Obituaries

Mrs. Frances Purnell Cameron, age 78, passed away peacefully on September 1, 2025, in Savannah, Georgia at St. Joseph's Candler Hospital. She was cradled in love and surrounded by her husband and all 7 of her children. Born on December 10, 1946, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Frances was a native Charlottean where she grew up and raised her family. After that she lived in Athens, Georgia with her husband Mark,  and they went on to retire in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Her life was marked by compassion, dedication, her Christian faith, and a deep love for her family and friends. She ...

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Harvey John Gilbert, 72, passed away peacefully on August 31, surrounded by his family in Savannah, GA. Born and raised in Savannah, Harvey graduated from Savannah Country Day in 1971 and was a proud member of the school’s only State Championship football team. Following in the footsteps of his father and brother, he attended the University of North Carolina, where he studied history, cheered for his beloved Tar Heels, and met the love of his life. He married his wife, Cindy, in 1977, and together they raised two children, Mary and John. Harvey devoted fifty years to his real estate p ...

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Cathryn Bowyer Bourbon, 47, passed away Sunday, August 31, 2025.  She was a 1996 graduate of Savannah Country Day School, and the University of Georgia in 2000.  She is survived by her husband, James Richard Bourbon, daughters, Merrick (10), and Charlotte (8), her parents, Ralph Richards Bowyer and Jane Baxter Bowyer, her sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Brian Weimar, nieces, Sidney and Emmaline, and extended family and friends.  A visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Friday, September 5, 2025, at Fox & Weeks, Hodgson Chapel.  Cathryn ...

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George Michael “Mike” Haring, 70, USAF, Retired., of Savannah, passed away surrounded by his loving family Sunday, August 31, 2025. He was born March 14, 1955, in Columbus/Fort Benning, Georgia, to late Walter Haring and Clorina Ottavino Haring. Upon his retirement Mike loved spending time with his family and enjoyed going to car shows with his 1955 Chevrolet Belair. Mike was a member of the First Hispanic Baptist Church.  He is survived by his loving of 22 years, Isabel Haring of Savannah; children, Andy Lemus (Amber) of Richmond Hill, Antonio Lemus of Savannah, and Meliss ...

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Victoria Ramirez Born into Earthly Life January 18, 1958, Brooklyn, New York Entered Eternal Rest August 31, 2025, Savannah, Georgia   She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Vincent and Mary Amoroso. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from William Cullen High School in 1976. That same year she met Gerardo (Rusty) Ramirez while working at Alexanders Department store. They began dating and were married on May 30, 1981. Shortly after they moved to California where their daughter Rachel was born in 1983. They moved back to New York in 1985 where their ...

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John Henry McCleskey, Sr., age 86, of Savannah, Georgia passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Summer Breeze Senior Community surrounded by family and caregivers. Born on August 5,1939 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, John was the third child of Warren and Lillian McCleskey and brother to Warren, Charlie, and Margaret Nan. He grew up in Hattiesburg, MS, and graduated from Hattiesburg Hight School in 1957. He studied architecture at Auburn University and later received his BBA from Mercer University in Finance and Economics. John married his high school sweetheart, Kathryn Ann Seay, on J ...

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Billie Sue “Bebe” Stoudenmire Logue was born in Saluda, SC on Friday, September 13, 1935, and departed her earthly life on Thursday, August 28, 2025. Bebe graduated from Dreher High School, Columbia, SC, class of 1954 – a class of wonderful people. After high school, Bebe entered nursing school at the old Richmond County Hospital.  At that time, one could not have a nursing career and be married. So, on January 29, 1956, she married the love of her life, Clarence R. “Bunny” Logue and moved to Savannah – where she lived, worked and raised her family f ...

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George Porter Martin, age 83, passed away on August 27, 2025 in Savannah, Georgia. He was born on April 17, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia. He moved to Savannah as a small child and spent the rest of his life as a Wilmington Island resident. He was one of eight children to Fred Arnold Martin and Emily Heidel Martin. George was a 1960 graduate of Savannah High School. Shortly after high school, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. While he was on active duty training, George and his unit marched in the inaugural parade of President John F. Kennedy. After leaving the Coast Guard George began hi ...

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James M. "Sandy" Chandler, Jr., a resident of Savannah as a child and then Tybee Island, passed away on August 27, 2025.  He was 78.   After earning a Master's of Public Administration from VCU, Sandy retired in 2005 from a long and varied career with the City of Savannah.  As a young man, Sandy served in the Navy as a Boatswain's Mate and in the Coastguard Reserves. On his time off, Sandy liked tooling around in his skiff, metal detecting, reading about history, finding artifacts and other treasures, drawing in pen and ink, grilling outside, drinking beer, ...

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WALNUT CREEK - Robert “Bob” Carl Bahr, Jr., 82, passed away on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at Eden Hospital near his home in Walnut Creek, California. Bob was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, on July 23, 1943, the eldest of three children. His father, Col. Robert C. Bahr, Sr. left to serve in the U.S. Army’s Twelfth Armored Division shortly after his birth. Bob’s early childhood bore all the traditional markers of a military family, including several years in Okinawa, Japan, where he once joyfully and unwittingly brought an undetonated bomb into the house to show his pa ...

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John Canarina, 91, passed away on August 25, 2025, at his home in Savannah, Georgia.  John was born in New York City, the son of John and Mary Canarina.  He grew up in Tuckahoe, New York, and graduated from Eastchester High School in Tuckahoe in 1952.  He earned a music scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music. where he received his BS in 1957 and his MS in 1958.  After graduating in 1958, John was drafted into the US Army (1959-1960) where he was a conductor of the 7th Army Symphony Orchestra stationed in Germany and spent his active duty touring and playing to audienc ...

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Elizabeth Renee (Chandler) Bremer “Renee”, 62 (sixty two-riffic as she would say), of the Savannah area, passed away on August 25, 2025, in her beautiful marsh side home, surrounded by her loving family. Renee was born November 13, 1962, in Marietta, Georgia, the first child of Thomas “Tom” Chandler and Virginia “Ginny” (Anderson) Chandler. Her parents went on to give her four siblings, one sister and three brothers, each as unique and amazing in their own way as the next and each developed a special relationsh ...

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Our beloved Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Watkins, 79 passed away on Monday, August 25, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah, Georgia.  Liz was born on February 28, 1946 in Ludowici, Georgia.  She was the daughter of the late Fleet and Mattie Tyler.  Liz attended and graduated from Walker High School, Ludowici, Georgia where she was a basketball player and participated in several other extra curricular activities.   She was united in holy matrimony to Willie Watkins and to that union one daughter was born Teresa Watkins.  In later years, Liz also w ...

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Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven Jr. passed away peacefully on August 25, 2025, at the age of 88. Born on October 4, 1936, in Brooklyn, he was the beloved son of Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven and Florence Bartholomew. In the 1940s, the family moved to Short Hills, N.J., and Arthur later attended Wittenberg University, Columbia University, and the Parsons School of Design. Arthur built a remarkable career in design, beginning at Jansen Inc., the New York affiliate of the legendary Maison Jansen in Paris. Among his many projects was the redesign of the Kennedy White House. In ...

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James “Jimmy” W. Reeder was born on August 2, 1942, in Augusta, GA, to the late James Everett Reeder and Madlyn Williams Reeder. Jimmy  graduated from Richmond Academy in Augusta, GA, and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Georgia in 1965. He retired from Proctor & Gamble, as well as Consolidated Rigging and Coastal Paper. A member of Wilmington Island Methodist Church, Jimmy also served as a former board member for the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) Georgia and was involved with the Gateway Community Service Board. H ...

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Kathryn “Kitty” Cobb Elliott (née Kathryn Diane Denmark) daughter of Roscoe Denmark and Katie Iler Denmark, died peacefully in her home of over 60 years looking over the marsh at high tide the morning of Saturday August 23, 2025. She is preceded in death by her parents, Roscoe and Katie Denmark, her brother Roland Denmark, Sr., her son Stephen Andrew Cobb, and her loving husband of over 42 years, James Edwin Cobb, Sr. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of the last 19 years, Alton Milton Elliott, her son James (Jimmy) Edwin Cobb, Jr., daughters Carol Lynn Co ...

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John Stuart Macdonald (“Stuart”), 80, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from natural causes. Born on August 14, 1945, in Santa Maria, California, Stuart lived a life defined by devotion to family, quiet strength, and selfless service. He proudly served his country as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War and continued his military career for a total of 20 years, exemplifying honor, discipline, and commitment. After his service, Stuart dedicated himself wholeheartedly to being a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Soft-spoken and ste ...

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Joan Marie Seckinger Martin, one of the oldest residents of Wilmington Island, passed away on August 22, 2025.                 She was born in Savannah Georgia on January 29,1931, the daughter of Rosalie Von Glahn Meyers Seckinger (King) and Roland Burroughs Seckinger, Jr.  On 25 August 1951 she married Charles Conrad Martin. They built their life-long home on the Wilmington River where they raised two daughters and a son. A graduate of Savannah High School, where she was January 1949 Senior Class president, and Armstrong College, Joan wa ...

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Claudis Whitehead Lynch, 80, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025 at home with her family.     Mrs. Lynch was born in Hazlehurst, Georgia, the daughter of the late Odell Beecher Whitehead and Elton Ray Whitehead.  She graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1972.  Mrs. Lynch was a member of Florence Baptist Temple, a devoted Christian, wife, mother and Nana.  She loved children and that was the reason she got her degree in Elementary Education.    ...

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Valveen LaVerne Glisson 6/30/1930-8/21/2025 Born in Evans County to Etta Elaine Kicklighter and Louie Carl Dyess on June 30, 1930. She graduated from Claxton High School where she played basketball. After high school she moved to Savannah and worked at Livingston's Drug Store before a 30 year career with W.F. Woolworth Co. LaVerne married her husband Archie in 1952.  Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Gray, Georgia before settling in Savannah in 1955. She was a beloved Wife, Mother, Nana, Sister, Aunt, and Friend. She loved spending time with ...

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Ilse Hochstein Hodgson of Savannah, GA passed away peacefully at the age of 96 on Thursday, August 21, 2025. Born on January 10, 1929, in Pegau, Saxony, Germany, she was the beloved daughter of Hermann Walter Hochstein and Helene Maria Heinichen Hochstein.  In 1953, after bravely fleeing the former East Germany, Ilse immigrated to the United States with her family. She lived in several cities throughout Michigan and in Athens, GA, before settling in Savannah in 1975, where she made her home for the past five decades.  Ilse lived a full and vibrant life in Savannah.  In the ...

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Betty M. Thomas, beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2025, surrounded by her family and under the care of hospice. She was born on July 4, 1933, in Lanesboro Village, Fillmore County, Minnesota, to Stella Rasmussen and James E. Mindrum. Betty was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Jack N. Thomas, Sr., with whom she shared a lifetime of love, as well as by her parents. She is survived by her brother, James W. Mindrum (LaVonne), and her sister, Barbara J. Schroeder. Betty’s greatest joy was her family. She leaves behind five children: ...

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Maryellen Ormiston FitzGerald of Savannah, Georgia passed away peacefully on August 20, 2025 surrounded by her family.  Born December 11, 1942 to Mary (Juby) Ormiston and Lawrence Robert Ormiston, she grew up in Watertown, New York and graduated from Immaculate Heart Academy.  She met and married the love of her life, John Patrick FitzGerald, Jr., on December 29, 1962, at St. Patrick’s Church in Watertown, NY. Her life was defined by her deep love and devotion to her family, and she believed her greatest achievement was raising her three children with a deep Catholic faith. ...

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Jeanne (Rosemary) Wagner Zittrauer was born in Reading, Pennsylvania November 7, 1942. She was the only child of James and Kathryn Wagner. Jeanne was a member of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from 1960-1976. In 1981, she married James J. Zittrauer, Jr. Jeanne is grateful for her three children and their spouses, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, who have helped her grow in love. They are Tommy and Judy Zittrauer with Andy (with Lizzy and son Danny) and Connor, Erin and Chris Sasser with Hannah (with daughter Saylor) and Aidan, and John Zittrauer.  ...

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Don, beloved husband, father, grandfather “PaPa” and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully after a long courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.  Don was at his home surrounded by family, church members, and caregivers who all sang him home while the high tide of the Vernon River glistened in the background.  Born on September 12, 1945, in Austin, Indiana, Don grew up around the Cincinnati area of Ohio, and eventually settled in Savannah, Georgia, where he fell in love with the love of his life Susan. Don is pre-deceased by his parents Martha Coomer Dick, Mitchell Co ...

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Judith Jurgensen Melroy  Judy Melroy died peacefully at home surrounded by family on August 18, 2025, at age 79. She departed with her Catholic faith intact and suffered a slow exit from this world at the hands of a neurodegenerative disorder. Born in Savannah on December 14, 1945, Judy was the daughter of Mildred Barrett Jurgensen and Paul F. Jurgensen, Sr. She attended Sacred Heart School and St. Vincent’s Academy where she cultivated lifelong friendships. Her passion for learning led her to Armstrong State College, University of Georgia, and a degree in education from The W ...

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Lester Eugene Robertson, MD, FAFP, died peacefully at age 93 on August 18, 2025. He was preceded by his beloved wife of 64 years Mary Katherine Miller Robertson on February 28, 2022. Dr. Gene was born in Waco Texas on April 23, 1932, to Lester Earl and Lily Faye Robertson. He attended Waco high school and Baylor University. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and interned at the Jeff Davis hospital in Houston. After practicing medicine in Dallas for two years, he moved to McGregor Texas, where he and his brother Dr. Carroll served the community including house cal ...

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Bessie Patricia (Pat) Davis, 87, entered into eternal rest on August 17, 2025. She was known to everyone as Nana. Pat was born on April 9, 1938, in Cadwell, Georgia, to the late Lou Ola Knight and Menzo Knight. Pat spent her early years in Cadwell before relocating to Savannah, GA, and later making her home in North Augusta, SC. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she will be remembered for her kindness, her love of family, and her gentle spirit. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 48 years, Jesse Davis; her son, Alan Davis; her sisters, Diras ...

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It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of June Mollie Haase, 94, who passed away August 16, 2025, in Savannah, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her husband, mother and father. June is survived by her four children: Sue, Cindy, Bill and Jeff, ten grandchildren, and thirteen great grandchildren. June was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was the only child of Lorraine and August Schmidt. She earned a B.S. degree in Occupational Therapy at Milwaukee Downer College. June met the love of her life, Wally, an engineering student at Marquette University while in college. The ...

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On August 16, 2025, our precious daughter, Evelynn Connie Bohannon, was born into the arms of Jesus at 9:13 p.m. Though her time on earth was brief, her impact was immeasurable. She was perfectly made, so beautiful and delicate, and will forever be remembered as our precious little girl. Evelynn is the cherished daughter of Tayler and Joshua Bohannon of Statesboro. She is the beloved granddaughter of Chris and Patrice Wickham, and Mike and Lynn Bohannon. She is also the treasured great-granddaughter of Ronnie Hodges and the late Connie Hodges, Betty Wickham Morris (Gerald) and the late G ...

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