Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina
Karen Smythe Mayfield
Aug 26, 2023
Karen Smythe Mayfield, 67, of Cottageville, entered into eternal rest Saturday, August 26, 2023, at her residence.
No arrangements have been made at this time.
Arrangement by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro. 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.
Frances Stophel
Aug 25, 2023
Mary Frances Stophel, 72, of Walterboro, the devoted wife of Jim Stophel, passed away Friday morning, August 25, 2023. Frances, after a long hard fight with Alzheimer’s, has finished her race. With her true grace and determination-she fought to the very end. We are relieved to know that Heaven has a new choir member.
Frances was the...
Michael Westly Rogers
Aug 22, 2023
Mr. Michael Westly Rogers, 38, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
Born March 15, 1985, in Charleston, he was a son of James Lowe, Jr. and the late Melissa Ann Garvin. He was a tree surgeon and always enjoyed his work. Mikey was always the life of the party. He was a true...
Alphie Hudson
Aug 21, 2023
Mr. Alfred Marion Hudson, known by all as “Alphie”, age 76, of the Hudson Mill Community of Ruffin, entered into rest Monday evening, August 21, 2023, at Lowcountry Community Hospice House in Summerville.
Born January 12, 1947, in Colleton County, South Carolina, he was a son of the late William Royden Hudson and the late Ruth Givens...
Albert Douglas Brodie, Sr.
Aug 20, 2023
Albert "Al" Douglas Brodie, 71, passed away on August 20, 2023, at his residence in Erhardt, SC. Al was a doting husband, brother, father, Pappy, and friend. Always wearing a joyful smile on his face, he loved good company and rarely ever met a stranger.
Al is survived by his sister, Sherri Jalbert of Merrimack, NH, his...
Jacqueline Johansen
Aug 20, 2023
Mrs. Jaqueline Wilson Johansen, 74, of Ruffin, formerly of Cranston, Rhode Island, passed away Sunday evening, August 20, 2023, surrounded by her family at home after a brief battle with cancer.
Born July 29, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Warren Wilson and Romilda Goldschmidt Knuckles Wilson. She was a retired...
Tony Chambers
Aug 20, 2023
Mr. Tony Alan Chambers, 67, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday afternoon, August 20, 2023, at Colleton Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.
Born September 27, 1955, in Walterboro, he was the son of Patsy Bailey Chambers and the late Henry Hubert Chambers. After high school, he worked at Asten Hill in Walterboro and...
Gilbert Turner
Aug 20, 2023
Mr. Gilbert Eugene Turner, Jr., 74, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday afternoon, August 20, 2023, at Roper Hospital in Charleston.
Born February 22, 1949, in Gainesville, Florida, he was the son of the late Gilbert Eugene Turner, Sr. and Eugenia Carter Turner. He was a retired commercial contractor. He enjoyed fishing, wood crafting, landscaping, and...
Judy Harding
Aug 19, 2023
Mrs. Judy Hunt Harding, 76, of Summerville, formerly of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Saturday morning, August 19, 2023, at Summerville Community Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Joseph Lee Harding.
Born September 16, 1946, in Milan, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late Frederick Hunt and Mary Moody Hunt. She was a...
Loriann Smoak
Aug 18, 2023
Mrs. Loriann Carol Thomas Smoak, 62, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Friday afternoon, August 18, 2023, at Summerville Community Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Delbert Wayne Smoak, to whom she was married 39 years.
Born August 13, 1961, in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Neil Thomas and Carol...
Bertram Eisler
Aug 16, 2023
Bertram Eisler, 95, of Bluffton, passed away Wednesday night, August 16, 2023, at the Veterans Victory House.
Graveside services will be held 10 o'clock, Sunday morning, August 20 ,2023, at Beth Israel Cemetery, 1098 Woodbridge Center Drive Woodbridge Township, New Jersey.
Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL,...
Wanda Mccraw
Aug 14, 2023
Ms. Wanda Kay McCraw, 77, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Monday afternoon, August 14, 2023, at Colleton Medical Center.
Born February 10, 1946, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Boyd Tillman McCraw and Francis Irene McCraw. She retired from the Spartanburg Housing Authority, where she had worked for 35 years. Ms. McCraw spent...
Edith Mason
Aug 14, 2023
Mrs. Edith Ackerman Mason, 87, of Walterboro, entered into rest at her home in Forest Hills Thursday morning, August 14, 2023. She was the loving wife of almost fifty years to the late Mr. Felix Lee Mason.
Born December 20, 1935, in Cottageville, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late George Vincent Ackerman and the...
Alice Robertson
Aug 13, 2023
Mrs. Alice Ackerman Robertson, 84, of Ridgeville, entered into eternal rest Sunday morning, August 13, 2023 at her residence. She was the wife of the late Charles Edward Robertson, Sr.
Born October 6, 1938, in Colleton County, she was a daughter of the late Nelie Cinclair Ackerman and Pearl Catherine Faulkner Ackerman. “Nana” dearly loved her grandchildren...
Richard Joseph Miles
Aug 10, 2023
Richard Joseph Miles, also known as "Joey" and his self proclaimed nickname "Skeeter" ,25, of Early Branch, went to be with Jesus Sunday, August 10, 2023.
Joey was born June 23, 1998 in Walterboro, South Carolina to Derrick Miles and Crystal Milam. He was a member of Pine Level Baptist Church, and was a graduate of Andrew...
Jesse Rapue
Aug 8, 2023
Jesse Rapue, 29, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at his residence.
Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.
Deborah Sparkman Walker
Aug 8, 2023
Mrs. Deborah Sparkman Walker, 68, of Walterboro, entered into rest Tuesday afternoon, August 8, 2023, at her home embraced by the love of her family after a long and fearless battle against cancer.
Born March 3, 1955 in Walterboro, South Carolina, she was the only child of the late Stanley “Sparky” Sparkman and the late Ethel Britt...
Logan Tripp
Aug 7, 2023
Mr. Damon Logan Tripp, 32, of Ruffin, entered into eternal rest Monday, August 7, 2023, at his residence.
Born May 26, 1991, in Beaufort, he was a son of Danny Lathon Tripp, Sr. and Vickie Lynn Payne Tripp. He loved swamp logging and was a skidder operator, having worked with many logging companies including Beasley Logging. He...
Dora Schaffer
Aug 7, 2023
Dora Ann Abbott Schaffer, 85, of Walterboro, South Carolina, died Monday August 7th, 2023 at Pruitt Home, Walterboro, S.C.. Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Leon and Anna May Myers Abbott. She was predeceased by brother Kenneth, and sisters Bertha DeNoyelles and Gleora Payette. She was the wife of 50 years to...
Bud Long
Aug 7, 2023
Mr. Ervin Hickman Long, affectionately known to everyone as “Bud”, 61, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Monday evening, August 7, 2023, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Born May 25, 1962, in Walterboro, he was a son of the late JoAnn Thompson Long. He was a retired carpenter and an avid outdoorsman who loved...
Local Obituaries in Walterboro, Ehrhardt, Varnville, and Surrounding Areas
Karen Smythe Mayfield
Aug 26, 2023
Karen Smythe Mayfield, 67, of Cottageville, entered into eternal rest Saturday, August 26, 2023, at her residence.
No arrangements have been made at this time.
Arrangement by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro. 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.
Frances Stophel
Aug 25, 2023
Mary Frances Stophel, 72, of Walterboro, the devoted wife of Jim Stophel, passed away Friday morning, August 25, 2023. Frances, after a long hard fight with Alzheimer’s, has finished her race. With her true grace and determination-she fought to the very end. We are relieved to know that Heaven has a new choir member.
Frances was the...
Michael Westly Rogers
Aug 22, 2023
Mr. Michael Westly Rogers, 38, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
Born March 15, 1985, in Charleston, he was a son of James Lowe, Jr. and the late Melissa Ann Garvin. He was a tree surgeon and always enjoyed his work. Mikey was always the life of the party. He was a true...
Alphie Hudson
Aug 21, 2023
Mr. Alfred Marion Hudson, known by all as “Alphie”, age 76, of the Hudson Mill Community of Ruffin, entered into rest Monday evening, August 21, 2023, at Lowcountry Community Hospice House in Summerville.
Born January 12, 1947, in Colleton County, South Carolina, he was a son of the late William Royden Hudson and the late Ruth Givens...
Albert Douglas Brodie, Sr.
Aug 20, 2023
Albert "Al" Douglas Brodie, 71, passed away on August 20, 2023, at his residence in Erhardt, SC. Al was a doting husband, brother, father, Pappy, and friend. Always wearing a joyful smile on his face, he loved good company and rarely ever met a stranger.
Al is survived by his sister, Sherri Jalbert of Merrimack, NH, his...
Jacqueline Johansen
Aug 20, 2023
Mrs. Jaqueline Wilson Johansen, 74, of Ruffin, formerly of Cranston, Rhode Island, passed away Sunday evening, August 20, 2023, surrounded by her family at home after a brief battle with cancer.
Born July 29, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Warren Wilson and Romilda Goldschmidt Knuckles Wilson. She was a retired...
Tony Chambers
Aug 20, 2023
Mr. Tony Alan Chambers, 67, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday afternoon, August 20, 2023, at Colleton Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.
Born September 27, 1955, in Walterboro, he was the son of Patsy Bailey Chambers and the late Henry Hubert Chambers. After high school, he worked at Asten Hill in Walterboro and...
Gilbert Turner
Aug 20, 2023
Mr. Gilbert Eugene Turner, Jr., 74, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday afternoon, August 20, 2023, at Roper Hospital in Charleston.
Born February 22, 1949, in Gainesville, Florida, he was the son of the late Gilbert Eugene Turner, Sr. and Eugenia Carter Turner. He was a retired commercial contractor. He enjoyed fishing, wood crafting, landscaping, and...
Judy Harding
Aug 19, 2023
Mrs. Judy Hunt Harding, 76, of Summerville, formerly of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Saturday morning, August 19, 2023, at Summerville Community Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Joseph Lee Harding.
Born September 16, 1946, in Milan, Indiana, she was a daughter of the late Frederick Hunt and Mary Moody Hunt. She was a...
Loriann Smoak
Aug 18, 2023
Mrs. Loriann Carol Thomas Smoak, 62, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Friday afternoon, August 18, 2023, at Summerville Community Hospice House. She was the wife of the late Delbert Wayne Smoak, to whom she was married 39 years.
Born August 13, 1961, in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Neil Thomas and Carol...
Bertram Eisler
Aug 16, 2023
Bertram Eisler, 95, of Bluffton, passed away Wednesday night, August 16, 2023, at the Veterans Victory House.
Graveside services will be held 10 o'clock, Sunday morning, August 20 ,2023, at Beth Israel Cemetery, 1098 Woodbridge Center Drive Woodbridge Township, New Jersey.
Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL,...
Wanda Mccraw
Aug 14, 2023
Ms. Wanda Kay McCraw, 77, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Monday afternoon, August 14, 2023, at Colleton Medical Center.
Born February 10, 1946, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Boyd Tillman McCraw and Francis Irene McCraw. She retired from the Spartanburg Housing Authority, where she had worked for 35 years. Ms. McCraw spent...
Edith Mason
Aug 14, 2023
Mrs. Edith Ackerman Mason, 87, of Walterboro, entered into rest at her home in Forest Hills Thursday morning, August 14, 2023. She was the loving wife of almost fifty years to the late Mr. Felix Lee Mason.
Born December 20, 1935, in Cottageville, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late George Vincent Ackerman and the...
Alice Robertson
Aug 13, 2023
Mrs. Alice Ackerman Robertson, 84, of Ridgeville, entered into eternal rest Sunday morning, August 13, 2023 at her residence. She was the wife of the late Charles Edward Robertson, Sr.
Born October 6, 1938, in Colleton County, she was a daughter of the late Nelie Cinclair Ackerman and Pearl Catherine Faulkner Ackerman. “Nana” dearly loved her grandchildren...
Richard Joseph Miles
Aug 10, 2023
Richard Joseph Miles, also known as "Joey" and his self proclaimed nickname "Skeeter" ,25, of Early Branch, went to be with Jesus Sunday, August 10, 2023.
Joey was born June 23, 1998 in Walterboro, South Carolina to Derrick Miles and Crystal Milam. He was a member of Pine Level Baptist Church, and was a graduate of Andrew...
Jesse Rapue
Aug 8, 2023
Jesse Rapue, 29, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at his residence.
Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.
Deborah Sparkman Walker
Aug 8, 2023
Mrs. Deborah Sparkman Walker, 68, of Walterboro, entered into rest Tuesday afternoon, August 8, 2023, at her home embraced by the love of her family after a long and fearless battle against cancer.
Born March 3, 1955 in Walterboro, South Carolina, she was the only child of the late Stanley “Sparky” Sparkman and the late Ethel Britt...
Logan Tripp
Aug 7, 2023
Mr. Damon Logan Tripp, 32, of Ruffin, entered into eternal rest Monday, August 7, 2023, at his residence.
Born May 26, 1991, in Beaufort, he was a son of Danny Lathon Tripp, Sr. and Vickie Lynn Payne Tripp. He loved swamp logging and was a skidder operator, having worked with many logging companies including Beasley Logging. He...
Dora Schaffer
Aug 7, 2023
Dora Ann Abbott Schaffer, 85, of Walterboro, South Carolina, died Monday August 7th, 2023 at Pruitt Home, Walterboro, S.C.. Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Harvey Leon and Anna May Myers Abbott. She was predeceased by brother Kenneth, and sisters Bertha DeNoyelles and Gleora Payette. She was the wife of 50 years to...
Bud Long
Aug 7, 2023
Mr. Ervin Hickman Long, affectionately known to everyone as “Bud”, 61, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Monday evening, August 7, 2023, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Born May 25, 1962, in Walterboro, he was a son of the late JoAnn Thompson Long. He was a retired carpenter and an avid outdoorsman who loved...