Obituaries
Ruth Carolyn Hood Walker SEP 18, 1940 - JAN 31, 2017
Griffin, GA - Ruth Carolyn Hood Walker, 76, died peacefully at Eternal Hope Hospice in Griffin, Georgia, surrounded by family and friends on January 31, 2017. She was born in Savannah, Georgia, on September 18, 1940 and was the daughter of Jack A and Mary Elizabeth (Sherin) Hood, Sr., both of whom predeceased her. She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Faith and Tom Swinson and Jackie and Wade Roberts, and four grandchildren, Christopher and Matthew Swinson, and Travis and Tori Roberts. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Cheryl Ann Walker. She is also survived by JoEll ...
Mildred Lonon Miles JUL 09, 1943 - JAN 31, 2017
Mildred Lonon Miles, 73, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017. She was born in Savannah daughter of Elton and Rosa Lee Lonon. She was a graduate of Tompkins High School, a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Above all, she was a wonderful wife, loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Miles was preceded in death by her husband of 24 years, Leander Miles. Surviving are her children, Mara Mobley, Jacqueline Brown (Joe Brown), Leander Miles (Linda Scott), Eleanor Miles, James Green (Cassandra Green) all of Savannah; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The funeral ser ...
Samuel J. "Sam" Douglas JAN 05, 1925 - JAN 31, 2017
Samuel J. “Sam” Douglas, 92, died January 31, 2017 at Hospice of Savannah. Sam was born on January 5, 1925, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and spent his life in Savannah, Georgia. He was a United States Navy veteran and served aboard the USS Delta, which was present at the Surrender of Japan during WWII. He worked for Colonial Stores, Sears, and Savannah Bank and was a member of the Higher Ground Baptist Church. Sam was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy L. “Dot”; son, Stewart Douglas; parents, Harry Jack and Mary Dorothy Douglas; sisters, Alice Parker and Anne Ambrose; brothers, Harry Lewis Douglas, ...
Christopher Joseph "Joe" Koncul JUL 27, 1954 - JAN 30, 2017
Christopher Joseph “Joe” Koncul passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017. He was preceded in death by his parents Marguerite and Martin Joseph Koncul, Sr. and his nephew Stephen K. Nevarez. Joe was a graduate of Benedictine Military School and entered the U.S. Coast Guard after high school. He is survived by eight sisters and six brothers: Mary Ann Sunday, Margy Privett (Lee), Catherine Koncul, Martin Koncul (Kathy), Diana Koncul, Camille Wallden (Robert), Tony Koncul (Maureen), Frank Koncul (Brenda), Helena Koncul, Cecilia Tambon (Glenn), Michael Koncul (Sheila), Shephen Koncul (Celeste, Ther ...
Frances Mason McTeer - JAN 29, 2017
Frances Mason McTeer Frances Mason McTeer died peacefully in her home on January 29, 2017. Frances was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 23, 1926 and resided in Savannah since early childhood, eventually making Tybee Island her permanent home. She went to public grammar school, attended Fassifern School for Girls, and graduated from Savannah High School in in 1944. In 1948 she married Frank Hamilton McTeer, Sr., “Shank”, who served in the US Army in WWII and in Korea. She was an active member of National Association of Women in Construction and worked as a bookkeeper for Walter Strong, Say ...
Henry Durant "Dee" Tullis, Jr. DEC 12, 1931 - JAN 29, 2017
Henry Durant “Dee” Tullis, Jr, Savannah, Ga passed away in his home surrounded by his wife and children on Sunday morning January 29, 2017. Want to make a shrimp net, build a home, make impressive cross stitch or simply play a great game of golf? Dee Tullis was always available for any of this and more, with a warm smile and tons of encouragement. Born in Savannah as the son of Henry D. Tullis, Sr and Lucille Moore Tullis, Dee was the definition of a “true” southern gentleman. After graduating from Savannah High school in 1950, Dee remained in Savannah for the remainder of his life except f ...
Mary Jane Harrison Rainey MAR 05, 1947 - JAN 29, 2017
Mary Jane Harrison Rainey Mary Jane Harrison Rainey, 69, entered eternal rest on Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Candler Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was born March 5, 1947, in Savannah, to the late Porter and Otolea Woods Harrison. Mary Jane was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and the Good Neighbors Sunday School Class. She was also a member of The Landings Garden Club. One of her lifelong passions was teaching music and art. Traveling with Joe was one of her favorite things to do, whether it was stateside or internationally. She genuinely cared for all of tho ...
Clifford Theodore Corvette, Sr. "Polly" FEB 25, 1918 - JAN 28, 2017
Clifford Theodore Corvette, 98, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Hospice Savannah. A life-long resident of Savannah, Mr. Corvette was a graduate of Savannah High School, class of 1938. He was employed for 41 years with the Central of Georgia/ Norfolk Southern Railroad Systems, during which time he also operated a television repair service which he continued until 1989. During World War II he served his country in the U.S. Navy (1944-1946), in both the Atlantic and Pacific Operations. He was a charter member of the Savannah Racing Pigeons Club in 1940 and a life member of th ...
Doris E. Lynch JUN 13, 1937 - JAN 28, 2017
Doris E. Lynch died peacefully at home Saturday morning, January 28, 2017. Dottie was born in Savannah, GA on June 13, 1937. She graduated from Savannah High School, attended Sarah Lawrence College, and received a BA degree from Oglethorpe University. She continued her education at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a Master’s degree in Special Education from Georgia Southern University. One of Dottie’s proudest achievements was helping establish the Exceptional Children’s Program in the Chatham County public schools. A voracious reader, Dottie was President of the Live Oak Public Library Foun ...
Benjamin Chaplin Posey SEP 08, 1967 - JAN 27, 2017
Benjamin Chaplin Posey Benjamin Chaplin Posey, born September 8, 1967, died on Friday, January 27, 2017. He loved growing up on the Isle of Hope and at age 9, his first job was selling crabs he netted off the docks. Ben delighted in pulling skeet for competitors at the gun club. He was a 1986 graduate of St. Andrew’s School and the enthusiastic goalie of the soccer team. Ben enlisted in the U.S.M.C. and proudly served his country in Desert Storm. He worked as an Avionics Specialist throughout his career. He was a devoted GA Bulldog fan, and some of his happiest hours were spent fishing in the ...
William "Bill" Buford JUN 15, 1946 - JAN 26, 2017
William "Bill" Buford of Savannah, GA passed away Thursday morning January 26th. He was a retired real estate agent and US Army veteran. He is predeceased by his parents William and Nell Buford. He is survived by three children, Blanton, Joy, and Joshua as well as seven grandchildren, Alexis, Cathryn, Bethany, Sam, Noah, Jacob, and Alex. Arrangements will be private. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to The American Heart Association. ...
Frances Eleanor Hohenstein APR 06, 1932 - JAN 26, 2017
Frances Eleanor Hohenstein Frances Eleanor Hohenstein, 84, died peacefully on January 26, 2017 at Savannah Hospice House after a short illness. She was born on April 6, 1932 in Savannah, GA and lived in Savannah her entire life. She graduated from St. Vincent’s Academy and spent her early career years in the shipping industry, working for Hohenstein Shipping Company from 1957 until 1974. At Hohenstein she worked in all areas of the business and rose to the position of Assistant Vice President of Operations. In later years she worked for the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System at the ...
Edward S. Ordway, Jr. OCT 25, 1937 - JAN 25, 2017
Edward S Ordway Jr passed away unexpectedly 1/25/17 Memorial service tentatively planned for May. Missing him: Marion, Deb, Skip, Elise, Doug, Britt, Stopher, J Nine, Jers, Bern, Jem, Nat, Jan & the Atwater clan, and last but not least, his constant companion, Schatze. ...
Roland H. Wuest, Jr. JUN 21, 1926 - JAN 25, 2017
Roland Wuest, 90, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 surrounded by family at Hospice Savannah. He was born on June 21, 1926, in Metuchen, New Jersey, to Roland and Catherine Wuest. He and his first wife, Dorothy, raised their three children in the home he built on Grove Avenue, across the street from his boyhood home. He retired from Ford Motor Company in Edison, NJ after 45 years, and moved to Summerton, SC in 1993. He served as a deacon at Lake Marion Baptist Church in North Santee, SC. From his father, Roland learned a love of nature and ornamental gardening, which he enj ...
Sarah Huffman JUN 19, 1925 - JAN 23, 2017
SAVANNAH – Sarah Huffman, 91, died Monday, January 23, 2017. A native of Lumpkin, GA she had lived in Savannah since the age of 16. Mrs. Huffman was a Head Start teacher in Savannah for many years. Surviving are her daughter, Penny and her grandson, Aaron. Funeral services will be private. Please sign our on-line guest book at www.foxandweeks.com ...
Frances Anderson Clark OCT 25, 1924 - JAN 23, 2017
Frances Dealva Anderson Clark, age 92 passed away peacefully on January 23, 2017 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She was born in 1924 in Evans County, Georgia. Frances was preceded in death by her loving husband Retired Colonel William "Bill" Ainsworth Clark in 1996. She was a member of Shalimar United Methodist Church and enjoyed playing golf and bridge. Frances leaves to cherish her memories, her loving daughter Marta Niess; brother Louis Anderson, grandchildren Kyle West (Melissa), Mariah Niess, and Daniel Niess; great grandchildren William and Leighana; and her loving companion Rip Smith ...
Ann Hopkins Grady SEP 06, 1949 - JAN 22, 2017
Ann Hopkins Grady, 67, of Savannah, Georgia passed away after a brief but arduous battle with cancer late Sunday night, January 22, 2017 in the comfort of her family’s home, surrounded by her children and close friends. Ann is survived by her three children, Ryan Grady (Amanda), Louise Taylor Culjan (Bo), and Catherine Grady. Additionally, Ann leaves her step-mother, Patricia Barry Hopkins, and her five siblings, William and Lloyd Hopkins, Stuart and Barry Evans (Kim), and Patricia Evans Newitt (Scott). Affectionately known as “Annie B” and “Nonnie,” Ann is survived by her five beloved grand ...
Dr. Intai Cheong MAR 14, 1939 - JAN 22, 2017
RICHMOND HILL, GA – Dr. Intai Cheong, 77, died Sunday, January 22, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family. A native of Seoul, South Korea, Dr. Cheong graduated from Medical School in Seoul before coming to the United States in 1967. He served his internship in New York, NY and his residency in Washington, DC. He served in the United States Air Force and the United States Army. He has worked on the staff of Georgia Regional Hospital for the past 20 years. Surviving are his loving wife of 42 years, Cha Cheong; 3 daughters, Yeun mo Kwon, Sonya Hong, and Lynette Cheong; a brother and a ...
William H. "Bill" Geriner JUL 09, 1938 - JAN 21, 2017
SAVANNAH - William “Bill” Henges Geriner, 78, passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, January 21, 2017. Born July 9, 1938, Bill was pre-deceased by his parents, Clara Henges Geriner and Henry Butler Geriner, Jr., and older brother, Henry Butler Geriner, III. Bill is survived by his loving wife of nearly 57 years, Linda Wallace Geriner (his high school sweetheart); their children, Karen Robertson (Ted), Clay Geriner (Holly), and Kristin Geriner (Wes Davis); granddaughter, Lee Robertson; grandsons, Thor Robertson and Will, Tillman, Wallace, and Mathew Geriner, all of whom adored their grand ...
Michael Gene Rippey DEC 03, 1938 - JAN 21, 2017
Michael Gene Rippey Savannah- Michael “Mike” Gene Rippey, 78, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Hospice House Savannah after a long battle with cancer. He was born December 3, 1938 in Hays, Kansas to Estella and Ellis Rippey. He graduated from Wichita State University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked with Cessna Aircraft, Pawnee Division in Wichita, Kansas from 1968 to 1974. He then became the Ag-Cat Engineer Manager for Gruman American Aviation Corporation in Elmira, New York until he moved to Savannah in 1980 to work for Gulfstream Aer ...
Marguerite Emmalyn Adams MAY 06, 1926 - JAN 20, 2017
Savannah, Georgia - Marguerite Emmalyn Adams, 90, died Friday, January 20, 2017 in LaGrange, Indiana. She was born in Savannah daughter of Joseph Earl and Jullie Mae Brantley Downing. Mrs. Adams was a graduate of Armstrong State College and the University of Georgia. She was a member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Church where she was a member of choir and the Methodist Women. Her late husband, Reverend Arthur Ray Adams served as a Methodist Minister in the South Georgia Conference where they lived in many different cities within the conference eventually making Savannah their home for 3 ...
James Kenneth Lynn DEC 05, 1926 - JAN 20, 2017
Savannah- James Kenneth Lynn, 90, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 under the care of Hospice Savannah with his family at his bedside. A native of Collins, Georgia, Mr. Lynn was the son of the late William Dewey Lynn and Eudelle Lucindy Jarriel. Born on December 5, 1926, he graduated from Collins High School in 1943, joining the US Navy at the age of seventeen. His sea going tug was docked in Tokyo Bay near the Battle Ship Missouri when Japan surrendered to the Allies bringing WWII to an end in 1945. Returning to Savannah in 1946 he enrolled at Armstrong Junior College. In 1947, while a stu ...
Thomas J. Mahoney, Jr. AUG 29, 1936 - JAN 20, 2017
SAVANNAH - Thomas Joseph Mahoney, Jr., 80, died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on January 20, 2017. He was born in Savannah on August 29, 1936 and was the son of Thomas J. and Ruth (Burney) Mahoney, both of whom predeceased him. He is survived by his wife Judy of 54 years, their four children, Tom Mahoney III (Molly), Kathleen Taylor (Michael), Tim Mahoney (Karen), and Megan Mahoney (friend Kevin O’Neil), and his six grandchildren, Thomas, Daniel and Brendan Mahoney, Matthew Mahoney Taylor, and twins Cooper and Patrick Mahoney. He is also survived by his brother, Roland Mahoney (S ...
Walter S. Schaaf, Jr. JAN 05, 1930 - JAN 19, 2017
Walter S. Schaaf, Jr., 87, died Thursday, January 19, 2017. He was a native of Savannah and long-time resident of Whitemarsh Island and the son of Walter S. Schaaf, Sr. and May Driscoll Schaaf. He retired from the US Army Corps of Engineers and also as Lt. Col. with the 165th GA Air National Guard, where he was Staff Civil Engineer and Commander of the Civil Engineer Unit. His education included Marist School, Cathedral School, Benedictine Military School, The Citadel, The Engineer School at Ft. Belvoir, Army Intelligence School at Oberammergau Germany and the Industrial College of the Armed F ...
Kathleen Stanford Spivey JUL 17, 1928 - JAN 18, 2017
SAVANNAH – Kathleen Stanford Spivey, 88, died Wednesday, January 18, 2017. A native of Claxton, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Gray Stanford, Sr. and Kathleen McKenzie Stanford. Kathleen was an honor graduate of Claxton high school, class of 1945, where she was a school bus driver in 1944-1945. Following high school she moved to Savannah and worked for Interstate Life Insurance Co. where she met the love of her life, Leo Spivey. They were married May 15, 1946 after a courtship of five months. Kathleen was a member of Southside Baptist Church where she attended the Bevill Sunday Sc ...
Henry Bowers Groover III, O.P. JUN 20, 1954 - JAN 17, 2017
Henry Bowers Groover III, O.P. Henry Bowers Groover III, O.P., 62, passed away on January 17, 2017. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Bowers Groover, Jr. and Carmel Register Groover. Hank is survived by his brothers, Michael Groover (Paula) and J. Nicholas Groover (Jodi), along with two nieces and two nephews. He enjoyed fishing, crabbing, gardening and spending time with his family and friends. Funeral services were held privately. Remembrances can be made to the Old Savannah City Mission. ...
Diane (Dee) Prettie Quirk AUG 04, 1924 - JAN 17, 2017
Diane Prettie Quirk (1933-2017) SAVANNAH, GA - Diane (Dee) Prettie Quirk, 83, died peacefully with family by her side on January 17 after an extended illness. She was born in Hillsdale, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, earning a Master’s degree in Chemistry. It was at the University of Michigan that she met her loving husband of almost 59 years, Harrison (Hoddy) Quirk. They spent 40 years of their married life in Ware, Massachusetts, raising three kids and together operating Quirk Wire, a specialty wire and cable manufacturing business, before moving to S ...
Sara Mixon Lanier APR 05, 1928 - JAN 17, 2017
Sara Marie Mixon Lanier Sara Marie Mixon Lanier, 88, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was born April 5, 1928 to the late Mike and Leila Mixon, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter Elliott Lanier, Sr., and a daughter, Kimberly Ann Dowd. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. Surviving are two sons, Walter E. Lanier, Jr. (Kathy), and Rick Lanier (Debi), one daughter, Jeri Hewitt, twelve grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 20, 2017 at Fores ...
Jeannette Jones Hughes AUG 04, 1924 - JAN 17, 2017
Savannah, GA - Jeannette J. Hughes died peacefully at home on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Jeannette and her late husband Francis lived on Hilton Head island, SC for over thirty years following his retirement. They enjoyed their time there with many community and social affairs, Jeannette especially enjoyed bridge with her friends and walking on the beach. They were always amazed at the changes that took place during their years on Hilton Head, and fondly remembered there was only one stop light when they moved to the island in 1976. She was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. She was ...
Edward Paul Aimar OCT 29, 1927 - JAN 17, 2017
Edward Paul Aimar Edward Paul Aimar, 89, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2017. He was born October 29, 1927 and grew up in Wagoner Heights. He graduated from Savannah High School and served in the US Army stationed in Tokyo during WWII as a military police. Upon returning to Savannah, he started working at Union Camp where he worked for 40 years as a Senior Engineer in the Mill Technical Division. He retired in 1988. He was an avid golfer and won the Mary Calder Club Championship 15 times. He volunteered his time to the Georgia Heritage Federal Credit Union for which he won the Moses C. ...