Obituaries
Robert Walter Ostlund MAY 18, 1928 - APR 23, 2020
Robert Walter Ostlund, age 91 died on Thursday April 23 in Savannah, GA. Born May 18, 1928 in Cleveland Ohio to Walter and Ruth (Funk) Ostlund. Growing up in Cleveland Ohio, Bob attended Lakewood High school where he earned a football scholarship to Ohio University and received a degree in business. He was an avid Cleveland Browns fan and never missed a game. Bob enlisted in the Army in 1951 and served in the Korean war as a first Lieutenant and was awarded the Bronze Star as well as participating in the Armistice which ended the war. After the war he married Barbara Harris on August ...
Dorothy Bell Dunlap NOV 04, 1927 - APR 23, 2020
Dorothy Bell Dunlap, age 92, of Savannah, Georgia passed at home peacefully on April 23 under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Atlanta, she was the daughter of Wallace and Hazel James Bell. She was preceded in death by youngest son, John Dunlap. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Richard Thornwell Dunlap of Savannah; sons, Richard (Landrum, SC), James (Hockessin, DE) and daughter, Melissa Dupree (Savannah, GA); sister, Emily DiCesare (Virginia); six grandchildren (Shelby, Elaine, Anne, Clinton, Wilson, and Dorothy) and one great grandchild (Wallace). Mrs. Dunlap was a graduate ...
Ann Mintz Wittfeld Doddridge NOV 27, 1924 - APR 22, 2020
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Ann Mintz Wittfeld Doddridge, 95, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2020 at her home on Isle of Hope with her family while under the care of Hospice of Savannah. Ann was born on Isle of Hope on November 27, 1924 and lived there all of her life. She was the Outpatient Billing Manager at Memorial Medical Center and retired in 1983. Ann was the oldest continuing member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Church. She was the 3rd generation of her family in the church and there are 2 more generations of family there today as well. She was a member of the Inasmuch Cir ...
Estella Saussy Nussbaum SEP 14, 1939 - APR 22, 2020
Estella Saussy Nussbaum passed peacefully Wednesday April 22, 2020. She was born in Savannah September 14, 1939 to Estella Peeples Saussy and William Hunter Saussy. She attended Pape School and graduated from Savannah Country Day then attended the University of Georgia and Armstrong College. On December 9, 1961, Stella married Walton Kempner Nussbaum, Jr and they had two children. Stella loved all her family and her role as wife, mother and grandmother. She was involved with volunteer work with several organizations in Savannah. She enjoyed her church communities and played the guitar wi ...
Rebecca W. Harmon MAY 13, 1928 - APR 22, 2020
Rebecca W Harmon, 91, died peacefully on Tuesday, April 22, 2020, at Summer Breeze Senior Living, with her family by her side. Mrs. Harmon was born in Savannah on May 13, 1928, a daughter of the late Vance and Azlie Wilson. She was a loving mother who enjoyed sewing, cooking Sunday dinners for her family, and taking care of others. She started the library at Morningside Baptist Church and then spent her later working years employed by the Chatham County Public School System as a Library Worker at Schuman Middle School. After retirement, she was a member of Southside Baptist Church and was a ...
Uberto (Bert) Keenon Stagg Jr. - APR 19, 2020
Uberto (Bert) Keenon Stagg Jr., 89, died Saturday, April 18, 2020 at the Pruitt Health Nursing Center in Savannah following a brief illness. He is survived his wife of 12 years, Cornelia French Stagg; his son Chris Stagg and his wife Pam; his daughter Cathy Ecker and her husband Mark; his son Keith Stagg and his wife Shelly, seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters; three brothers; and many good friends. Born in Mt. Vernon, New York, the son of Uberto Keenon Stagg Sr. and Doris Stagg, Bert had retired to the southeast in 1989, first to Hilton Head, South Carolina and th ...
Martha (Mimi) Harkness - APR 19, 2020
Martha Elizabeth, always known as Mimi, passed away at age 74 on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Mimi was born and adopted on August 18, 1945, at the U.S. Naval hospital in Miami Beach, Florida. She was raised in Santa Monica, Cal. and graduated from L.A. County General Hospital School of Nursing (now part of USC) in June 1966. On April 2, 1966 she married Dr. Joseph Craig Harkness as they both completed their senior years. They moved to Detroit, Michigan for his residency where their first child, Tracey Renee, was born. In 1968 he ...
Laura Mason Brown - APR 18, 2020
Laura Mason Brown (Laurie), 59, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2020, in her home after a short illness. Laura was born on August 9, 1960, in Savannah, Georgia, where she lived until her passing. She attended St. James Catholic School and is a 1979 graduate of St. Vincent’s Academy. While Laura’s primary passion in life was being a mother and homemaker, she was also an avid community servant and multi-talented woman. Over the years, she was the owner of the Laura’s Snowball Company in the 1980s and ’90s; served as a theater specialist with the Savannah Cultural Ar ...
Virginia Hardin DEC 22, 1927 - APR 18, 2020
Virginia Hardin, 92, died Saturday, April 18th at the home of her daughter under the care of Hospice of Savannah due to complications from a recent stroke. The Jacksonville, Florida native was born and raised outside Jacksonville in a small community called Bayard. She was from a large family of three brothers and two sisters. She is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years Alton “Mac” Hardin. She was a member of Cokesbury United Methodist Church. She was an avid plant lover and enjoyed gardening to the fullest extent. Survivors: daughter and son-in-law; Joy and Bob ...
Margaret "Peggy" Watson Wise JUN 16, 1939 - APR 18, 2020
Margaret “Peggy” Watson Wise, age 80, of Savannah, GA passed peacefully on April 18, 2020. Peggy was born on June 16, 1939 in Hartford, CT to Cornelia and Elmer Watson. Her maternal grandparents were Bertha and Charles Williamson and paternal grandparents were Mabel and George Watson. She graduated from the MacDuffie School and Smith College. Peggy married Paul Tower Wise, on November 9, 1963 in Wethersfield, CT. They resided in Irvington, NY until 1999 when they retired to the Landings at Skidaway Island. Peggy was predeceased by her paren ...
Elizabeth (Bettye) Courtenay Morgan Derst JUL 05, 1922 - APR 16, 2020
Elizabeth (Bettye) Courtenay Morgan Derst, 97, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2020 at home with her beloved family by her side. Mrs. Derst was a lifelong Savannahian, born July 5, 1922, to David Boston Morgan III and Ella Theo Courtenay. She graduated from Savannah High School and Armstrong Junior College, earning the Silver A Award. After graduation, she was a switchboard operator for the Chatham County Health Department, and later worked for the City of Savannah until the birth of her first child. On November 17, 1948, Bettye married Edward John Derst Jr. They were married ...
Dr. Thomas Edward Votau, Ph.D. SEP 26, 1942 - APR 15, 2020
Dr. Thomas E. Votau, 77, passed away on Wednesday April 15, 2020, at his residence in Savannah, Thomas was born in Covington, Kentucky on September 26, 1942. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Thomas Votau and Margaret H.K. Owen. Dr. Votau was educated in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida public schools and graduated in 1960. At the age of 17 Dr. Votau enlisted in the United States Army. He was trained as a Medical Corpsman with a specialization in X-ray procedures. He was honorably discharged, early release, on August 14, 1963 to attend college. Dr. Votau worked as an X-ray tech ...
Lieselotte Victor - APR 14, 2020
Lieselotte Victor passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at Spanish Oaks Retreat. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. ...
Lois Stafford Howard - APR 13, 2020
Lois Stafford Howard was born September 14, 1923 in Savannah, Georgia daughter of Vida and Henry Pratt Stafford and died April 13, 2020 in Blairsville, Georgia. She was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Henry Pratt Stafford Jr., her sister, Eugenia Stafford Cantrell, and her oldest child, John Webb Howard Jr. She is survived by her children, Thomas Heyward Howard, Robert Preston Howard, James Stafford Howard, Alida Lois Howard and Pratt Harper Howard, 13 grandchildren and number of great grandchildren. ...
James Robert "Coach" Walsh, Sr. MAR 16, 1934 - APR 11, 2020
James Robert “Coach” Walsh, Sr., 86, passed away at Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 11, 2020 after a long illness. Coach Walsh was born in Philadelphia, PA, where he attended Northeast Catholic High School and was a standout football player. He received a football scholarship to Auburn University, where he received a BA in Education. In 1960, Coach Walsh married the love of his life the former Barbara Ann Leonard of Columbus, GA and they had seven children. He began his coaching career at St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School in Columbus, GA and conclu ...
Carmen Banks Neiman - APR 10, 2020
Skidaway Island - Carmen Banks Neiman, 94, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020 at Pruitt Health. Surviving are her daughter, Sarah Neiman of Savannah and son, Eugene Neiman III (Cynthia) of San Francisco, CA; two sisters, Ofelia Cintron and Miriam Acosta and granddaughter, Dr. Alexandra Neiman. Entombment will be in Green Hills Memorial Park Cemetery in Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA. ...
Mary A. Markey JAN 22, 1952 - APR 10, 2020
Mary A. Markey, 68, passed away April 10, 2020 at her residence in Washington, DC. She was born January 22, 1952 in Alexandria, VA to the late Thomas Baker Markey and Laura Edenfield Markey. Mary grew up in Belleville, Illinois and resided in Springfield, MO, Morganton, WV, Baltimore, MD, and most recently Washington, DC. She had a 26 year career as an archivist, working at W.V. University, Baltimore’s Peale Museum, Maryland Historical Society, and the Smithsonian Archives. Mary especially enjoyed working with photographs. She loved photography, and her work wa ...
Edward Stephen Coward NOV 28, 1962 - APR 10, 2020
Born November 28,1962 in Savannah, Georgia Died April 10, 2020 peacefully at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, the place he called Home. Edward was the youngest son of Walter C. Coward Jr. and Dolores (Lynn) Coward. He was preceded to Heaven by his father, Walter C. Coward Jr. and his brother, Walter C. Coward III. He was a caring Husband to Rebecca (Moore) Coward and loving father to 3 daughters and 2 stepsons: Amanda Coward, Justin Cole, Melanie (Coward) Riffle, Patrick Cole, and Marie Coward. Edward was an electrician with the IBEW LU 508, t ...
Betty Jean Boyles Barnette JUL 15, 1926 - APR 10, 2020
Betty Jean Boyles Barnette, 93, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020 with her beloved daughter and granddaughter by her side, after a brief illness under the care of her physician of many years, Dr. Mohammad Masroor, whom she had great love and respect for. Mrs. Barnette was a lifelong Savannahnian, born at Mary Telfair Hospital July 15, 1926, to William Mallard Boyles and Ethel Barbour Boyles Lindsey. As a teenager she worked for Star Laundry on Bull Street and then went to work for Union Camp Bag & Paper Company, where she worked for over thirty-three years until her retiremen ...
Mary Evelyn Hendrix - APR 09, 2020
Mary Evelyn Hendrix, 82, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Tara at Thunderbolt. She was born on March 2, 1938 in Brunswick, Georgia. The longtime resident of Savannah worked for Kroger at Habersham Street for 24 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie E. Hendrix, grandson, Carl S. Moore, II and son-in-law, Steve Hales. Surviving are two children, Darlene Hill (Wayne) and Rena Hales; two grandchildren, Stephanie Guest and Mike Hill (Shannon); eight great grandchildren, one great great grandchild; three sisters and one brother. A private family buria ...
Robert Allen Wilkinson AUG 27, 1947 - APR 09, 2020
Robert Allen Wilkinson, 72, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Oceanside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born August 27, 1947 in Savannah to the late William Henry and Joan Jenkins Wilkinson. Robert retired from Lockheed Martin. Surviving are his brothers, Steven Wilkinson (Lynda), and Richard David Wilkinson, his sister, Kathy Haggard (Bill), sister-in-law, Shirley Wilkinson, and several nieces and nephews. A private family service will be held at a later date. ...
Lori Sue Brison AUG 16, 1962 - APR 09, 2020
Lori Sue Hixson Brison, 57, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2020 at her residence after a long battle with cancer. Before her illness she enjoyed working as a Surgical Tech at St. Joseph's Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. ...
William M. Roberts, Jr. JAN 31, 1938 - APR 09, 2020
SAVANNAH – William (Bill) Medicus Roberts, Jr., 82, died unexpectedly April 9th, 2020, while in transport via ambulance from Signature Nursing Home to Memorial Hospital. He was born January 31st, 1938 in Savannah, GA, the son of William Medicus Roberts, Sr. and Adrienne Gantt Roberts. Bill graduated from Savannah High School, Class of 1957. Following graduation, he attended Armstrong State College for two years, before going to work in his father’s business, Savannah Electric & Magneto Co, Inc. located at 411 East Liberty Street. He became the General Manager, and President wh ...
Martha "Billie" Ivester Dockery NOV 21, 1942 - APR 09, 2020
Martha "Billie" Ivester Dockery, age 77, died Thursday, April 9, 2020 at her residence in Pooler, GA, under the care of GHC hospice. She had suffered for several years with Alzheimer's Disease. She retired from Memorial Health University Medical Center in 2012, where she worked as a registered nurse. She attended the University of South Carolina in the 1990's where she earned an Associate's degree in nursing after working many years as an LPN. At this time, she was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau, the Honor Society of Nursing. She was born November 21, 1942 to ...
Mary Louise Ernst-Dempsey - APR 09, 2020
Mary Louise Ernst-Dempsey, 83, passed away April 9, 2020 at her residence in Thomasville, GA. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, August 8, 2020 in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. To view a live stream of the service, please go to https://vimeo.com/443193449 and use the password, Family. Social distancing and the wearing of masks is encouraged for the safety of everyone attending. ...
Patricia Riley Chan - APR 08, 2020
PATRICIA ANN RILEY CHAN (PATSY), 75, of Johnson City, TN, born December 1, 1944 entered into eternal rest on April 8, 2020, in her home with her family by her side after a long battle with cancer. Patsy was a retired beautician who ran her own home salon in Savannah, GA for over 30 years. She was hard-working and operated a well-known and respected salon in the Savannah area. Patsy Chan was the daughter of the late Howard and Lucille Gobble of Tennessee. She led a life that was filled with love, accomplishments and joy. As an esteemed member of the Savannah area, she was a born-again ...
George Whitehead Lamar Hyrne - APR 08, 2020
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George Whitehead Lamar Hyrne, 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. He was a native and longtime resident of Savannah and was the son of William Godfrey Hyrne and Pamela Lucas Hyrne. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his sister, Pamela Hyrne Mundale and brothers, William Godfrey Hyrne, Jr; Jonathan Lucas Hyrne and John Hume Hyrne. Survivors include his sister-in-law, Frances Hyrne Kelleher, four nieces, two nephews, many faithful friends, and his beloved dogs, Rack and Ruin. George was a graduate of Georgia Tech and was retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engin ...
Gladys G. Stewart JUL 26, 2020 - APR 07, 2020
Gladys G. Stewart, age 106, died April 7, 2020 at her residence in Hardeeville, SC. Surviving are her son, William Stewart; daughter, Patricia Hagan; and other relatives. A service will be held at a future date. ...
Jean Elizabeth Smith Butcher APR 01, 1928 - APR 07, 2020
Jean Elizabeth Smith Butcher, 92, made her transition at Azalealand Nursing Home on April 7, 2020. Born April 1, 1928, in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Jean was the daughter of Robert and Belle Smith. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Health Education at State Teachers College in East Stroudsburg, and her Master’s Degree in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Jean met the love of her life, Thurman Butcher, at a YWCA dance while he was in the Army. After a short courtship, they were married on February 19, 1955. Jean then joined Thurman in Germany where ...