Cheryl L. Eckard, 62, Maryland business woman
January 4, 2024
Cheryl Lynn Eckard of Pawleys Island died Nov. 27 at her home with her fiancé by her side. She was 62.
She was born Oct. 30, 1961, the daughter of Doris Ingle and the late Eugene Stout. She grew up on a farm in Taneytown, Md., then moved to Hagerstown, Md., where she would spend most of her remaining life. She met her fiancé, Bradley Myers, in 2002 at her friend LuBeth’s Bluesfest Party in Hagerstown. They retired to Pawleys Island in August 2020.
Ms. Eckard worked many years as a waitress at Nick’s Airport Inn, where she had a long list of regulars who asked for her by name. She was CEO and owner of The Farmer’s Daughter, owner of Cheryl Eckard Environmental Services and CEO and co-owner of Pop Pop’s Kettle Corn.
She and Mr. Myers could be seen there most weekends for nearly eight years at the Funkstown Fire Hall parking lot. She offered her warmth and exuberance to all her customers and he would always add a joke.
She loved the beach, looking for seashells, cooking and gardening. She was a self-described homebody and a life-long cat mom.
She was remembered as a perpetual optimist who saw the good in all people and all things. She was strong in her faith and a model of human kindness.
In addition to her fiancé and her mother, Doris Buccigrossi of Pawleys Island, she is survived by her nieces, Nadine Nelson (John) their children John III, Thomas and Noradine of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Katherina Elliott (Logan) of Hagerstown; and several aunts and cousins.
In addition to her father, her brother, Eugene Ronald Stout, and her grandmother, Evelyn A. Stout, died before her.
A celebration of her life will be held in Pawleys Island at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Agape Hospice and Palliative Care at hpcfoundation.org or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Condolences may be sent at burroughsfh.com or osbornefuneralhome.net.
