Doris Burbage Obituary

Doris Carter Burbage Charleston - Doris Carter Burbage, 98, of Charleston, SC, passed away June 14, 2021, peacefully at home. Doris was born March 7, 1923, in Charleston, SC, to the late Alvin Calhoun Carter and Ruby Alice Goss Carter. She is preceded in death by: her husband, Robert Ackerman Burbage; her daughter, Beatrice Lynn Burbage; her sons: Ronald Matthew Burbage and William Charles Reichle; her brothers: Richard Carter, William Sowell and Jack Newsome; her sisters: Dorothy Barton, Juanita White, Betty Shiver and Roberta Williams. Survived by: her son, Robert Alvin Burbage (Myrtis); her daughter, Doris Marie Burbage; her grandsons: Shawn Wyndham (Penny), Benjamin Matthew Burbage, Kenneth Reichle and Scott Reichle; daughter-in-law, Rose Reichle; her great-grandsons: Preston Alonzo Wyndham (Courtney), Damien Gunner Wyndham and Bryer Wayne Wyndham; her great-granddaughter: Dixie Bell Wyndham; her great-great-granddaughter: Karsyn Lee Wyndham; and her great-great-grandson: Liam Alonzo Wyndham; also, several nieces and nephews. Doris was a charter member of Grace United Methodist Church, Charleston, SC. She was very active and loved serving her church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. They kept her active. Doris spent her formative years in the Charleston Orphan House, along with her "300 brothers and sisters". She worked at the Naval Shipyard before meeting the love of her life, Robert Burbage. She left the shipyard to support her husband, who was beginning a small business venture that became Burbage's Self Service Grocery. She will be loved and missed by all that knew her. A closed casket Visitation will be held on June 17, 2021, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm at Carolina Memorial Funerals & Cremation, 7113 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC. A Life Celebration will follow from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm in the chapel at Carolina Memorial Park. The burial will follow at 3:30 pm at Carolina Memorial Gardens. Visit our guestbook at legacy.com/obituaries/charleston