BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA - Carl Harper, 43, of Beaufort, husband of Anna Katherine Harper, died Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Carl was born in Columbia, SC, a son of Madeline McNair Harper and the late Mikell Harper. He was a graduate of Beaufort Academy and Emory University. Carl was owner and operator of Oyster Bay Landscaping Company and a member of First Presbyterian Church. Carl is survived by his wife of 18 years, his mother, a son Henry Phillips Harper and daughter Katherine McRae Harper; a brother Frampton Harper and wife Mary Heyward Harper of Beaufort and a sister Fran Harper Hill and husband Angus of Atlanta, GA. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 22nd at First Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O Box 1226, Beaufort, SC, 29901 or to National Alliance for Mental Illness, NAMI of Beaufort County, P.O. Box 24128, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29925 or Kate & Henry Harper Educational Trust Fund.