Sauls Funeral Home

The family will receive guests from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, April 2, at Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton. The service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at The Church of the Cross in Bluffton.Last September, Stephen Goddin cooked a special dinner. He hand-peeled peppers for a special bruschetta appetizer. With the help of friends, he fixed sides of roasted potatoes and carrots. And then there was the hunk of beef he'd marinated for a month."Honey-bourbon prime rib," Sarah Hall — a co-worker at Hilton Head Island's Frankie Bones, where Goddin was a prep cook — said Tuesday. "He checked on it every day," she continued. "He called it his 'baby.'"Hall was among Goddin's friends who helped cook, plate and serve the food for more than a dozen guests that September evening. As his father, Fred, recalled Tuesday — the day after his son was killed in a car accident — the meal was a "significant dinner.""It was just his gift to his mother, on her birthday," the elder Goddin said.Stephen Goddin, 35, originally from Mechanicsburg, Pa., died Monday after the car he was driving ran off the side of U.S. 278 and hit a tree near Sun City Hilton Head. The S.C. Highway Patrol continues to investigate the accident, according to spokesperson Lance Cpl. Matt Southern.Goddin moved to the Okatie area about two years ago, according to his parents, who'd moved to Sun City themselves five years earlier. He was an Eagle Scout, had a psychology degree from the University of Pittsburgh and later earned a degree in culinary arts from Harrisburg Area Community College. And as friends and family remember, he was a man who made sure others were full, be it of food or laughter."His humor kept us all laughing through the day," Hall said, remembering her friend for impromptu musical performances in the kitchen. "He would sing a popular song and change the words to match what was going on at work," she said. "He was really good at that."Goddin also worked at Skull Creek Dockside — which, like Frankie Bones, is a SERG Group restaurant — as a back line co... (Island Packet)