GILBERT – Stephen Christopher Cottrell passed from this world to the eternal world May 22, 2019 after a short fight with cancer. Steve was born October 1, 1953 to Raymond B. and Emma Jones Cottrell in Columbia, SC. He attended Columbia High School and the University of South Carolina where he majored in Marine Biology.
Steve was always a man of the world and blessed with many talents and athletic ability. He was proud to have been a Shrimp Boat Captain for over 20 years based out of Fernandina, Florida. He also worked as a Project Manager for Cottrell & Co., Inc. and Vista Engineering, LLC as a mechanical designer.
His artistic talents were unsurpassed and his love for life inspiring. The world seems a little smaller for his passing, but I am sure joy now radiates in Heaven as he was reunited with his brother, Bates Cottrell, and his father.
He is survived by his mother, Emma Cottrell of Duluth, Georgia; his brother, Randy Cottrell and his sister, Cammie Cottrell; his love, Marianne Jasak; his step-son, Grant; loving sisters, Katelyn and Sarah and many nieces, nephews and grands.
A small private ceremony will be held six miles off the coast of Fernandina where he wished his remains be buried in the ocean he so loved.
Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, is in charge of services.
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