Pawleys Island: Russell Scott Hardee, 49, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hardee was born in Georgetown on August 2, 1964, a son of Robert Earl Hardee and Patricia Harrelson Hardee. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School and Johnson and Wales Culinary College. Mr. Hardee managed the restaurant 82 Queen and the Omni Hotel in Charleston, and later managed 82 Queen in Pawleys Island. In 1988, he opened Island Café & Deli, which just celebrated 25 years in business. Mr. Hardee enjoyed boating, fishing, and traveling to the islands. He was a very generous man and loved spending time with family and friends. Surviving, in addition to his parents of Pawleys Island, are: his children, Justin Scott Hardee and Lillian Margaret Hardee, and their mother Anne, of Pawleys Island; a brother, Michael Allen Hardee (Gayle) of Mt. Pleasant; and numerous cousins. Funeral services will be held at eleven o'clock on Monday morning, October 21, 2013, at Pawleys Island Community Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Lonnie Brazell. The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon, October 20, 2013, at Island Café & Deli from four until seven o'clock. Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. Memorials are suggested to the church or charity of one's choice. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440