Charles Stutts

HOLLY HILL - Charles "Charlie" Stutts, 76, of Holly Hill, husband of Ruth Oates Stutts, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 in a North Charleston hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Holly Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Cooper Stonestreet and Rev. Stephen Stutts officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Holly Hill Cemetery. Born in Kingstree, Charlie was a son of the late Robert Stutts and Ada Berry Stutts. After retiring from Navy, he worked for General Electric and later was a partner in Excel Apparatus Services, Inc. Charlie was a member of the American Legion and Holly Hill United Methodist Church. He was good friend, a great father and grandfather, and a wonderful husband. Surviving are his wife, Ruth of Holly Hill; a daughter, Cheryl (Mike) Waddell of Woodruff; a son, Rev. Stephen (Connie) Stutts of New Bern, NC; a sister, Mary Stutts of Dillon; grandchildren, Stephanie (Will) Buffaloe, Jessica (Brent) Manning, Kara (Anthony) Martinez, Matthew Stutts, Preston Waddell, Courtney Waddell, Cooper Hopkins, Grayson Hopkins, and Lanie Katherine Hopkins; and a great-grandson, Ezekiel Manning. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 Sunday at Avinger Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Holly Hill UMC, PO Box 398, Holly Hill, SC 29059.