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A local couple disappeared last Monday March 3, from Harbor Town in Hilton Head.  Not just any couple but John and Liz Calvert.  Let me tell you a little bit about the past week and the two beloved friends who are missing.  The day the disappeared they were working as usual Liz is an attorney with Hunter Maclean in Savannah and John owns Harbor Town Yacht Basin and stays very hands on with the daily operations of the basin.  Both had attended meetings, met friends for lunch and carried on with their normal work week just as we all did.  They had a late afternoon meeting with an accountant who had worked on the Harbor Town Yacht Basin books before John and Liz bought the business.  They have not been seen since.  The only other thing to disappear were Liz’s car and Liz’s laptop.  The car was found in a resort parking lot on Hilton Head.  The laptop was not.  They disappeared.  Their blackberries, cell phones, and GPS in the car were turned off.  Turned off so they could not be traced at all.  They have vanished.  By Tuesday morning early, we knew that something was wrong.  Close friends and co-workers knew we needed to contact authorities because John would not leave the marina without making plans.  Liz would not miss meetings at work.  Neither would ignore emails or phone calls.  And neither would leave TC, their cat on the boat unattended.  Talk swirled among those close to them.  Could they have snuck off for a few days?  Not typical and they wouldn’t leave their responsibilites unattended.  Could they have just gotten tired of the immense pressures on both as an attorney and as the owners of Harbor Town Marina?  Again, not likely and so out of character that very little time was spent considering that option. John Calvert is a man who loves his boat, his work, his friends.  John has no family … no siblings … no children and parents who are deceased.  He loves Georgia Tech naming his yacht “Yellow Jacket” and his companion boat “buzz”.  He loves his yacht basin and would not leave without a plan in place.  Liz Calvert is an accomplished attorney who before working with Hunter Maclean in Savannah, she worked for 14 years with UPS representing the large company out of Atlanta.  She is a graduate and board member of Converse college.  She is very active in their institutional advancement.  She is also on the board of the Nature Conservancy.  Liz has one brother who lives in Atlanta and has been called in to help make temporary decisions to run the Yacht Basin.  Liz has no children and her parents too are deceased. If you know any informaiton about the disappearance of these beloved friends and prominent community members, please contact the Beaufort County Sheriff’s office and read more about them and their lives at the Island Packet. 

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