Obituaries
Alan Kent Mitchell "Kent" SEP 27, 1941 - DEC 12, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Alan Kent Mitchell (“Kent”). He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, who died peacefully at the age of 84 on December 12th in Savannah, Georgia. Born in Washington D.C. on September 27, 1941, Kent was the son of Francis Ray Mitchell (“Frank”) and Catharine Parsons Mitchell and brother to Rae, Gail and Jeff. Kent grew up in Catonsville, Maryland, and served as a Specialist E4 in the U.S. Army National Guard after graduating from Catonsville Sr. High School. He began his career in ...
Jose A. Melendez Torres MAR 16, 1939 - DEC 12, 2025
Jose A. Melendez Torres, age 86, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, went home to be with the Lord on December 12, 2025. Born in 1939 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jose lived a life marked by perseverance, faith, service, and love for his family. He trusted in God and found strength and comfort in his faith throughout his life. His quiet strength, patience, and resilience were evident to all who knew him. Jose proudly served his country in the United States Army, completing two tours of duty in Vietnam and retiring after 22 years of service. In an extraordinary act of sel ...
Michael George (Mick) Pappas JUL 15, 1948 - DEC 11, 2025
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Michael George “Mick” Pappas, beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2025, at the age of 77. Born on July 15, 1948, in Joliet, Illinois, Mick was the cherished son of George and Irene Pappas, who preceded him in death. He leaves behind a legacy of love and laughter that will resonate through the hearts of all who knew him. Mick spent his entire adult life on Tybee Island, a place that held a special place in his heart. He dedicated over 40 years of his life to his beloved wife, Marianne. Their marriage was a testament to resil ...
Eleanor Carol Sukkestad DEC 05, 1939 - DEC 11, 2025
In loving memory of Eleanor Carol Sukkestad: Eleanor was born on December 5th, 1939 in Lanesboro, Minnesota on a family farm. Eleanor was a lifelong educator, earning her Bachelor’s degree in Education from Luther University in Decorah, Iowa in 1961, where she met her beloved husband Dennis of 59 years. Eleanor dedicated over three decades of service to teaching elementary schoolers in Iowa and with the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS). During her tenure with SCCPSS, she taught a mosaic of subjects to third through fifth graders, from mathematics and science to readi ...
Carlton J. White APR 14, 1956 - DEC 11, 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Carlton J. White, Savannah, GA., on December 11, 2025. Carlton was born in Long Branch, NJ, April 14, 1956, to Carlton J and Josephine White (both deceased). He lived in New Jersey and Colorado until 5th grade and then moved to Joliet, IL., where he spent his formative years. Carlton played clarinet in the marching and concert band all four years of high school. His love of flying took him to Spartan College of Aeronautics in Oklahoma, where he received his certification as an A&P mechanic. Upon completion of his education, Grumman Air ...
William "Buster" Haynes OCT 16, 1964 - DEC 11, 2025
William “Buster” Haynes passed away on December 11, 2025. He was born on October 16, 1964, and was a lifelong resident of Savannah, Georgia. Buster was the beloved son of William P. Haynes, III. and Donna Hatcher Haynes of Savannah. He was preceded in death by his sister, Laura Lee Haynes. He is survived by his brother, Alexander Pendleton Haynes; Alexander’s wife, Julie Monroe Haynes; and their daughter, Laura Caitlyn Haynes. A graveside service will be held on Friday, December 19, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Abbey Cemetery East. The service will be officia ...
John Edward Slotke MAR 21, 1933 - DEC 10, 2025
John Edward Slotke, 92, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2025. Born on March 21, 1933, in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late John Frederick Slotke and Caroline Rufenacht. A graduate of Edison High School’s vocational program, John went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and dedicated nearly 30 years to teaching vocational machine shop, shaping the lives of countless students with his patience, skill, and steady guidance. John was deeply committed to service—in both his community and his church. He worked faithfully as a c ...
Susan Marie Willis DEC 22, 1949 - DEC 10, 2025
Susan Marie Willis passed away peacefully on December 10, 2025. She was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, and friend. She always had a smile and an encouraging word for those she loved. Born on December 22, 1949, in Savannah, Georgia, a city that she loved as a place that held her familial roots and many cherished memories. She was preceded in death by her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Lawton Youmans, Lieutenant General and Mrs. Patrick Seawright and her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Lawton Youmans, Jr. She is survived by her sons Kerry Willis, Greg Willis, Glen Willis, and Rob Wil ...
Arthur "Art" James Ohmer JUL 08, 1941 - DEC 10, 2025
Mr. Arthur James Ohmer, known to most as “Art,” 84, of Savannah, died Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at Azalealand Nursing Home. He was born July 8, 1941, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to the late James Clarence Ohmer and Hazel Burrus Ohmer. Art proudly served in the United States Army for more than seven years. During the Vietnam War, he flew helicopter missions in Huey and Cobra aircraft and also served as a fixed-wing pilot and aerial photographer. Art spent most of his life in Savannah, where his entrepreneurial spirit led him to own and operate several local business ...
Douglas Ira Good AUG 30, 1940 - DEC 10, 2025
Join us for the livestream Doug's Memorial Service, starting at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2025. Click here to access the livestream. Douglas Ira Good (August 30, 1940 – December 10, 2025) Douglas Ira Good, 85, of Savannah, Georgia, died 12/10/25 at home. Originally from Winterset, Iowa, he attended Drake University, and was soon drafted into the US Army. He met his first wife, Judy Fliger, when she was a nursing student and he was or orderly working at Broadlawns’s Hospital in Des Moines. They married and had 3 daughters. Doug had a 50 year career as the General ...
Rose Kunavich - DEC 09, 2025
Rose Kunavich, 76, of Tybee Island of 30 years, passed away peacefully after a short illness on December 9, 2025. Ever present at events and gatherings on the island, Rose was an excellent chef who loved bringing joy and cheer to those around her. She was a master storyteller with the gift of making the most mundane events appear as though they were historical events. Rose always had a soft heart for the disadvantaged, often participating in events that brought funds to those who would truly benefit. Her favorite donation of time was to the Tybee Island American Legion, Post 154, wher ...
Jordan Brooks Gaudry, III - DEC 09, 2025
Jordan Brooks Gaudry, III, Brigadier General, (retired), 83, died peacefully on December 9, 2025, at home surrounded by his loving family. Brooks was born November 30, 1942, in Savannah, GA. He earned an Eagle Scout award and graduated from Savannah High School in 1960. He graduated from Georgia Southern with a degree in accounting in 1966. He joined the U.S. Army that same year and completed infantry officer candidate school in 1967. Brooks served in Vietnam from 1968 until 1969 and later retired from the Georgia Army National Guard in 1999, having obtained the rank of Brigadier G ...
William J. Powers Jr. - DEC 09, 2025
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William J. Powers Jr., the man, the myth, the legend, died Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 after a hard fought battle with Parkinson’s. Also known as Mr. Bill and The Chipman, he was born 1948 in Newfane NY. The youngest child and only son of Elsie and William Powers Sr, Bill spent his early life raising hell throughout Niagara County NY. Always a motorhead, he loved anything fast and was known for a lead foot. In 1970, he married the love of his life, Patricia, in Buffalo NY. Together they had one child, a daughter named Megan In the early 1990s, tired of the snow and cold weather, Bi ...
Stephanie Frances Schoenberg FEB 04, 1920 - DEC 07, 2025
Stephanie Frances Schoenberg of Savannah, Georgia, passed away on December 7, 2025, surrounded by her son Kurt Schoenberg, daughter Ellen Ivey, and son-in-law James Ivey. She was cherished as a devoted mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and will be remembered for the steadfast resilience, strength, and warmth that defined her long and remarkable life. Stephanie was born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, to Austrian immigrant parents who had come to the United States seeking opportunity and a better future. Her father worked on the railroad as a foreman, and ...
Geri Mallard - DEC 06, 2025
Geri “Yiye” Mallard passed away at home, surrounded in her last days by those who loved her and an amazing team of caretakers. She lived a thousand lives, as a Savannah High grad, working at Great Dane trailer and Red Gate Farms, to being one of the first Savannahians to run in the Spanky’s marathon (from Southside Spanky’s to River Street Spanky’s), to spending her final years cruising every thrift store in town. Yiayia is Greek for grandmother, which none of her grandkids with heavy southern accents could pronounce - thus, she became “Yiye.” ...
Mary Jane Corning Rosenbaum MAY 28, 1950 - DEC 06, 2025
Mary Jane Corning Rosenbaum passed away peacefully on December 6, 2025 at Hospice Savannah. Born in Tarboro, NC, May 28, 1950 to Louis and Madeline Corning III of New Bern NC. Mary Jane married her beloved husband, Albert B. Rosenbaum in 1973. Mary Jane is survived by her husband, Albert B. Rosenbaum of Savannah, Georgia and children- Amanda Lee Galston (Matthew) of Copenhagen, Denmark and Adam Collier Rosenbaum (Katherine) of Fairfax, VA as well as four grandchildren-Albert Marshall Galston, Caroline Day Galston, Madeline Rosenbaum and Abigail Rosenbaum; and siblings Elizabeth Corning of D ...
Richard Thornwell Dunlap MAR 12, 1928 - DEC 05, 2025
Richard Thornwell (Dick) Dunlap passed away on December 5, 2025, at age 97. He lived at 2102 East Blvd, Wilmington Island, GA. Dick was born in Wyandotte, Michigan and grew up during the Depression. He enlisted in the Navy in early 1945 on his 17th birthday. However, the war ended that summer just before his squadron was scheduled to ship out to the Pacific. He was honorably discharged a year later. He was a journalism graduate of the University of South Carolina, after attending the Opportunity School in Columbia, where he met his future wife, Dorothy. He worked for many years for Du ...
Harrison Glover Waters, Jr. - DEC 04, 2025
Harrison Glover Waters, Jr. April 26, 1968 – December 4, 2025 Harrison Glover Waters, Jr., 57, passed away on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in Savannah, Georgia. Born on April 26, 1968, in Savannah, he was the son of the late Harrison Glover Waters, Sr., and Suzanne Warren Waters. A 1987 graduate of Jenkins High School, Glover lived with a steady work ethic and a love for being outdoors, always finding comfort in the simple things. He spent many years employed at the Savannah Air Factory and later continued his career at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Known for his sense ...
Timothy Cooper Mooney SEP 24, 1937 - DEC 03, 2025
Timothy Cooper Mooney, 88, passed away on December 3, 2025 in Savannah, Georgia, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Known for his dry wit, meticulous mind, kind heart, and twinkle in his eye, Tim truly made the world a better place. Our only comfort in his loss is knowing that he is reunited in heaven with the love of his life, his wife Annie Mae, and the golden retrievers he reluctantly tolerated but secretly loved. Tim was born on September 24, 1937, in Washington DC, to the late Timothy Caldwell Mooney and Esther Cooper Mooney. He grew up in Washington, attending The Wes ...
Sister Grace Marie Dillard, RSM SEP 10, 1932 - DEC 03, 2025
Please click here to view Sister Grace Marie's service via livestream Sister Grace Marie Dillard, RSM, has gone peacefully to the Lord on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. Sister is survived by her niece Candy Muncy (Ken Thomas), nephews, Ray Muncy (Wendy), children: Blake, Kelly, and Chaney; Brian "Bubba" Muncy (Theresa), children: Lee, Danielle, and Niki, great nephew Ian (Abigail), friends, and the entire Sisters of Mercy Community. She was born in Henderson, Texas, in September 1932. Her family traveled extensively with her father’s company but finally found their home ...
Myrtle C. Cobb AUG 06, 1931 - DEC 02, 2025
Myrtle C. Cobb, 94, passed away peacefully at her residence on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Born on August 6, 1931, in Aline, Georgia, she was the daughter of Toy and Sue Nell Rushing Cobb, but grew up in Glennville. She moved to Savannah when she was 14. Myrtle loved to share stories about her childhood. In 1949, she married Earl E. Cobb from Savannah, and they enjoyed 56 wonderful years of marriage. Together, they had three children: Donna C. Anderson (Larry) of Pooler, Dennis W. Cobb (Lisa) of Brooklet, and Janice M. Taylor (Mike) of Savannah. In he ...
Son Kim Nguyen FEB 18, 1973 - DEC 02, 2025
Son Kim Nguyen, 52, of Savannah passed away on December 2, 2025, at home under the care of Hospice Savannah and surrounded by his family. He had faced his eighteen-month fight against cancer with faith and strength. Son was born the first of four sons to Luong Kim Nguyen and Nam Thi Nguyen on February 18, 1973, in Sa Dec, Vietnam. He and his father and two younger brothers escaped from Vietnam and were sponsored out of the refugee camp by the Rotary Club of Apex, North Carolina, in January, 1980. Son grew up there and eventually moved with his father and brothers to Savannah, Georgia, in Ja ...
Walton Lee Hall DEC 19, 1928 - NOV 30, 2025
Walton Lee Hall, 96, of Burnside Island in Savannah, GA passed away peacefully on November 30, 2025. He was born on December 19, 1928, in Allendale, SC. Walton completed his education through the eighth grade before being drafted into the Korean War in 1950, where he proudly served his country as a tank operator. After returning home, he worked in forestry, then Hall Brothers Hunting Club on Skidaway Island and Vallambrosia Plantation for many years. Then spent a few years shrimping and later built a long and respected career in heavy equipment construction. He retired from the Operat ...
Margaret Michelle Phillips Whitledge MAY 02, 1949 - NOV 28, 2025
Margaret Michelle Phillips Whitledge, 76 of Savannah, GA passed away November 28, 2025 after a long illness. She was born May 2, 1949 in Savannah to the late Mr. John A. Phillips, Sr. and the late Mrs. Margaret Applewhite Phillips. She spent her childhood on Isle of Hope running wild through Wormslow Plantation and the marshes of the area. Some of her fondest memories were chasing her brother Johnny around the island. She was a 1967 graduate of Herschel V. Jenkins High School, and attended Georgia Southern College, now Georgia Southern University where she earned her bachelor's de ...
Richard A. Douglass, Jr. DEC 24, 1955 - NOV 27, 2025
Richard A. Douglass Jr., known to all as Andy died peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th. He is the son of the late Richard A. Douglass Sr. and Mary L. Douglass. He is survived by his two sisters, Bobbie Stephens (Frank) and Sandy Johnson and his partner of 28 years Jacqui Brown. Also remembering their special Uncle Andy is Jenny Barber (Dan), Doug Stephens, Melissa Saez and Marcus Gregory (Kim), RJ Gregory (Edith) along with several great nieces and nephews. In addition to his family and friends, he loved Nascar and all things political and always had a big smile on his face. He ...
Sandra Elizabeth Bath FEB 16, 1947 - NOV 27, 2025
Sandra Elizabeth Bath, 78, of Savannah, passed away quietly on Thursday, November 27, 2025. Born in 1947 at Fort Benning Georgia, Sandra lived a life marked by courage, faith, and strength. She was the eldest daughter of the late Kelly C. and Pearl Bath. After surviving polio at age five, Sandra faced life’s challenges with remarkable resilience and courage proving that having a disability does not impact the God given abilities we are all given. Sandra grew up in a military family and embraced travel and novel experiences. A graduate of LaGrange College, she taught high school Englis ...
John Greg Sutlive NOV 20, 1956 - NOV 26, 2025
John Gregory “Greg” Sutlive November 20, 1956 – November 26, 2025 John Gregory “Greg” Sutlive, 69, passed away peacefully on November 26, 2025. Born in Savannah, Georgia, on November 20, 1956, Greg was the son of William Kirkland Sutlive Jr. and Anne Prescott Sutlive, who instilled in him the values of kindness, curiosity, and hard work that would define his life. Greg grew up in Atlanta and later attended St. Pius X High School, where he lettered in both football and golf. A gifted athlete, he captured the 1972 Atlanta Athletic Club Junior Men’s Ch ...
Mary Nelson Adams SEP 04, 1935 - NOV 26, 2025
Mary Kathryn Nelson Adams, 90, passed away at Buckingham South on November 26, 2025. Mary was born on September 4, 1935, in Savannah, GA. She graduated from Savannah High School and attended Draughon's Business School and Armstrong College. She was married to James O. Adams. His military career took them to Germany and several bases in the United States. After his retirement, they settled in Atlanta where Mary worked as office manager for a medical practice. When her husband passed away in 1990, she returned to Savannah and devoted her time to serve the USO. In 2008 Mary was honored ...
Dr. Madison Tucker Brawner, Sr. MAR 28, 1949 - NOV 25, 2025
Dr. Madison Tucker Brawner, (Tuck/Tucky), 76, passed away November 25, 2025, at home surrounded by family. Tuck was born in Atlanta, GA, son of Dr. Darnell Lavern Brawner and Beuna Vista Gore Brawner (BV). He was a graduate of Jenkins High School and later attended the University of South Carolina. He successfully pursued a doctorate degree in podiatry from Ohio College, where he graduated as Salutatorian of his class in 1978. He went on to perform his internship with Atlanta Hospital. In 1971, he married Carolan Doyle of Savannah. Carolan and Tuck went on to have three children, Madison ...