Obituaries
John H. Baker, III (Johnny) - OCT 12, 2020
Johnny Baker, 62, passed away on October 12, 2020 of COVID-19. Johnny was born on May 16, 1958, in Savannah, GA, to Gladys McCain and John Henry Baker, Jr. Johnny’s smile radiated upon so many people throughout his life in Savannah, New Orleans and the thousands of nautical miles he spent navigating his life’s adventures. He embarked on his culinary journey at a young age, helping his Grandmother, Daisy Baker, prepare treats for the family from her porch overlooking the Vernon River. He attended Christ School in Arden, NC where he worked in a kitchen ...
Bobby Joe Moneyhan APR 29, 1940 - OCT 12, 2020
Bobby Joe Moneyhan, 80, died Monday, October 12, 2020 at home surrounded by his loving family. The Statesboro native was a longtime resident of Savannah. He was born on April 29, 1940 to the late Robert and Myrtle Lee Moneyhan. Bobby served heroically in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the Alee Temple Shriners and Sebastian Masonic Lodge No. 232 in Sebastian, FL. He was a member I.B.E.W. and was a master electrician. Surviving are his wife, Myrl Moneyhan; two sons, Jeff Moneyhan (Loretta) and Tim Smith; two daughters, Tibra Parker (Edward) and Heather Richards ...
Karen C. Lindholm AUG 21, 1935 - OCT 12, 2020
Karen C. Lindholm, 85, died at her home in Savannah, Georgia on October 12, 2020. She was born Karen Dudley Cooper on August 21, 1935 to Robert Ely and Catherine (Madorie) Cooper, Jr. in Flushing, N.Y. Her father founded and operated Cooper-Jarrett Motor Freight Lines Inc. and Karen spent her childhood at the family’s farm in Pennington, N.J. She attended the Miss Fine’s School in Princeton, N.J., graduated from Marymount School in Tarrytown, N.Y. and attended Bradford Junior College in Haverhill, MA. Karen was married to William D. Baker on November 13, 1954 and as a military w ...
Brenda Cloud McIntire SEP 07, 1953 - OCT 11, 2020
Brenda Cloud McIntire passed away Sunday, October 11, 2020 with her son by her side in the wonderful care of Candler Hospital. Affectionately known as "Mrs. B" to her friends and family, the Savannah native was a talented artist and painter. She spent her working years in the maritime industry, raising her family, selling real estate, and at Local Union188 until her retirement in 2010. Mrs. McIntire is preceded in death by her father Roy W. Cloud; mother, Louise H. Cloud, and her brothers, Ray B. Cloud and Lyndon L. Cloud. She is survived by her son, James W. McIntire III (Lian ...
Sylvia Keith Lloyd JAN 02, 1931 - OCT 11, 2020
Sylvia Keith Lloyd, 89, passed away Sunday, October 11 in Savannah Georgia, with daughter Wendy at her bedside. She was born January 2, 1931 in Manchester Connecticut to parents Everett Taylor Keith and Ruth Jones Keith. After graduating from Cushing Academy in Ashburnham Massachusetts, she continued her education at Stephens College and Boston University, where she received her degree in Music. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a sister, Marilyn Heckerd, and her son James Heckerd Jr. Sylvia was a classically trained vocalist, songstress, and piano p ...
David Walter "Pappy" Cornelius - OCT 10, 2020
David Walter “Pappy” Cornelius, 85, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020 at Candler Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Rockford, Illinois, son of Ray L. and Ethlyn Anderson Cornelius. David retired January 1, 1999 from Barber Coleman/Pfauter Maag after 46 years of service. He was a member of Tybee Lite Shrine Club, Masonic Temple, Scottish Rite, Tybee Marine Rescue Squad and the American Legion Post No. 154 Tybee Island. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Ethlyn Cornelius and Christine Gruver Cornelius; his wife, Sandra Host ...
Martha D. Quinney - OCT 10, 2020
Martha Frances (Dixon) Quinney, 91, passed away October 10, 2020, at the home of her daughter and under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was the widow of Rev. Hugh Eugene (Gene) Quinney. Martha was born in Savannah, Georgia, and was the only child of Franklin L. and Mattie Dixon. Her life was filled with family and music. She graduated from Savannah High School in 1947 where she was the accompanist for Glee Club and “all things musical.” She was organist and her husband was Minister of Music and Senior Adults at Garden City First Baptist Church (of which ...
Ganell "Nell" Mixon Butler - OCT 10, 2020
Ganell “Nell” Mixon Butler, 95, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020 at her residence. She was born January 21, 1925 in Metter, GA to the late Arthur and Ava Greenway Mixon. Mrs. Butler was retired as an Avon representative, and also worked for over 20 years driving the Bookmobile for the Savannah/Chatham County area. She was a member of the Laides Golf Unit of the Alee Shriner’s, and Isle of Hope Baptist Church. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and will be missed by her family and friends. In addition t ...
Warren Shupe Youmans MAY 31, 1948 - OCT 10, 2020
Warren, 72, peacefully entered his eternal home Saturday, October 10, 2020. Warren, born in Savannah, was the son of the late Lott Warren and Sarah Mae Youmans. He was educated in Chatham County Public Schools and later attended Armstrong State College. He joined the Army as a teletype security specialist and was a Vietnam Veteran. Upon returning from Vietnam, Warren married Dianne Smith in February 1969, and they were later blessed with one beautiful daughter, Brigitte. Warren leaves his wife of 51 years, Dianne; a daughter, Brigitte Lawlor (Mike);& ...
Phillip L. Hall - OCT 09, 2020
Phillip Leonard Hall, beloved son of Walsteen “Buddy” and Kathleen “Kakie” Hall, passed away in an auto accident Friday, October 9th. Phillip was born in Savannah on January 8, 1989 and attended St. Peter’s Catholic School and Benedictine Military School. Phillip channeled his gift of making people happy into his culinary career at StingRay’s restaurant where he served as Chef and Kitchen Manager. He was the “Heart and Soul” of the restaurant. Phillip’s charm and wit led to a life surrounded by good friends. &nb ...
John Alexander George, Jr. OCT 19, 1947 - OCT 08, 2020
John Alexander George, Jr., 72, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020 after battling a long illness. Mr. George was born October 19, 1947 in Toombs County. He was honorably discharged from the Georgia Air National Guard, 117th Air Control Savannah and the U.S. Naval Reserve. For more than 40 years, he was an Elevator Constructor. Past memberships include Solomon’s Lodge #1, Scottish Rite, Alee Shriner’s, and Royal Order of Jesters. He was an active member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and will be greatly missed ...
Paul "Porky" Swift JUN 29, 1942 - OCT 07, 2020
Paul “Porky” Swift passed away unexpectedly in his condo on Tybee Island, Georgia, on October 7, 2020. He was 78 years old. He was born on June 29th, 1942 to Kathleen O’ Reilly Swift and Paul Swift, the youngest of three boys in Spokane, Washington. Swift spent two semesters at Marquette University before departing on a solo quixotic hitch-hiking tour around Europe and the Middle East in 1960. After recovering from a near fatal illness contracted in a remote Middle Eastern desert location, he returned to the states and attended Gonzaga University, WA. whe ...
James Elliott Stephens OCT 03, 1940 - OCT 05, 2020
James Elliott Stephens, died peacefully on October 5, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. James was born October 3, 1940 to the late Jessie Anglin and Warren D. Stephens. He was a graduate of Benedictine Military School, Class of 1959. After graduation, James joined the U.S. Navy as a submariner on the U.S.S. Trout SS566. James saw history in the making during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 as the U.S.S. Trout was the vessel monitoring the waters between Cuba and United States. James graduated from Armstrong State College in 1977 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. He retire ...
Evelyn Lefevre Bruyette AUG 21, 1922 - OCT 04, 2020
Evelyn Lefevre Bruyette, 98, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020 at her residence in Savannah, GA. She was born August 21, 1922 in Westfield, Vermont, daughter of Alcide and Maude Deuso Lefevre. She was schooled at Montgomery Junior High School. She worked at York Manufacturing and during WWII she worked at Bell Aircraft in Burlington, Vermont. She met her husband David after the war and were married June 21, 1947 in Swanton, VT. Evelyn spent her next 30 plus years mothering five children and helping her husband in their grocery store. She belonged to the & ...
Mary Barton Clapp - OCT 04, 2020
Mary Barton Clapp died unexpectedly Sunday, October 4th at home. Mary was born in 1926 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois and grew up in North Adams, Massachusetts. Mary married John B. Clapp, Jr. in 1947 in Hingham, Massachusetts and they lived in Massachusetts. New York, New Jersey and Wisconsin before moving to Savannah in 1982. Mary was always very involved with her churches. In the Diocese of New York she was one of the first women to serve on an Episcopal vestry and served on four different vestries over the years. She was a founding member of St. Peter&rsquo ...
Manning Miles Goldsmith Jr. DEC 08, 1927 - OCT 03, 2020
On October 3, Manning Miles Goldsmith Jr., “Granddaddy,” passed away peacefully with his family and beloved dog, Goldie, at his side. Granddaddy was born December 8, 1927, the only child of Manning Miles Goldsmith Sr. and Minnie Lassiter Goldsmith, or Pops and Mimi, as we knew them. His childhood life was a nomadic one as Pops’ job history in the Firestone business took him from Miami to Savannah to Charleston and finally back to Savannah. The one constant friend in his early life was his dog, Spooky, which probably accounted for his deep affection for dogs thr ...
Richard Allen Myers OCT 02, 1936 - OCT 02, 2020
Richard (Dick) Allen Myers, 84, died on October 2, 2020. He was born on October 2, 1936 in Fairfield, Iowa, the only child of Emery Reed and Freda Irene Myers, now both deceased. At age 10, Dick and his mother relocated to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa where he would complete his junior and senior high school education. Upon graduation from high school in 1954, he enrolled at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Dick worked his way through college with a variety of full-time and part-time jobs. Prior to graduation he had the pleasure of marrying his high school sweethe ...
Cheryl Wagner Baynard MAY 03, 1947 - OCT 02, 2020
Cheryl Wagner Baynard, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, died at home, surrounded by family, on October 2, 2020 due to cancer. She was 73. Born in Salisbury, Maryland on May 3, 1947, Cheryl was the second of four children to David and Winona Wagner, and grew up with siblings David, Gail and Jeff in Pocomoke City, Maryland and Easton, Maryland. She graduated from Saints Peter & Paul High School, and attended Mount Saint Agnes College in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated with a degree in Elementary Education in 1969 and married John Baynard, her husband of 51 years, in J ...
Shannon Formby Fillmore Gassen APR 16, 1975 - OCT 01, 2020
Shannon Formby Fillmore Gassen died unexpectedly on October 1st, 2020, in Savannah, Ga at the age of 45. Shannon is survived by her parents, Joel Formby and Jane Ford-Brocato of Savannah, Ga; husband, Mark Gassen; children, Cecily Matthews, August Fillmore, Violet Fillmore, William Gassen, and Charlie Gassen; siblings, Noah Formby (Nicole), Melissa Wood and several nieces and nephews of Savannah, Ga. Shannon was born on April 16, 1975 in Savannah, Ga to Joel Formby and Jane Ford-Brocato. She attended St. James Catholic School, graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy in 1993, graduated ...
Betty Glisson Vinall - OCT 01, 2020
Betty June (Glisson) Vinall, 91, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at Sunabella of Savannah. Betty was so blessed to have the staff at Sunabella of Savannah and the wonderful nurses of Affinis Hospice take care of all her needs prior to her transition. Some of her fondest memories included her youth spent in the Old Fort section of Savannah where she enjoyed roller skating down the hill on Bay Street and jumping the railroad tracks. She fell in love with and married an Iowa farm boy while he was in the service here during WW2. They spent 74 years together before he passed in ...
Catherine Jiran Smith DEC 23, 1924 - OCT 01, 2020
Catherine Jiran Smith passed on October 1, 2020 in Johnesborough, Tennessee at the age of 95. Ms. Smith was born on December 23, 1924 in Savannah, Georgia to her parents, Victor and Catherine Jiran. She married Norman E. Smith in 1946 and lived the majority of her married life in Orlando, Florida. She is remembered for her loving service to others as a wife, mother, caretaker, and grandmother. Ms. Smith is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Howard and Donna Smith of Telford, Tennessee; her grandsons, Bryan Smith of Orlando, Florida and Kevin Smith of Athens, Georgia; her brother, M ...
Freddie Hull MAY 27, 1942 - OCT 01, 2020
Freddie Hull, Sr., 78, was born May 27, 1942 in Savannah, Chatham County; Georgia to the late Sam and Flossie Hull. He attended public schools in Savannah, Georgia. Freddie worked many years for Diamond Manufacturing. He was a rigger and very skilled crane operator. Eventually, he owned and operated a landscaping business. Later on, he met the love of his life, Cathy DeLoach, and they married February 21, 1991. Freddie loved God which led him to study the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses. On July 15, 2000 he dedicated his life to serving Jehovah God a ...
Julia (Peggy) Brown NOV 09, 1934 - SEP 29, 2020
Julia (Peggy) Brown, 85, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at Memorial University Medical Center after a long illness. Julia was preceded in death by her husband, Wilmer Jackson Brown and her oldest daughter, Brenda Joyce Schiller. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Guarin (Alex); three sons, Donald Brown, Allen Brown, Jerry Brown; granddaughters, Shannon Richardson (Josh), Samantha Shinall; grandsons, Wesley Schiller, Christopher Shinall, and her great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Brown A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Corinth Baptist C ...
Kaye Stafford Martin - SEP 27, 2020
Kaye Stafford Martin, 78, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born October 5, 1941 in Claxton, GA to the late Durward and Georgia Tippins Stafford. Mrs. Martin was a 1959 graduate of Savannah High School where she was a cheerleader during her junior and senior years, and also attended Armstrong College. She was an active member of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church on Tybee Island where she was a part of a group of ladies that loved to sew, making many things such as Christening gowns, wall hangings, quilts, and decorating ...
Carolyn Boyd Robertson APR 03, 1927 - SEP 27, 2020
Ms. Carolyn Boyd Robertson, age 93, died peacefully on Sunday, September 27, 2020, with family by her side. Carolyn was born April 3, 1927 in Greenville, Florida. In high school she played guard in basketball for four years. She lived in Thomasville, Georgia over 60 years and worked for the Georgia State Department of Vocational Rehabilitation until retirement at age 62. She was a longtime member of Dawson Street Baptist Church in Thomasville where she made many lifelong friendships. She moved to Savannah, Georgia in 2011 to be close to her son’s family. ...
Noreen Schultz Perry JAN 22, 1967 - SEP 26, 2020
Noreen Schultz Perry, 53, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Hospice Savannah. She was born on January 22, 1967 in Toledo, Ohio. Noreen lived in Temperance, Michigan until 2018 at which time the family relocated to Savannah, Ga. She and her sister enjoyed spending time together on Tybee Island, walking through the old town & parks. She loved to take trips with the family out West, especially old Route 66. Surviving are her father and mother, Norman and Mary Schultz and sister, Nicole Garrett. Noreen was thankful for all the love and prayers from fa ...
Susan H. Morris - SEP 26, 2020
Susan Hauser Morris, 63, of Midway, Georgia, fell peacefully asleep in death on Saturday, September 26th, 2020 after a long illness. A private burial was held on Wednesday, September 30. Susan grew up on Tybee Island and was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Louise Hauser and her brother, Roger Hauser. She is survived by her brother Larry Hauser, her niece Lauren Sadkin, nephew David Hauser and sisters-in-law, Leslie Hauser and Donna Clark. In addition to loving her family, she cherished her pets and had a passion for rescuing and fostering homeless pets for adoption. Rememb ...
Kathleen K. Millhoff - SEP 25, 2020
Kathleen Ann Knudsen Millhoff, 71, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to the late James and Patricia Knudsen. Kathleen was retired from the Guam Department of Education after 20 years of service. She was of the Baha’i faith, and was a Baha’i Pioneer for 37 years. She was also a member of the American Association for the Blind. Surviving are her husband of almost 50 years, Brian L. Millhoff, two daughters, Krishna Asma Millhoff (Lisa Cunningham), and Rivka Anna Millhoff (Pablo B. Reinundo), th ...
Baby Oliver "Ollie" Nikolas Jackson SEP 25, 2020 - SEP 25, 2020
Baby Oliver “Ollie” Nikolas Jackson, beloved son of Deborah and Albert Jackson, brother to Charles Hurst, Michael Evans, Madison White, Naomi Evans, Ryker Jackson, Teigen Jackson, Kai Jackson, Kcë Jackson, and grandson to Denise Phillips, was born sleeping on September 25, 2020 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Our lives were touched by his struggle to be here, and the joyful surprise that we got to know him at all. Please keep us in your thoughts as we prepare for his memorial and coming to terms with our lives here without him. There will be a memorial service ...
Martha Graham Poole MAR 04, 1937 - SEP 23, 2020
Martha Graham Poole, 83, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. The Tuscaloosa, AL native was born on March 4, 1937 to the late Robert and Sarah Graham. Martha graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in elementary education. After graduation, Martha taught school in Sylacauga, AL and later in Fort Benning, GA. In 1962, Martha traveled to Schweinfurt, Germany where she taught in the Army Dependent School System; she then moved to New Orleans, LA where she taught at Sam Barth Private School for Boys. While in New Orleans, Martha was reunited with her future husband ...