Jennifer was born February 23, 1965 to the late William Barry and Rebecca A. Sanders Heaton. She was born in Charleston, SC and graduated from Goose Creek High School.
Jennifer was a homemaker before working as an after school counselor with Berkeley County School District and LaPetite Academy. She was a member of Northwoods Baptist Church and she formerly lived in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA.
She is survived by her daughters Stefanie Ann Johansen and fiancé Alexander Sanchez and Stacy Elizabeth Johansen, all of Goose Creek, SC, her brothers William Greg Heaton and his wife Elisabeth “Lisa” Heaton, of Charleston, SC and Steven B. Heaton, of Conway, SC, and cousin and caregiver Elizabeth Holmes, of the home. A host of cousins who she loved deeply.
A Memorial Service will be held Sunday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm at Carolina Memorial Funerals & Cremation, 7113 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29406. The inurnment will follow at Carolina Memorial Gardens.