Mason,. a 20-year member of Gideon's International and a member and served on the counseling board of the Gospel Light Christian Ministries Church. Surviving are his wife, Audrey J. McGuire Mort of Beaufort; a son, Michael Mort of Sturgis, Mich.; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Mort Payne of Beaufort; and a grandchild. He was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Jean Mort Weinhofer. The family suggests that those who wish may make memorials to Gospel Light Christian Ministries Building Fund, 607 Battery Creek Road, Beaufort, SC 29902. (Beaufort Gazette - no date )  Donald Jeffrey Mills Stuart Point, SC - Donald Jeffrey Mills, 50, died Friday. Survivors: wife, Cynthia Simmons Mills; daughter, Monique Mills; son, Tory Major. Funeral: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Jericho A.M.E. Church. Burial: Beaufort National Cemetery. Marshel Wright Donaldson Home for Funerals. (Savannah Morning News (GA) - October 30, 2006) K. Robert McLennan MOUNT PLEASANT - The Rev. K. Robert McLennan, 71, died Tuesday in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Charleston. Burial, directed by Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel, will be in St. Helena's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Beaufort. The Rev. McLennan was born in Des Moines, Iowa, a son of Kenneth W. McLennan and Anne Newman McLennan. He graduated from Duke University and attended the University of the South, where he received a masters of divinity. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a former employee with IBM Corp. He was a charter member of the Police Chaplaincy of Charleston and a member of the Mount Pleasant Kiwanis Club. He was pastoral associate with Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy S. McLennan; a son, Kenneth W. McLennan of Nashville; three daughters, Michelle M. McGee of Palm Springs, Fla., Robin M. Hurst of La Grange, Ga., and Joy M. Pyle of Beaufort; three stepsons, Younge Simmons of Colorado City, Colo., Kenneth Simmons of Salt Lake City and Randall Simmons of Goose Creek; a brother, Louis W. McLennan of Atlanta; and 12 grandchildren. (Post and Courier, The (Charleston, SC) - July 9, 1998) Sharon Harris Mickel Seneca Sharon Harris Mickel, of 357 Carriage Trace, died Feb. 13, 2001, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Member: Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Survivors: Sons, Philip M. Mickel of Ona, Fla., John Mickel of Louisville, Colo., and Fred Mickel of Beaufort. Predeceased: Husband, Eugene Philip Mickel. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday at Episcopal Church of The Ascension of Seneca. Burial: St. Helena Episcopal Church Cemetery in Beaufort. Omit flowers. Memorials: Hospice of the Foothills, 390 Keowee School Road, Seneca, SC 29672.--Seneca Mortuary. (Greenville News, The (SC) - February 16, 2001)   Linda Matthews PRITCHARDVILLE - Graveside services for Linda Faye Rivers Matthews, 47, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Maye River Cemetery in Bluffton. Visitation is 6:30-8 tonight at Sauls Funeral Home. Ms. Matthews died Wednesday. Born in Wilmington, N.C., she was a daughter of the late James P. Rivers and Juanita Cooler Rivers. She was a former secretary for Hilton Head High School and a member of Maye River Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Brittany Matthews of Bluffton; brothers, James P. Rivers Jr. of Savannah, Terry Ford of Hardeeville; grandson, Christopher James Bevan of Bluffton. (State, The (Columbia, SC) - March 12, 1999) Rebecca McDowell PORT ROYAL - Rebecca DesChamps McDowell, 83, died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at River Oaks. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2006, at St. Helena's Episcopal Church. Interment will follow in St. Helena's Episcopal Church Cemetery. Mrs. McDowell was born July 28, 1922, in Bishopville, South Carolina, daughter of Lois Chandler DesChamps and Claude Bradley DesChamps. She received a bachelor's degree from Winthrop College. She taught school for more than 30 years, most of which was in Beaufort County School District. She was a member of St. Helena's Episcopal Church where she was a former member of the Vestry. She was also a former member of Beaufort County Open Land Trust and a life member of Beaufort Garden Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Gibbes McDowell.  Survivors include a son, Robert Gibbes McDowell, Jr, of Beaufort; two daughters, Fraser Tabb of Greenville, Jane Kearns of Charlotte, North Carolina; a brother, Thomas DesChamps and six grandchildren. Memorial Contributions may be made to The Preservation Trust for Historic St. Helena's Church, Inc., Post Office Box 1043, Beaufort, SC 29901 or The American Heart Association, Post Office Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058-5216. Copeland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (State, The (Columbia, SC) - March 10, 2006) Marion W. Miley Marion Thelma Winders Miley, 87, died Sept. 10 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born on Hilton Head Island before there was a bridge to the mainland, she attended a one-room island school covering grades one through seven. Later, she boarded in Savannah while continuing her education.  In 1990, she attended a Girl Scout Memory Day and wore the same scout uniform she had worn 58 years before. She was the widow of Fred Edward Miley Sr. and was the first resident of Magnolia Manor on the Coast. She was a member of Richmond Hill United Methodist Church and a former member of Epworth United Methodist Church. She trained as a registered nurse at Telfair Women's and Children's Hospital and retired from Candler Hospital in 1979. She was a nursing supervisor. SURVIVORS: a daughter and son-in-law, Mary Ann and Bill Traver of Savannah; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Fred E. Miley Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., and Robert W. Miley Sr. and Ann Miley of Charleston; a brother, W. Flemmon Winders Jr. of Arlington, Va.; a sister, Mildred W. Morrison of Doswell, Va.; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. VISITATION: 6-9 p.m. Friday at Hubert C. Baker Funeral Home, Hodgson Memorial Chapel. FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday at Hubert C. Baker Funeral Home, Hodgson Memorial Chapel, burial in May River Baptist Church Cemetery in Prichardville, S.C.  REMEMBRANCES: Magnolia Manor on the Coast or a charity of the donor's choice. (Savannah Morning News Sept. 13, 2001)

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