TITLE:  B. Douglas Broome

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette,

SUBMITTED: The Beaufort Gazett

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, 

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B. Douglas Broome
B. Douglas Broome, 81, of Bluffton, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, in Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton 
Head Island. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight in Sauls Funeral Home, 
Ridgeland. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday in Bluffton Cemetery. Mr. Broome was 
born Feb. 14, 1920, in Pageland, a son of Fred and Elizabeth Mullis Broome. He was a U.S. Army 
veteran of World War II, serving during the invasions of North Africa, Sicily and Normandy. He 
received distinguished unit citation and the Purple Heart for wounds received in the invasion 
of Sicily. He owned Broome Construction Co. After retirement, he was the first bridge tender on 
Hilton Head bridge. Surviving are his wife, Marian Horton Broome of Bluffton; three sons, 
Robert W. Broome and Ron Broome of Bluffton and Doug Broome of Hilton Head; two daughters, Betty 
Lee of Hilton Head and Kathy Schwalbe of Goose Creek; a sister, Della Carnes of Pageland; and 
seven grandchildren. 

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