South Carolina, Captain 89 Inf Div., World War II
62414. Georgette Pepper Pinckney
Obituary
Georgette Pepper Pinckney Hanckel, of Charleston, entered into eternal rest October 15, 2009.
Born July 14, 1922, in Lansing, Michigan, she was the daughter of B. Gaillard and Mary Ackis DuTart Pinckney.
Peppie was a graduate of Memminger High School. During World War II she was employed at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. Peppie served on the Board of Directors for the developer of St. Andrew's Shopping Center, the Board of Directors of Coburg Dairy and was the Secretary - Treasurer of Dickinson, Mikell and Comar, Inc.
She was a member of the Charleston County Republican Party for over 40 years and served as a poll manger. Peppie was a Girl Scout Troop Leader on the Isle of Palms, a member and Past President of the West Ashley Exchange Club, a member of the Woman's Transportation Club, the Confederate Memorial Society of Mt. Pleasant, the Lady's Benevolent Society of Charleston and a former Board Member of The National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of South Carolina.
She was the widow of Francis Stuart Hanckel, Jr. and surviving are two sisters, Sarah P. Hanckel and Verdier P. Fritz, a brother, Gaillard "Bubby" Pinckney, her step mother, Catherine Q. Pinckney, a brother in law, Gerald P. Dickinson; five stepchildren, Frank S. Hanckel, Eleanor H. Jenkins, Charlotte H. Hay, Sarah Ann H. Jenkins and Estelle H. Walpole. Known affectionately as "Galloping Pep" & "UGH!", she will be dearly missed by her 70 nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
She was predeceased by her siblings, Caroline P. Dickinson, Gail P. Crayton, Mary P. Darlington and Philip D. Pinckney; a step son, Richardson M. Hanckel and a step daughter, Polly H. Westen.
Interment was in Old St. Andrew's Episcopal Churchyard.
The Post and Courier
December 25, 1998AIKEN - Gail Pinckney Crayton, 71, died Wednesday in a local hospital.
Mrs. Crayton was born in Mount Pleasant, a daughter of Gaillard Pinckney and Mary Dutart Pinckney.
She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the S.C. Huguenot Society. She was a member of the St. Paul Episcopal Church in Graniteville.
Surviving are her husband, Maxwell S. Crayton; a son, Maxwell Sloan Crayton III of Issaquah, Wash.; two daughters, Mary Crayton Kearnes of Brunswick, Ga., and Frances Crayton Garber of Florence; two brothers, Philip D. Pinckney of Charleston, Gaillard Pinckney of Lexington; four sisters, Peppie Pinckney Hanckel of Mount Pleasant, Verdier Pinckney Fritz of Charleston, Sarah Pinckney Hanckel of John's Island and Caroline Pinckney Dickinson of Mount Pleasant; and four grandchildren.
The State (Columbia, SC)
February 28, 2003AIKEN - A graveside service for Maxwell Sloan Crayton Jr., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence, 620 Clarendon Place. Hatcher Funeral Home, Langley, is in charge. Born in Charleston, Mr. Crayton died February 25, 2003. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
The Post and Courier
April 21, 2004
Richardson Miles (Sunny) Hanckel, former president and CEO of Coburg Dairy, Inc., outstanding community leader, sailing and fishing enthusiast, died Sunday in a local hospital. He was 75.Mr. Hanckel was born in Charleston, August 22, 1928, a son of Francis Stuart Hanckel and Mrs. Pualine Hasell Hanckel.
He was a graduate of Clemson University and did post-graduate work at the University of Missouri. A leader in the local, state, and national dairy industry, Mr. Hanckel served as president of the South Carolina Dairy Association and treasurer of the Milk Industry Foundation. He has served as president of Master Dairies and president of the National Independent Dairy Association. Mr. Hanckel was inducted into the South Carolina Dairy Hall of Fame at Clemson University in 1985. He was president and owner of Hook, Line and Sinker and the Crossroads of Sport. He also was president of Parish Realty Corp., developers of St. Andrews Center.
After his retirement from Coburg Dairy, he went into truck farming. He and son Paul and Rhett ran a farm called Planters Three on Wadmalaw Island until he retired in the late 1990's. As part of a statewide project called the S.C. Gleaning Project, he coordinated Boy Scouts and church groups to pick leftover crops for hunger relief. Many Charleston area school groups will remember visits to his Pumpkin Patch at Planters Three. In 2001, he was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America for 60 continuous years of service. He served in all areas of scouting and served as President of Coastal Carolina Council of Boys Scouts and as President of Area Five of the Southeast Region Boy Scouts of America. He received the Silver Beaver Award the Silver Antelope Award and was named a Distinguished Eagle. At the time of his death, he was still serving the Boy Scouts through his involvement in planning the new building at Camp HoNonWah.
Mr. Hanckel was active in many local, state, and national civic and service organization. He served as local and state president of the Crippled Children's Society and member of the National Board of Directors; chairman of United Fund; member of Board of Directors of Trident Chamber of Commerce; member of Charleston Development Board; life member and president of Charleston Sertoma Club; member of West Ashley Civic Association; member of Charleston Confederate Centennial Commission; Board of Visitors of Clemson University; Chairman of the Charter Commission for Consolidated Government of Charleston County.
He was very active at the College of Charleston, serving as president of the Board of Trustees and president of the Foundation Board of Directors. He was presented an honorary degree for his work and dedication to the college.
He served as senior warden of St. Philip's Episcopal Church and on the vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, John's Island. He was a member of St. Andrews Society, St. Cecilia Society, Arion Society, South Carolina Society, Carolina Yacht Club and past president of South Carolina Agricultural Society. He was an avid outdoor enthusiast, active in Ducks Unlimited, Soil Conservation, and S.C. Wildlife. He served as a founding member of the Southeaster Wildlife Exposition. He and his family will be remembered for the annual Soirees that they hosted. He recently was named Director Emeritus. He was a sailing enthusiast and has participated in many local and ocean races in this country and abroad. He was a member of the crew of many of the yachts skippered by Ted Turner. He had man hobbies including beekeeping, bird watching, hunting, and fishing, cooking, cake decorating, gardening, and traveling.
Mr. Hanckel is survived by four sons and two daughters, R. Miles Hanckel, Jr. and wife Pam, William (Bill) H. Hanckel and wife Susan, Burness Hanckel Skinner and husband John, Mary DuTart Hanckel, Paul S. Hanckel and wife Mary Frances, T. Rhett Hanckel and wife Carlene; sixteen grandchildren, R. Miles (Milo) Hanckel, Ryan Hanckel, Hope Hanckel, Will Hanckel, Emily Hanckel, Dawn Skinner Snead, Joy Skinner, John C. Skinner, Beaufort Drum, Christian Drum, Lindsay Hanckel, Katie Hanckel, Alberta Sarah (Allie) Hanckel, Paul J. Hanckel, Jr., Rhett Hanckel, Jr., Greg Hanckel and three great-grandchildren, River Hanckel, Addie Hanckel, and Taylor Snead. He is also survived by his former wife, Sarah Pinckney Hanckel of John's Island and his step-mother, Mrs. Francis Stuart Hanckel of Mt. Pleasant; a brother, Frank S. Hanckel, Jr. and four sisters, Charlotte H. Hay, Eleanor H. Jenkins, Estelle H. Walpole, and Sarah Ann H. Jenkins. Predeceasing Mr. Hanckel is one sister, Pauline (Polly) H. Weston.
The State (Columbia, SC)
May 1, 2000CHARLESTON - Mr. Pinckney died Friday. Born in Charleston, he was a son of the late B. Gaillard Pinckney and Mary Ackis DuTart.
Surviving are his wife, Nancy Patricia Pinckney; daughter, Nancy Boyne of Raleigh, N.C.; son, Philip Pinckney Jr. of Charleston; sisters, Peppie Hanckel, Caroline Dickinson, both of Mt. Pleasant, Verdier Fritz, Sally Hanckel, both of Charleston; brother, Gaillard Pinckney of Lexington; four grandchildren.
62419. Caroline Haskell Pinckney
Obituary
Caroline Haskell Pinckney Dickinson, 68 of Mount Pleasant, died Saturday, October 7, 2006 at the Medical University of South Carolina after a brief illness.
She was married to Gerald Potter (Dick) Dickinson. Mrs. Dickinson was born on May 1, 1938 and was the daughter of Gaillard and Mary DuTart Pinckney.
She graduated from the High School of Charleston and attended the College of Charleston. She was a homemaker, genealogist, and was retired from Carroll Realty. Mrs. Dickinson was active in many civic organizations, and as a genealogist she contributed her services to numerous state and national historical associations.
She was a member of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, the Society of First Families of South Carolina and The Carolina Assembly. She was one of the first members of the Mt. Pleasant Town Appearance Commission and was a member of The East Cooper Republican Women's Club. She was a member of Saint Andrews Episcopal Church.
Surviving in addition to her husband Dick, are her children Pauline Pinckney Dickinson Stender of Awendaw, Mary Gaillard Dickinson Perez of Mt Pleasant and Gerald Potter (Gerry) Dickinson, Jr. Of Columbia: grandchildren Richard Dickinson Perez, John Gaillard Perez, Cantey Plowden Perez and Caroline Pinckney Stender; twin brother Gaillard (Bubby) Pinckney of Lexington; sisters Sarah Pinckney Hanckel of John's Island,Verdier Pinckney Fritz of Charleston and Georgette (Peppie) Hanckel of Mt. Pleasant; step-mother Catherine Quinby Pinckney of Johns Island and sister-in-law Billie Mace Durham of Troy, North Carolina. She was predeceased by her brother Philip DuTart Pinckney and sisters Mary Pinckney Darlington and Gail Pinckney Crayton.
Obituary
Gerald Potter "Dick" Dickinson, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away December 14, 2010, after an extended illness. Born in Durham, NC on February 6, 1935, he was the son of the late Gerald P. Dickinson and the late Pauline Julian Dickinson Mace.
A native of Beaufort, North Carolina, Dick spent his early years boating in and exploring the rivers and sounds of his beloved Carteret County and watching movies with friends at his family's theater on Beaufort's Front Street.
After graduating from the Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated from The Citadel in 1958 with a degree in Political Science.
With a career on the Charleston Waterfront which spanned over fifty years, Dick retired from Dickinson, Mikell and Comar, Inc., a Customs House Brokers Foreign Freight Forwarders company and DMC Shipping in 1989. In his retirement, he worked for FedEx International Transportation.
Mr. Dickinson was a member of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, the Propeller Club of Charleston, The General Society of Colonial Wars in the State of South Carolina, Huguenot Society, Fort Sumter Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Palmetto Guard, Carolina Supper Club, Charleston Republican Party, the Citadel Brigadier Club and the Citadel Class of 1958 Tailgate Club.
Dick was married to the late Caroline Haskell Pinckney Dickinson for 49 years and is survived by daughters, Pauline Pinckney Dickinson, and Mary Gaillard Dickinson Perez and husband John David Perez of Mt. Pleasant; and son, Gerald P. (Gerry) Dickinson, Jr. of Columbia; and four grandchildren Richard Dickinson Perez; John Gaillard Perez; Cantey Plowden Perez; and Caroline Pinckney Stender; and his sister Billie Mace Durham and brother-in-law Carey Martin Durham of Troy, NC, brother-in-law Gaillard (Bubby) Pinckney of Columbia, Sisters-in-law Sarah Pinckney Hanckel and Verdier Pinckney Fritz of Charleston. He is also survived by his faithful companions Maggie, Pepper, Stray and New Cat.
He was preceded in death by his wife, who passed away in 2006; his father, Gerald P. Dickinson; mother, Pauline Julian Mace; stepfather, William Arendell Mace; and sister, Geraldine Dickinson Gaskins.
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
September 28, 2010SAMS, Jennie Venning, 88, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Charleston, an elementary school teacher and husband of Bonum B. Sams, died September 22. Arrangements by Stuhr's Mount Pleasant Chapel, S.C.
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
June 23, 2017Septima Holmes Porcher Murray, 91, of Charleston, South Carolina, wife of the late V. Thomas Murray died Sunday, June 18, 2017.
Sep was born March 29, 1926, in Tampa, Florida, daughter of the late Henry Francis Porcher and the late Septima Toomer Holmes Porcher.
She lived most of her life in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, and later became a radiology technician at Emory University Hospital. She was a member of the Junior League of Atlanta and the National Society of the Colonial Dames of the State of Georgia and later of South Carolina. She was a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Atlanta and then St. Philip's Church in Charleston. Sep was an artist and had a knack for capturing a likeness. She did remarkable pastel portraits of many of her friends' children. She had a wonderful collection of antique dolls and dollhouses. Her love of dolls started at an early age when she was allowed to choose any doll at Christmastime from her great-aunt Helen "Pinky" Bailey's wardrobe at 18 Church Street. Our dad used to say, "I've never known anyone that has as many people refer to her as their best friend."
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Allison and Douglas S. McAdams, MD, of Mount Pleasant, SC, and their three children, Mac, Seppie, and Rob; son and daughter-in-law, V.T. "Chip" Murray, Jr., and Vicky of Lookout Mountain, GA, and their six children, Haskell (Katie), Drew (Megan), Babs, Will (Anne), Anna, and Sam; son and daughter-in-law, John Porcher "Jack" Murray and Jann of Mount Pleasant, SC, and their three children, Heyward, Courtney (Scott), and Susannah; seven great grandchildren; and her sister, Frances H. Porcher of Charleston, SC.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 1, 2003V. Thomas (Tom) Murray, died on Saturday, April 26, 2003, at his home in Atlanta.
Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Septima Porcher Murray, daughter and son-in-law, Allison and Douglas S. McAdams of Mount Pleasant, SC, and their 3 children, Mac, Seppie, and Rob; son and daughter-in-law, V.T. (Chip) Murray, Jr. and Vicky of Lookout Mountain, GA, and their 6 children, Haskell, Drew, Babs, Will, Anna, and Sam; son and daughter-in-law, John Porcher (Jack) Murray and Jann of Mount Pleasant, SC, and their 3 children, Heyward, Courtney, and Susannah; and sister-in-law, Frances Porcher of Atlanta.
Tom Murray was born in New York City, the son of Thomas William and Gwin LeMassena Murray.
He grew up in West Englewood, NJ, where he was an Eagle Scout. He took competitive exams for the 4-year Governor's Scholarship to Rutgers University and came out first in the State. While at Rutgers, he enlisted in the Marine Corps on the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a Marine, he also attended Princeton University and served in the Pacific, including the battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and a champion wrestler. As the Southeast representative of the Frank M. Sayford Company, he moved to Atlanta in 1949. He later started his own company, Murray Sales, Inc. Mr. Murray, whose father died when he was 9 months old, was always interested in helping fatherless boys. He started the Atlanta Big Brothers (now Big Brothers-Big Sisters) program and served on the national board of Big Brothers. He worked with that program for years before founding Hope for Atlanta Youth (HAY Fund), whose aim is to give inner-city youth the experience of living for 2 or more weeks in the summer with rural or suburban host families. Mr. Murray was twice named Atlanta's Father of the Year. He was a former member of the Vestry of All Saints Episcopal Church, a charter member of the Cherokee Town and Country Club, and a former member of Kiwanis and the Optimist Clubs.
Record-Journal (Meriden, CT)
September 5, 2004Anne Coffin Hanson, an art historian and curator and the first woman to be hired as a full tenured professor at Yale, died Friday at her home in New Haven, Conn. She was 82. Her death was announced by the Yale University Gallery of Art.
Hanson was an authority on late-19th-century and early-20th-century European art, specifically the paintings of Edouard Manet and the multifarious Italian Futurists. Hanson's presence as a teacher, role model and mentor inspired many students, especially women, to become art historians and curators.
Hanson initially trained as an artist. She was born in 1921 in Larchmont, N.Y., where her father, Francis Coffin, was an Episcopal minister. After attending Skidmore College, she earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from the University of Southern California in 1943. In 1944 and 1945, she studied at the Arts Students League in New York City. She earned a master's degree in painting from the University of North Carolina in 1951.
By the late 1950s she was recently divorced, teaching art at the University of Buffalo and supporting three small children. She returned to graduate school, earning a Ph.D. in art history from Bryn Mawr College in 1962 while also teaching there. Her dissertation on the Renaissance sculptor Jacopo della Quercia was published as a book in 1965.
Over the next several years Hanson taught at Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr and New York University and was a consultant at the International Study Center of the Museum of Modern Art. In 1969 and '70 she was a visiting lecturer at Yale and later in 1970 joined the Yale faculty as full professor, the first woman to do so. At the time, only two of Yale's 363 full professorships were held by women, and they had been promoted from within their departments.
In 1971, shortly after being hired at Yale, Hanson was the plaintiff in a suit to admit women on the Yale faculty to Mory's, the all-male eating club. Mory's lost its liquor license in 1972 and admitted women in 1974.
From 1974 to 1978 she was chairman of the art history department, the first woman at Yale to become a department chairman.
The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
July 14, 2007RAVENEL, RHETT H., 77, departed this life on earth, Tuesday, July 10, 2007 after a long and gallant battle with illness.
Rhett was the son of William F. and Eleanor Ravenel of Charleston, SC.
Born in Sanford, FL at home on September 24, 1929; he grew up fishing and hunting the pristine area of Lake Monroe. He attended Seminole High School and graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he returned to Florida to be involved in the construction of the Lake Eola fountain as the supervising engineer on the construction barge. Later he was involved in the utility work on the Down-Range Stations in the Caribbean from Eleuthera, Bahamas to Antigua. Rhett was president of Grovigation, Inc., an agricultural irrigation company, specializing in citrus working with the citrus growers and citrus processing plants. He was instrumental in the construction of Conserv II, a reclaimed water project.
A pilot and avid outdoorsman, he loved boating, fishing, especially bass fishing, hunting in Colorado and hunting whitetail deer in Florida and South Carolina. Dove hunting was his passion and when the hunting seasons were over, it was back to Colorado to snow ski with family and friends.
Rhett is survived by his loving wife and soul mate, Coleen Catherine; son, Michael Rhett and daughter, Brenda Perry; stepson, Vincent Hohn; and five grandchildren.
Charleston Post & Courier
April 13, 2010Estelle Rhett Hanckel Walpole, 78, of Johns Island, SC, died Monday, April 12, 2010. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Hay Walpole, Jr.
Born on February 10, 1932, in Charleston, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Francis Stuart Hanckel and Pauline Brock Hasell of Coburg Dairy.
She was a graduate of Memminger High School and Winthrop College with a degree in business. As she raised her four children, she was secretary-treasurer, of Sunnyside Farms, the family business. She also was the personal secretary to the Rev. Edward Guerry of St. Johns Episcopal Church. Estelle was known for her gift of hospitality and encouragement to others.
She was a member of the Charleston Junior League, The Huguenot Society, and the Carolina Assembly. She served on the board of Hope Kindergarten and as a scout leader on Johns Island. She was a charter member of Church Creek Presbyterian Church and a loyal supporter of Charleston Christian School. She shared her avid love of sailing with her husband, children and grandchildren.
Estelle is survived by her husband of 57 years, Eugene Hay Walpole, Jr. and her four children, Stel Lee and husband Burke, Bud Walpole and wife Anne, Connie Walpole, Hank Walpole and wife Patsy, all of Johns Island. Estelle was the beloved "Grammy" to eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild, Katie Huss, Gene Walpole, Bill Haynie, Katherine Walpole, Laura Haynie, Hunter Walpole, Sam Lee, James Walpole, and Mary Katherine Huss. Estelle was predeceased by her sister, Polly Hanckel Weston of Columbia and her brother, Sunny Hanckel of Charleston. Surviving are her sisters, Eleanor Hanckel Jenkins, Charlotte Hanckel Hay, Sarah Ann Hanckel Jenkins and brother Francis Stuart Hanckel.
The Post and Courier
December 17, 2003Pauline Hanckel Weston, wife of the late Christian Tucker Weston, died Monday, November 17, 2003. Born January 31, 1922, in Charleston, S.C. she was the oldest daughter of the late Pauline Brock Hasell and Francis Stuart Hanckel.
She graduated from Memminger High School and the College of Charleston, where she was a member of Delta, Delta, Delta. She was past president of the Columbia Medical Society Women s Auxiliary, Columbia area LaSertoma, and Columbia Garden Club. She was active with the Girl Scouts and the American Red Cross. She was a member of the Quadrille Club, the Junior League Fiction Club, Holly Garden Club, Columbia Committee of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, a founding member of The Columbia Ball, and former member of The Junior League of Columbia, Forest Lake Club, Palmetto Club, and Summitt Club.
Mrs. Weston is survived by daughter, Mary W. Grimball, and son and daughter-in-law, Chris and Anne Weston all of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Walter Smith of Mooresville, N.C.; and son and daughter-in-law, Stuart and Elizabeth Weston of Marathon, Florida Keys; grandchildren, Barnwell Grimball of Folly Beach, Roy and Weston Smith of Mooresville, N.C., Sarah and Drayton Weston of Columbia; step-grandson, Emanuel Paz of Marathon; and siblings of Charleston, Richardson Sunny Hanckel, Frank (Loraine) Hanckel, Charlotte (Gordon) Hay, Eleanor Sister Jenkins, Sarah Ann (Skipper) Jenkins, and Estelle (Eugene) Walpole of John's Island.
She was predeceased by daughter, Pauline Paula Hanckel Weston.
62445. Richardson Miles Hanckel
The Post and Courier
April 21, 2004
Richardson Miles (Sunny) Hanckel, former president and CEO of Coburg Dairy, Inc., outstanding community leader, sailing and fishing enthusiast, died Sunday in a local hospital. He was 75.Mr. Hanckel was born in Charleston, August 22, 1928, a son of Francis Stuart Hanckel and Mrs. Pualine Hasell Hanckel.
He was a graduate of Clemson University and did post-graduate work at the University of Missouri. A leader in the local, state, and national dairy industry, Mr. Hanckel served as president of the South Carolina Dairy Association and treasurer of the Milk Industry Foundation. He has served as president of Master Dairies and president of the National Independent Dairy Association. Mr. Hanckel was inducted into the South Carolina Dairy Hall of Fame at Clemson University in 1985. He was president and owner of Hook, Line and Sinker and the Crossroads of Sport. He also was president of Parish Realty Corp., developers of St. Andrews Center.
After his retirement from Coburg Dairy, he went into truck farming. He and son Paul and Rhett ran a farm called Planters Three on Wadmalaw Island until he retired in the late 1990's. As part of a statewide project called the S.C. Gleaning Project, he coordinated Boy Scouts and church groups to pick leftover crops for hunger relief. Many Charleston area school groups will remember visits to his Pumpkin Patch at Planters Three. In 2001, he was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America for 60 continuous years of service. He served in all areas of scouting and served as President of Coastal Carolina Council of Boys Scouts and as President of Area Five of the Southeast Region Boy Scouts of America. He received the Silver Beaver Award the Silver Antelope Award and was named a Distinguished Eagle. At the time of his death, he was still serving the Boy Scouts through his involvement in planning the new building at Camp HoNonWah.
Mr. Hanckel was active in many local, state, and national civic and service organization. He served as local and state president of the Crippled Children's Society and member of the National Board of Directors; chairman of United Fund; member of Board of Directors of Trident Chamber of Commerce; member of Charleston Development Board; life member and president of Charleston Sertoma Club; member of West Ashley Civic Association; member of Charleston Confederate Centennial Commission; Board of Visitors of Clemson University; Chairman of the Charter Commission for Consolidated Government of Charleston County.
He was very active at the College of Charleston, serving as president of the Board of Trustees and president of the Foundation Board of Directors. He was presented an honorary degree for his work and dedication to the college.
He served as senior warden of St. Philip's Episcopal Church and on the vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, John's Island. He was a member of St. Andrews Society, St. Cecilia Society, Arion Society, South Carolina Society, Carolina Yacht Club and past president of South Carolina Agricultural Society. He was an avid outdoor enthusiast, active in Ducks Unlimited, Soil Conservation, and S.C. Wildlife. He served as a founding member of the Southeaster Wildlife Exposition. He and his family will be remembered for the annual Soirees that they hosted. He recently was named Director Emeritus. He was a sailing enthusiast and has participated in many local and ocean races in this country and abroad. He was a member of the crew of many of the yachts skippered by Ted Turner. He had man hobbies including beekeeping, bird watching, hunting, and fishing, cooking, cake decorating, gardening, and traveling.
Mr. Hanckel is survived by four sons and two daughters, R. Miles Hanckel, Jr. and wife Pam, William (Bill) H. Hanckel and wife Susan, Burness Hanckel Skinner and husband John, Mary DuTart Hanckel, Paul S. Hanckel and wife Mary Frances, T. Rhett Hanckel and wife Carlene; sixteen grandchildren, R. Miles (Milo) Hanckel, Ryan Hanckel, Hope Hanckel, Will Hanckel, Emily Hanckel, Dawn Skinner Snead, Joy Skinner, John C. Skinner, Beaufort Drum, Christian Drum, Lindsay Hanckel, Katie Hanckel, Alberta Sarah (Allie) Hanckel, Paul J. Hanckel, Jr., Rhett Hanckel, Jr., Greg Hanckel and three great-grandchildren, River Hanckel, Addie Hanckel, and Taylor Snead. He is also survived by his former wife, Sarah Pinckney Hanckel of John's Island and his step-mother, Mrs. Francis Stuart Hanckel of Mt. Pleasant; a brother, Frank S. Hanckel, Jr. and four sisters, Charlotte H. Hay, Eleanor H. Jenkins, Estelle H. Walpole, and Sarah Ann H. Jenkins. Predeceasing Mr. Hanckel is one sister, Pauline (Polly) H. Weston.