Obituaries
Elizabeth Ann Kennedy - FEB 21, 2020
Elizabeth Ann Kennedy, 98, died Friday, February 21, 2020 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. She was a Savannah native and the youngest child of Eugene and Rosa Tilton. She had six older brothers: Merle, Joe, Robbie, Frank, Howell, and Marion, who all loved and nurtured their little sister throughout her life. When mother, Rosa, died, Elizabeth was just 14 and moved from the Daffin Park area to live with her brother, Joe, on Wilmington Island. It was in this neighborhood on the “Back Island” that she would meet the man she would later marry, Joseph Bernard Ken ...
Hugh M. Ulmer OCT 02, 1953 - FEB 20, 2020
Hugh M. Ulmer, 66, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020. Mr. Ulmer was born October 2, 1953 in Bluffton, SC to Alan A. Ulmer and Vera Stroup Ulmer. He was a graduate of May River Academy and worked as a part of the Ulmer Family Agriculture related businesses. From 1976-2002, he served with the Bluffton Volunteer Fire Department, eventually being elected as Chief. He was a life-long member of Bluffton United Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Grazyna Pytowska; brothers, Alan A. Ulmer, Jr. (Jackie), C. Alex Ulmer (Cathie); sister, Elizabeth Ulmer Duncan (Larry); 9 nieces, 2 nephe ...
Robert (Bob) Thomas Grissom DEC 20, 1935 - FEB 19, 2020
Robert (Bob) Thomas Grissom, 84, of Tybee Island, Georgia, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Hospice Savannah. Bob was born in Mt. Airy, North Carolina on December 20, 1935. He is survived by his wife, Charlene; sons, Robert Thomas Grissom, Jr. and Charles Rawles Grissom; grandsons, Zachary and Benjamin; sister, Doris Askin; and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, and stepchildren. He is predeceased by his parents, Raymond and Sadie Grissom, and his sister, Savon Atkinson. Bob attended Pittsboro High School in North Carolina and graduated from the University of Richmo ...
Akhilesh Vikyath Andra DEC 15, 2000 - FEB 19, 2020
Akhilesh Vikyath Andra, 18, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Northside Hospital in Altanta, Georgia. Akhilesh will be missed by his parents, Venkata Ramu Andra and Sumitra Devi Pagidi; his sister, Bhavana Andra; his uncles, Venkata Narayana Andra, Sanjeeva Rao Pagidi, Sreenu Pagidi, Gopi Pagidi, Radha Krishna Pagidi, Vidya Sagar Pagidi, Praneeth Pagidi; and other aunts and family. and many other family and friends. Visitation and prayer service will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, H ...
Phyllis Evans Nelson - FEB 18, 2020
Phyllis Evans Nelson, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at The Suites in Richmond Hill. Phyllis was born in Waukegan, Illinois. She never liked discussing her age. Mom always said she wanted to be seen as a child of God and we know that she is, timeless. Phyllis was one of seven daughters and five sons born to Dallas and Dorathy Evans. Phyllis graduated from Zion Benton Township High School and then married Edward Nelson in 1954. They had two boys, Edward William Nelson Jr. and Lee Evan Nelson. They lived in Zion for many years and then moved to Sava ...
Anita M. Quante OCT 19, 1928 - FEB 17, 2020
Anita Mahany Quante, age 91, died on February 17, 2020 in Candler Hospital surrounded by her husband and grandchildren. She was born on October 19, 1928 in Savannah, GA . She lived in Savannah all of her life and made her home on Isle of Hope. She completed two years of college at the University of Georgia. She was an active leader with the Girl Scouts. She was a swimming instructor and lifeguard for the Red Cross. She loved dancing, especially line dancing, and performed with The Silver Liners. She was a longtime member of the Lutheran Church of the ...
Faye Anita Smith Crumbley - FEB 16, 2020
Faye Anita Smith Crumbley, 79, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Abercorn Rehabilitation. She was born in Savannah, daughter of Victor W. Smith, Sr. and Clio Gaudry Smith. She was a 1958 graduate of St. Vincent’s Academy and obtained an Associate’s degree from Armstrong State College. Faye worked as a Dental Technician for Doctors Kazlow & Lanier. She was a homemaker and a volunteer at St. James Catholic School, where her children attended. Faye was one of the original members of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. Faye was an avid Atlanta ...
Ashlee W. Farris OCT 15, 1970 - FEB 16, 2020
Ashlee Waldron Farris, 49, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was born October 15, 1970 in Columbia, SC. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lynn Cole Marston. Ashlee graduated from Windsor Forest High School in 1988 and attended Armstrong State College and the Savannah College of Art and Design. She worked for Old Town Trolley Tours of Savannah. She loved theatre and was the President of the Richmond Hill Community Theatre. She taught preschool for over 15 years, and was a Girl Scout Troop Leader ...
Theodore Landon "Ted" Smith AUG 10, 1923 - FEB 16, 2020
Theodore Landon Smith, aka; Landon, Ted, TL, Smiiiiith, and Tedo (Baba to his Grandkids,) died after a short convalescence on Sunday, February 16th, 2020. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey to Theodore Levi Smith and Olive Loretta (Marcy) Smith on August 10, 1923, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 64 years; Betty Bob (Knapp) Smith, and by sisters; Mary Miller Richards and Elizabeth Jane Crawford. He’s survived by four children; Randy Smith, Natalie Pilcher, Bradley Smith and Davis Smith; three daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, seven grand-children, a granddaughter-in-law, also ni ...
Amanda "Mandy" Hubbard Sedgwick - FEB 15, 2020
Amanda “Mandy” Hubbard Sedgwick, 74, formerly of Tybee Island, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Valentine’s Day. She was the daughter of the late Louis Dexter Hubbard and Ellen Osterbind Hubbard of Fredericksburg, VA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael James Sedgwick and her brother, Louis Dexter Hubbard, Jr. Surviving are her sisters, Mary Charles Blakebrough of Durham, NC and Louisa DeVore (Phil) of Springfield, VA and a brother, Carter Clarke Hubbard, Sr. (Barbara) of Savannah, GA, 4 nephews, 4 nieces and 6 grand nieces and nephews. Mandy was born i ...
Samuel Hill Morgan, Jr. - FEB 15, 2020
Samuel Hill Morgan, Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia on January 20, 1944 at the Telfair Hospital, son of Samuel H. Morgan and Holley S. Morgan. Sam attended the Pape School, Charles Ellis School, The Asheville School and Savannah Country Day School. He then graduated with a business degree from the University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. After serving in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, he began work at his family’s industrial supply business, Morgan’s Inc. In 1975, he started his own business, Clarklift of Savannah, selling forklift tr ...
George Aloysious Ebberwein, Jr. - FEB 14, 2020
George Aloysious Ebberwein, Jr., 85, died Friday, February 14th at Azalealand Nursing Home. He was born in 1934 in Jersey City, NJ, the son of Anne Dowling Ebberwein and George Aloysious Ebberwein, and lived there for 11 years. After his family returned to Savannah, he attended Sacred Heart, Benedictine and Commercial High School. He worked for the Central of Georgia Railway Company before joining the U.S. Navy. After his military service, he became a U.S. Merchant Marine, beginning a career that took him all around the world many times and included service in the Vietn ...
Janet Teresa Spillane - FEB 13, 2020
Janet Teresa Spillane died Thursday, February 13, 2020. The Lakeland, Florida native was born May 23, 1926 to Thomas R. Spillane and Elizabeth Morgan Spillane. A resident of Savannah since 1937, she graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy and Armstrong Junior College (now Armstrong Atlantic State University). She received her BS degree in Chemistry, with honors, from Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO and St. Louis University, where she was elected to Phi Mu Epsilon and Kappa Gamma Pi National Honor Societies. Ms. Spillane was employed by the U.S. Public Health Service, CDC, Technical D ...
Elizabeth Oleson - FEB 13, 2020
Elizabeth Oleson, 92, died Thursday, February 13, 2020. The long time Savannah resident was a charter member of St. James Catholic Church and longtime employee of South Atlantic Utilities. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Fred B. Oleson, Jr. and Denise Oleson of Anderson, SC; grandson, Shawn Oleson of Augusta and extended family, Mark Smith, Tom Smith and Don Smith, all of Savannah. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel with the rosary at 6:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian ...
Leona Tyre Sapp MAY 25, 1926 - FEB 11, 2020
Mrs. Sapp was born Emily Leona to the late Asa C. and Anna Tyre on May 25,1926, in Jesup, GA. She’s the baby sister to three brothers who also preceded her: Marvin (Lillie Mae) Tyre, Randolph (Kitty) Tyre and Otto (Dinky) Tyre. They all loved her, protected her, and spoiled her rotten! She met and married the late Irvin Sapp, Sr., while serving as a nurse at The Leapheart Hospital in Jesup, GA. Together, they produced five children to share their life, love, and pursuit of happiness. She devoted all her love and time as a homemaker and mother of five surviving children, Irv ...
Laura Randolph Stevens Devendorf - FEB 10, 2020
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A polymath. An empath. A delighted recipient and unparalleled giver of absurd humor. A loving wife, mother, and friend. An ardent warrior for righting wrongs. A guardian of the beautiful, vulnerable, and good. A wordsmith whom words cannot capture. Laura Randolph Stevens Devendorf, inspired and inspirational, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family and friends on February 10, 2020. Born in Savannah, Georgia, on November 23, 1931, Laura, known to her family as Lolly, was the daughter of John Porter Stevens and Martha Jefferson Randolph Stevens of Savannah and Sunbury. ...
Gheorghe Negrea APR 19, 1929 - FEB 10, 2020
Gheorghe Negrea was born in Slatina, now Ukraine, on 4/19/1929. He passed away at his residence on 2/10/2020 after a long and difficult illness, surrounded by his family. He was an accountant by trade and lived most of his life in Sighet, Romania. He joined his family in the U.S. in 1988. While here, he held other jobs but his main contribution was to the unity of his family. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eusebia Negrea and by his parents, Ilie and Floare. He is survived by his son, O. George Negrea, MD, daughter-in-law, Cristina Negrea, MD both of Savanna ...
Joan Morrison Inhulsen - FEB 09, 2020
Joan Morrison Inhulsen, 88, died Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Memorial University Medical Center. The Savannah native was born in Biddeford, Maine and raised in Savannah, graduating from Savannah High School. She worked for Union Camp Corporation for several years and then for Continental Can Corporation before moving to Kansas City with her husband, Union Camp Executive Herman M. “Buddy” Inhulsen. They returned to Savannah in 1988 and settled at The Landings on Skidaway Island. She was a member of Skidaway Island United Methodist Church. Mrs. Inhulsen ...
Graham “Gray” Fontaine Solana FEB 11, 2020 - FEB 09, 2020
Graham “Gray” Fontaine Solana, 14, died Monday, February 9, 2015, from cardiac arrest triggered by a rare heart condition, Long QT Syndrome, known to strike without warning. Gray was born on February 11, 2000 in Savannah and lived in the same home his entire short but wonderful life. As a freshman at St. Andrew’s, Gray enjoyed basketball, acting, and history. Prior to St. Andrew’s, Gray attended Hancock Day School from Kindergarten through eighth grade. In Middle School he won several athletic awards, including the 2011 Coaches Award and the 2014 Wi ...
Laura M. Siebert JUN 13, 1923 - FEB 07, 2020
Laura Muse Siebert, 96, peacefully transitioned to her heavenly father on February 7, 2020. She was born on June 13, 1923 in Wellington, TX. She was working at the Pentagon when she met the love of her life, Alvin Siebert, who is surely dancing with her now. She spent most of her life in Savannah, GA until she moved to Marietta, GA to be closer to her loving daughter and family. Laura retired from the Corps of Engineers as a Personnel Management Specialist and received numerous medals and commendations during her career. She was a member of NARFE (National Active and Retired Federal Empl ...
Jean Kincaid Hepper - FEB 06, 2020
Jean Kincaid Hepper, age 94, passed away on February 6, 2020. Jean was born as Jean Lois Kincaid on July 4, 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Samuel Carothers and Mary Bert Kincaid. She graduated from Penn State University, with a degree in Education, where she met her husband, Clifford Rudolph Hepper. They graduated on July 3, 1947, her birthday was July 4 and they were married on July 5, 1947. Jean and Clif moved frequently during his career with homes and friends in Woodbury New Jersey (Philadelphia), Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Palos Verdes California (Los Angeles) and Bryn Mawr Pe ...
Edward Mouzon Gay SEP 14, 1933 - FEB 03, 2020
Edward Mouzon Gay, age 86, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2020 at Savannah Hospice Inc. after a short illness. He was a member of Higher Ground (Cresthill) Baptist Church. He worked for McLean Trucking and Yellow Freight for many years prior to retirement. He was the son of Edward Lee and Frances Mouzon Gay of Savannah. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Laurence L. Gay. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Kay S. Gay of Savannah; a son, Eddie Gay (Sheryl) of Savannah and a daughter Fran Perrault-Strong (Jim) of Athens, GA. He had 3 gra ...
Thomas T. Potterfield SEP 07, 1929 - FEB 03, 2020
Thomas (Tom) Tyler Potterfield, Sr., loving husband, father and grandfather passed away on Monday, February 3, 2020 at the age of 90. Tom was born in Leesburg, Virginia on September 7, 1929. He attended Auburn University and graduated from the University of Maryland after serving in the United States Navy for two years. He had a 30-year career with Ralston Purina, starting in sales and finishing his career as the U.S. Eastern Regional Sales and Manufacturing Manager. Tom was affectionately referred to as the “gentle giant” because of his large stature but extremely kind ...
Marigail R. Brackeen NOV 17, 1936 - FEB 03, 2020
MARIGAIL ROTHWELL BRACKEEN Savannah/Tybee Island, GA, 83 died February 3, 2020 at home on Tybee Island. She was born November 17, 1936 in Norfolk, VA, to the late Hugh and Lillian Rothwell. She lived in MS, NM, AZ, CA and MO before retiring in Savannah. She earned a bachelors degree in Art History from the University of Arizona and an associates degree in computer programming from the University of Missouri St. Louis. She sold residential and commercial real estate and used her data analyst skills to solve Y2K issues. Throughout her adult years she was active in the League of Women Voter ...
Brian Lee Solis FEB 02, 1978 - FEB 02, 2020
Brian Lee Solis passed away peacefully on his 42nd birthday at Tampa General Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Chicago, Illinois on February 2, 1978, he was the son of Ronald and Carol Solis and brother of Peter and Faye, his twin sister. He grew up and lived most of his adult life in Savannah, Georgia graduating from Hershel V. Jenkins High School in 1996. He was a veteran of the United States Navy where he served as an Aviation Electrician’s Mate (AE) stationed in Jacksonville, Florida. Known affectionately as “Uncle Buck” to those he loved and wh ...
Lola Terrol Howard MAR 25, 1932 - FEB 01, 2020
Lola Terrol Howard celebrated her final sunset on January 31 passing in the early hours of February 1, 2020 in Savannah GA. Lola had a bit of gypsy in her soul, and lived in diverse locales from Vermont, New Hampshire, Colorado, California, DC, Virginia, Florida and Georgia to France and Australia. Lola loved horses, sailing and her Havanese, Trouble. She is survived by family and friends worldwide. In lieu of flowers, Lola’s friends and family are encouraged to raise a gin and tonic and toast the sunset. A memorial service will be planned soon. ...
Joseph E. Warenzak JUN 04, 1931 - FEB 01, 2020
Joseph Edward Warenzak I have been reading other obituaries and now comes the time to read mine. I was born June 4, 1931 in Scranton, PA. My beloved city that lies in a valley between two mountains. I was the son of John and Agnes Warenzak, both who had come to America from Poland. I came to Savannah in 1949 while in the Air Force and upon discharge fell in love with Savannah and decided to stay. Most of my working career has been in the trucking industry. I retired from Bowman Transportation in 1985 with 25 years of service as the Savannah Terminal Manag ...
Fred Allen Irwin NOV 13, 1929 - JAN 31, 2020
Mr. Fred Allen Irwin passed away on January 31st, 2020. Mr. Irwin graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT., in June of 1951. He served on active duty in the USMCR from September of ’51 to September of ’53. He attained the rank of Captain. He joined the Aluminum Co. of America’s sales force in January of ’54 and left in ’55 to join a small N.Y.C. advertising firm called Geer DuBois. Received an MBA from N.Y.U. School of Business and finally retired as a Senior Vice President after forty years at Geer DuBois. He managed the accounts of IBM, American ...
Leroy "Lee" Fleming Smith, Jr. - JAN 29, 2020
Leroy (Lee) Fleming Smith Jr., 84, died January 29, 2020 in St. Petersburg, Florida after a life well-lived. Lee was born and raised in Savannah, GA and spent summers with his grandmother, sister and cousins in Furman, SC. He was the son of Leroy Fleming Smith, Sr. and Helen Tuten Smith. He thrived in the rural farm life running barefoot through the fields, riding his bicycle, fishing in Joan Pen and reading the entire bible with his maternal grandmother. He worked hard in school and was an ROTC graduate at 16 years old from Savannah High School. He received a ...
Robert W. Behrens SEP 01, 1936 - JAN 27, 2020
Robert “Bob” Behrens passed away quietly on January 27, 2020 at the age of 83, probably the first thing he did quietly, after a short battle with pneumonia and complications from Parkinson’s. Before Parkinson’s affects, Bob would have told you to call him “The Old Geezer”. Bob had such capacity for love and would talk with people whom many others would overlook. Bob was born September 1, 1936 in Lancaster, Ohio to Minerva Murphy and Richard Behrens, although he would tell you that his stepfather John Ruckman was more like “Dad”. He leaves behi ...