Jennifer Lea Youmans-White

Jennifer Lea Youmans-White, 47, of Beaufort, died Friday, July 13, 2018 in Charleston, South Carolina. Visitation is at Anderson Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 from 5-7pm. Funeral service will be at the Baptist Church of Beaufort on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 2pm. She was born on April 13, 1971 in West Columbia, South Carolina and was adopted on May 28, 1971 by William D. (Bill) & Marian Bennett Youmans. Jennifer graduated from Beaufort High School class of 1987, studied Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology at the University of South Carolina Columbia, and went to cosmetology school at the Royal Academy in Clinton, South Carolina. She worked at several salons in Beaufort before opening up Sweet Tea Salon in Port Royal in November 2015. She was a great hair stylist not only because she was so passionate about her craft but also because she was so easy to love as a person. Her many clients became her friends, and as her friends became her family. Over the course of her life she played many sports and excelled at whatever she set her heart on. She was a state champion gymnast at a young age and an avid tennis player over the last years. She played in several lowcountry leagues, competing in local and state championship matches. She is survived by her three daughters Tabatha Whitney White, Maren Reese Gowan, and Riley Victoria Gowan of Beaufort, her parents, brother, and many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends. A college fund has been set up for her two younger daughters and memorials may be sent to : Marian Youmans, 105 Pine Cove Street Beaufort, SC 29902. Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.