Obituaries
Michael Tyson Joyner, Sr. DEC 02, 1948 - JUL 25, 2014
Michael Tyson Joyner, Sr., 65, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away Friday evening, July 25, 2014, at St. Joseph/Candler Hospital from complications following a heart attack. He was born December 2, 1948 in Savannah, Georgia. He was the son of the late B. F. and Norma Joyner. He resided in Vidalia, Georgia for the past 14 years. Mike is survived by his wife of 30 years, Janice O'Neal Joyner of Vidalia; his children, Katherine Tyson Joyner of Savannah and Michael Tyson Joyner, Jr. and his wife Katherine Redding Joyner, of Savannah; his brother Richard Joyner and wife Peggy of Savannah; his nieces, ...
Lillian Kaufmann - JUL 24, 2014
Lillian Kaufmann, 95, passed away peacefully at Hospice Savannah on July 24, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Kaufmann. Lillian is survived by her great-nephew Michael Karstrom (Robyn), of Summerville, SC, and their daughter, Lanie and Lily Karstrom, Michael Moore (Sharon), of Sumter, SC, sister-in-law, Irma Dixon, and numerous other nieces and nephews. Lillian and Ralph were lifelong active members of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. Graveside service will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Bonaventure Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to Hospice Sav ...
John Raymond Giddens JAN 29, 1946 - JUL 24, 2014
John Raymond Giddens, 68, passed away on July 24, 2014. John was a graduate of Savannah High School and Georgia Southern College and a member of White Bluff Presbyterian Church. He was the son of the late Cecil Raymond Giddens and Jane Cramer Giddens. John was associated with McGinty and Dye Architectural Firm before opening his own company, John R. Giddens Construction. John is survived by his sister Ann Giddens Mann (Dick), his two sons John Cramer Giddens(Charlotte) and Sheftall LaRoche Giddens(Lindsey); his grandsons Oliver Canfield Giddens and Bennford Sheftall Giddens. In lieu of flowers ...
Sandra Rivers Fillingim AUG 21, 1943 - JUL 24, 2014
Sandra Rivers Fillingim, 70, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Hospice House. The widow of the late Gerald G. Fillingim, she was a lifelong resident of Savannah and a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughter, Kimberly F. Hosti; and her granddaughter, Ashlyn Brooke Hosti, both of Savannah. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests remembrances to Hospice Savannah, P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416. ...
Carol J. McCool AUG 26, 1941 - JUL 23, 2014
Carol J. McCool, "Mom", 72, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Hospice House. A native and longtime resident of Dayton, Ohio, Carol moved to Savannah with her family in 1986. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and was a member of the Women of the Moose. Surviving are her husband of 52 years, Jon M. McCool of Savannah; three sons, Jon M. McCool II of San Angelo, TX, James W. McCool of Eaton, OH, and Jack V. McCool of Savannah; two sisters, Sheila and Pam; a brother, Mike; 9 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held a ...
Mary Reilley Rankin APR 06, 1949 - JUL 23, 2014
Mary Reilley Rankin, 65, of Hilton Head Island, passed away on July 23, 2014 after a long battle with cancer, in which she triumphed, but ultimately suffered from a devastating disease that claimed her cognitive abilities. The daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. and Vera Reilley, Mary was the third child of eight born in Providence, RI on April 6, 1949 and grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. She later attended Brenau College in Georgia, where she met her husband, William Sloan Rankin, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in History. They married and moved to Hilton Head Island in 1973. Mary bri ...
Dr. Robert Lehman MAR 09, 1921 - JUL 23, 2014
Robert J. Lehman M.D., 93, passed away on July 23, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia. A sixty year resident of Louisville, KY, he was born Mar. 9, 1921 to Chris A. Lehman & Frieda Maurer in Berne, Ind. where he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout at 14 years of age. He attended Bluffton College where he played basketball & met his wife of 70 years, Ruth Esther Severns, who preceded him in death 10 months ago. He graduated from Indiana Univ. School of Medicine in 1944 & was selected for the AOA academic honor society. He subsequently served in the US Army Medical Corp with the rank of Captain. ...
Bertie Mae Price McGuire SEP 22, 1944 - JUL 22, 2014
Bertie Mae Price McGuire, 70, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Surviving are her siblings Glynda Johnson, Elaine Radcliff, Preston Price and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. ...
Gertrude 'Trudy' Westcott OCT 12, 1941 - JUL 20, 2014
Gertrude Mary "Trudy" Westcott, 72, died Sunday, July 20, 2014 in Augusta, GA. She was a resident of Gracewood in Augusta since 1988 and was of the Catholic faith. Trudy was one of the original students at the Kicklighter School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles S. and Gertrude VonDoltren Westcott, and her sister, Eleanor W. Johnson. She is survived by her brother, Charles Westcott, and his wife Joe Anne, of Brunswick, GA and her sister, Catherine Mixon, and her husband David, of St. Augustine, FL, and several nieces and nephews. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, J ...
Michael Salnikoff NOV 09, 1917 - JUL 20, 2014
Michael Salnikoff, 96, died Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Savannah Commons. He was a native of Detroit, Michigan and lived in Savannah since 1950. After high school, he worked at the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant. Mr. Salnikoff served in the United States Navy during World War II retiring as a Chief Petty Officer. He was also a Pearl Harbor survivor. After active duty, he continued his service in the United States Navy Reserves. Mr. Salnikoff was a member of IBEW Local 508 and was retired from the electrical industry. He was a member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Church. He was preceded in d ...
Melvin Scott Jones FEB 15, 1940 - JUL 19, 2014
Melvin S. Jones, 74, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 under the care of Hospice Savannah. He was a native of Blades, Delaware and graduate of Seaford High School in Seaford, Delaware. In 1961 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. During his distinguished career he was most proud of serving as Crew Chief at Andrews Air Force Base where he was a mechanic for Air Force One. Upon retirement in 1984, he then went to American Airlines where he served as an Aircraft Mechanic Inspector. Mel was a loving husband, father and grandfather who will be remembered for his pranks and jokes. He loved to make p ...
Raymond Herman Traeger AUG 24, 1928 - JUL 18, 2014
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) USAF Raymond H. Traeger passed away on Friday July 18, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born on August 24, 1928 in Wausau, Wisconsin to the late Herman J. Traeger and Alice Hansen Traeger. He is a graduate of Wausau High School and attended Saint Olaf College before entering the Air Force. He was predeceased by his brother Cliff Traeger and sisters Ethel Field and Junette Brietbarth. He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years Della Agee Traeger, son Jeffrey Traeger (Tricia) from Marietta, GA, daughters Carrie Traeger (Watson) from ...
Bruce Howard Crane MAR 18, 1937 - JUL 18, 2014
Bruce Howard Crane, 77, passed away Friday July 18, 2014, at Candler Hospital after a brief illness. Bruce was born in Warrenton, Virginia, March 18th, 1937. He served in the United States Air Force from 1962-1966. He spent his career as a Master Mechanic and there was nothing that Bruce could not fix. He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, fishing, metal crafting, and cooking. Bruce is survived by his sons, Jason Howard Crane and spouse Cara, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Samuel Scott Crane of Bloomingdale, Georgia. Three grandchildren, Blake and Evan Crane of Anchorage, Alaska, and Audrey Crane of B ...
Richard Martin "Rick" Jorgensen SEP 24, 1950 - JUL 17, 2014
Richard M. Jorgensen, 63, passed away on Thursday, July 17th, surrounded by loved ones. He was born on Staten Island, NY and spent his formative years in Lincroft, NJ. For the last 21 years, Rick has worked in the Savannah area, where he lived with his wife and daughter. Rick earned his Masters in Social Work from Florida State University and worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in numerous settings for forty years. He worked with various populations including individuals with head trauma, PTSD, and other mental and physical disabilities. Rick founded an outpatient program in New Jersey ...
Louise Caroline Mathews AUG 29, 1932 - JUL 17, 2014
Louise Caroline Mathews, 81, died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. Mrs. Mathews was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Louise Herb. Surviving are her husband, Paul Mathews; children, Joann (Jim) Gray; Angela (Bruce) McCurdy; Paul (Kim) Mathews; Joe (Sheri) Mathews; Kevin (David) Bowden; Mark (Andrea) Mathews; sister, Joann Hanson and fourteen grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 19, 2014 in the Islands Chapel o ...
LilyMae Lorraine Scott JUL 07, 1919 - JUL 16, 2014
LilyMae Lorraine Donnelly Scott, 95, died July 16, 2014 under the care of Hospice House in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Scott was born in Glen Burnie, MD July 7, 1919. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Cooper Scott, "Scottie", who died in 1985. They have been reunited in the Kingdom of Heaven. Ms. Lorraine most recently lived at River's Edge in Savannah and enjoyed activities with her friends at the Windsor Forest Golden Age Senior Center. Before she moved to Savannah, she lived in Freeport, Florida with Scottie. She was past secretary and past president of the Lioness Club of Defun ...
LilyMae Lorraine Scott JUL 07, 1919 - JUL 16, 2014
LilyMae Lorraine Donnelly Scott, 95, died July 16, 2014 under the care of Hospice House in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Scott was born in Glen Burnie, MD July 7, 1919. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Cooper Scott, "Scottie", who died in 1985. They have been reunited in the Kingdom of Heaven. Ms. Lorraine most recently lived at River's Edge in Savannah and enjoyed activities with her friends at the Windsor Forest Golden Age Senior Center. Before she moved to Savannah, she lived in Freeport, Florida with Scottie. She was past secretary and past president of the Lioness Club of Defun ...
John Thomas Evans, III OCT 04, 1942 - JUL 16, 2014
John Thomas Evans, III, 71, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Candler Hospital. He was born in Savannah, son of John Thomas Evans, Jr. and Elizabeth Palmer Evans. He was a 1960 graduate of Benedictine Military School and attended Armstrong State College. Mr. Evans was a veteran of the United States Army serving in Korea. After the military, he started a long and distinguished career in banking working for C&S Bank in Savannah and Atlanta, SunTrust Bank in Orlando, FL and retired in 2006 from the National Bank of Commerce in Birmingham, AL. He was baptized into the Catholic faith, an avid go ...
Kathleen MacArthur AUG 08, 1932 - JUL 15, 2014
Hattie Kathleen MacArthur, 81, of Savannah, GA, died on July 15, 2014 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Kathleen was born on August 8, 1932 in Wichita, KS. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Malcolm Douglas MacArthur, and her three children, Max, Karl, and Samantha, and eight grandchildren. After studying political science at the University of Kansas, she spent a lifetime traveling the country and the world, eventually settling in Bethesda, Maryland. Kathleen worked on Capitol Hill with Senators John Sherman Cooper and Hubert Humphrey, including serving as press secretary for Con ...
Sara S. Lang - JUL 14, 2014
Sara "Scootie" Shields Lang, of Jupiter, Florida, age 86, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014. Daughter of the late Benjamin Ernest Shields and Irma Heath Shields, Scootie was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Decatur, Georgia. Scootie is survived by her husband of 63 years, William D. Lang, Sr., her children, Carol D. Lang of Miami, Florida, William "Bill" D. Lang, Jr. (Lisa) of Pembroke Pines, Florida, and Robert "Bob" B. Lang (Monique) of Palmetto Bay, Florida, as well as three grandchildren, Nicholas, Alex and Maya. A Service will take place at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens Mausoleum ...
Emilia Barrinat Babot APR 05, 1928 - JUL 12, 2014
Emilia Barrinat Babot, 86, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 at Savannah Cottages under the care of Islands Hospice. She was born in Cuba on April 5, 1928 to Pedro and Ana Barrinat. She moved to the United States in 1956. Mrs. Babot worked in the Housekeeping Department at St. Joseph's Hospital for over seventeen years. She was a longtime volunteer with the Martin de Porres Society of Savannah and a Communicant of St. James Catholic Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fernando Babot. Surviving are her three sons and their wives, Bobby Babot (Susan), ...
Stanley D. Lindsey SEP 29, 1938 - JUL 12, 2014
Stanley Dean Lindsey, seventy-five died on Saturday July 12th in Bluffton South Carolina on his horse farm with his wife. He was born on September 29th, 1938 in Lebanon Tennessee. Dr. Lindsey graduated with a BS degree from the University of Tennessee. Upon graduation, he went to work as the chief engineer for a steel fabricator and held that position for five years. During these five years he continued his education part time at Vanderbilt University and received his MS degree. At the end of the five years he formed his own structural engineering company, Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, in ...
Lora Guest Bohn JUL 25, 1928 - JUL 12, 2014
Lora (Nan) Guest Bohn, 85, died 12 July under the care of Savannah Hospice, surrounded by her children and family. She was born July 25, 1928 in Savannah and lived there during studies at the University of Georgia and a career in retail. Eventually her marriage to beloved husband Robert compelled her to leave Savannah. She traveled the globe and raised a family with him before returning home after his passing several years ago. She is survived by her children: Kathy Jones of Ft. Lupton, CO; Harriett Kostechka of Whitelaw WI; and Robert Bohn of Midway, GA. and nephew Reed Guest of San Francisco ...
Walter T. Grzybowski OCT 07, 1928 - JUL 11, 2014
Walter T. Grzybowski, 85, passed away Friday, July 11, 2014. He was born October 7, 1928 to the late Theodore and Anna Grzybowski. Walter was an accountant with Gannett for over 35 years and a resident of The Landings on Skidaway Island for the past 22 years. He was an avid golfer and a member of the White Eagle Polish American Association. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son, Thomas W. Grzybowski. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lydia T. Grzybowski, two sons, Peter J. (Debra) Grzybowski, and David J. (Amiee) Grzybowski, one daughter, Kathleen L. (Jason) Kupe ...
Dolly Dimple Hiott Harrison Shuler APR 23, 1936 - JUL 10, 2014
Dolly Dimple Hiott Harrison-Shuler, 78, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at home under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. She was born in Savannah and attended Chatham County Schools. She retired from Belk Department Store after twenty five years of service and was a member of Bible Baptist Church. Her first husband, Eugene Frances Harrison preceded her in death. Surviving are her children, Pauline J. LaCombe, Marcus L. Harrison, Linda S. Simmons, Paul E. Harrison, Marintha M. Harrison; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 ...
Paul C. "Stump" Moore JUL 16, 1961 - JUL 10, 2014
Paul C. Moore (Stump), 52, of Savannah, Georgia passed away on July 6, 2014 with his wife by his side. Stump was born in Savannah, Georgia. He attended parochial schools throughout elementary then on to Benedictine Military School, graduating in 1980. Stump was a longstanding member of the I.B.E.W. local 508 and worked as an electrician for more than 30 years. He was an avid fisherman. His passion for being on the water was something he enjoyed doing with his family. Many afternoons, Stump would be down at the community dock enjoying the afternoon sunsets. Stump also enjoyed racing homing pige ...
Marvin P. Heery, III NOV 11, 1951 - JUL 09, 2014
Marvin P. Heery, III died on July 9, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born in Savannah on November 11, 1951 to the late Marvin P. Heery, Jr. and Mamie O. Guest. He was a graduate of Savannah High School. He attended St. Andrews Presbyterian College and received a Bachelor's degree from N.C. State University in Computer Science. He was a member of Lamda Chi Alpha Fraternity. He was formerly employed by Duke Power in Raleigh, NC and Computer Associates in Atlanta. He was a former member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church. In his last years he became an ...
John Carlton Knight MAR 18, 1924 - JUL 09, 2014
John Carlton Knight, 90, affectionately called "POP" by many and known as "Jug" by those from the greatest generation, entered eternal rest, at home on Whitemarsh Island on July 9, 2014, surrounded by his loving and much beloved family. He was born in Gordon, GA and was the son of Earnest Clyde Knight, Sr. and Mattie DeLoach Knight. He is survived by the love of his life and dance partner for of 65 years, Claire McGrady Knight, his children Cindy and Craig Meyer, Carlton and Jeanie Knight, and Cheri Knight, all of Savannah. His grandchildren Leigh and George Ryan, Trey and Mimi Knight, Richard ...
Royce Giles Johnson MAR 21, 1934 - JUL 08, 2014
Royce Giles Johnson died July 8, 2014 at his home in Savannah under the care of United Hospice. He was born in Riley, Kansas and lived for many years in Atlanta, GA, moving to Savannah in 2003. He was a member of the 8th Army band, with service in Seoul, South Korea. He was a graduate of Trinidad High School in Trinidad, Colorado and Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. An accomplished musician and singer, Royce was a lifetime member of the American Federation of Musicians, Atlanta Local 148-462. He performed in Savannah for five years with the Crystal Beer Parlor Ramblers. He was a m ...