Joseph Bernard Kennedy, 84, died Saturday at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The native Savannahian attended Benedictine Military School and was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church.
During World War II he served as a crew chief in the 790th bomber squadron of the Eighth Air Force where he was awarded a Bronze Star and the ETO service medal with six clusters. After the war he joined the Georgia Air National Guard and later graduated from Fort Rucker flight training school as a helicopter pilot. He served the State of Georgia as an airplane and helicopter pilot with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer until his retirement in 1981.
A member of the Chatham Artillery for fifty-seven years, Joseph was also a past president. He was a Fourth Degree honoree of the Knights of Columbus, Council 5588, a member of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, and a past president and parade marshal of the Fenian Society in Savannah.
He is survived by his wife of sixty-three years, Elizabeth Tilton Kennedy and his son, Joseph Patrick Kennedy.
Visitation: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Monday, August 14, 2006 at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. A rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church.
Burial will follow in Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park.
Remembrances may be made to St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, 7020 Concord Rd., Savannah, GA 31410.