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)

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