G. Preston Hipp

G. Preston Hipp, 57, of Charleston, SC, husband of Laura Wichmann Hipp, died at home Thursday, September 8, 2016, after an eight year battle with prostate cancer, surrounded by his three daughters and wife as they sang the 23rd Psalm. His Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, September 13, 2016, in St. Philip's Church, 142 Church Street, at 10:00 a.m. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m in St. Philip's Parish Hall, corner of Cumberland and Church Streets. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.

Preston was born May 23, 1959, son of the late Charles Rucker Hipp and Delia Joyce Preston Hipp. He graduated from Porter-Gaud, Class of '77, and received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of South Carolina. He was a real estate investor with his late brother, Charley, with Hipp Properties, and more recently shared an office with his nephew, Charles.

Preston was a board member of the Low Country Crisis Pregnancy Center, Heritage Community Services, Save the Light, the Charleston County Planning Commission, Charleston Trident Association of Realtors, and the Charleston County Transportation Advisory Committee. He volunteered with Chuck Colson's ministry, Prison Fellowship, at Lieber. He was the director of Habitat for Humanity after Hugo in '89, and of the John Guest Series in '92. He was an avid boater with his family and a member of the Carolina Yacht Club. Preston was an active member of St. Philip's Church, the facilitator for Friday Morning Men's Bible Study, a vestry member, Sunday school teacher, and was the Sunday night Young Professionals Bible Study teacher in their home along side his wife and daughter, Olivia.

Preston is predeceased by his sister, Bonney; brother-in-law, Bill Pridgen; and brother, Charley. He is survived by his wife, Laura Wichmann Hipp, and his three daughters: Olivia Breyer Hipp, Delia Joyce Wichmann Hipp, and Victoria Wichmann Hipp; sister, Delia Joyce Hipp Pridgen; sister-in-law, Jan Hipp Dorn, and husband, Jim; brother-in-law, Bunky Wichmann and wife, Madeleine McGee; father-in-law, Fred Wichmann and wife, Joyce; and nieces and nephews: Charles Rucker Hipp III, Augusta Porcher Hipp Kuhn, Matthew Lock Pridgen, William Maurice Pridgen, Heather Hann, Mercury Hipp, Joseph Wichmann, Lucy Wichmann, and Theodore Wichmann, all of Charleston.

Memorials may be made to The Cape Romain Light, c/o The Village Museum, P.O. Box 595, McClellanville, SC 29458; or The Preston Hipp Memorial Fund for the Inner City of Charleston, c/o Matt Pridgen, 189 Sans Souci Street, Charleston, SC 29403; or Heritage Community Services, 2265 Clements Ferry Road, Ste. 202, Charleston, SC 29492; or St. Philip's Church, 142 Church Street, Charleston, SC 29401.