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- 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.
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1928 - 2004 (75 years)
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