Obituaries

Ruth Beckwith Spence

Apr 15, 1928 - Apr 4, 2020

Eva "Ruth" Beckwith Spence, 91, of Summerville, South Carolina, widow of James A. Spence, Sr., entered into eternal rest Saturday, April 4, 2020. All services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel.Ruth was born April 15, 1928 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, daughter of the late Ira…

Eva "Ruth" Beckwith Spence

Apr 15, 1928 - Apr 4, 2020

Eva "Ruth" Beckwith Spence, 91, of Summerville, South Carolina, widow of James A. Spence, Sr., entered into eternal rest Saturday, April 4, 2020. All services will be held at a later date. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel.Ruth was born April 15, 1928 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, daughter of the late Ira…

Ronald DeWayne Butler

Apr 27, 1936 - Apr 3, 2020

Ronald DeWayne Butler, 83, of Charleston, South Carolina, widower of Helen Butler entered into eternal rest Friday, April 3, 2020. A Private Graveside Service will be held Monday, April 6, 2020 in Live Oak Memorial Gardens, 3093 Ashley River Road. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel.Ronald was born April 27, 1936 in…

Cecilia Pruitt Gruber

Feb 15, 1937 - Apr 2, 2020

Cecilia Pruitt Gruber passed away peacefully at her home in Ravenel, South Carolina surrounded by her family. Mrs. Gruber, daughter of Cecil and Elizabeth Pruitt, was born February 15, 1937 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She was active in the Gibbes Art Gallery and the Roper Medical Society Auxiliary. She also volunteered at Roper Hospital…

Edward Louis Picquet

Dec 27, 1933 - Apr 2, 2020

Edward Louis Picquet, 86, of Folly Beach, South Carolina peacefully entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 2, 2020. He was preceded in death by his former wives, Sybil Hutchinson Picquet (mother of his four children), and Betty Lou Lemacks Picquet. Due to current CDC social distancing restrictions, the funeral and graveside service at Magnolia Cemetery…

Tammy Grunfelder

Apr 7, 1960 - Apr 2, 2020

Tammy Lynn Grunfelder, 59, of Charleston, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 2, 2020. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date. Tammy was born April 7, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of Barbara Scott Danelon Gobel and Bruno Danelon. She had a big heart and her family was…

William "Willie" Harris McRae

Apr 3, 1954 - Apr 2, 2020

William Harris ("Willie") McRae of Ellerbe, North Carolina, and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020. Willie was 65 years old. He was the son of the late Harris McKinnon and Nancy Thomas McRae. He was owner and president of Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, SC, and president of McRae Produce.…

Bobbie Ann Tompkins Wilson

Nov 15, 1925 - Apr 2, 2020

Bobbie Ann Tompkins Wilson, 94, of Charleston, South Carolina, widow of James W. Wilson, Jr. entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 2, 2020. A graveside inurnment will be held at a later date due to the current circumstances. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. West Ashley Chapel.Bobbie was born November 15, 1925 in Charlotte, North…

William Stanley Northgraves

Sep 1, 1940 - Apr 1, 2020

William Stanley Northgraves formerly of Holliston, MA, now a resident of Casco, ME and Mt. Pleasant, SC, passed away peacefully of natural causes on the morning of April 1 st, 2020. He was born September 1 st, 1940 in Cape Elizabeth, ME and was the son of the late William Gould Northgraves and Frances Fuger…

Cynthia "Cyndy" B. Wood

Jul 7, 1958 - Mar 31, 2020

Cynthia "Cyndy" B. Wood, 61, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, passed away in the arms of her husband John at their home Tuesday, March 31, 2020.Cyndy was born July 7, 1958 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, one of two daughters of Dr. Homer F. Bechtell and Dolores Hyden Bechtell. Cyndy earned her undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology…