Obituaries
Joseph John "Joe" Burke JUN 13, 1953 - JUL 30, 2013
Joseph "Joe" John Burke formerly of Savannah Joseph "Joe" John Burke, 60, of Exton, PA and formerly of Savannah, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, PA. He was the beloved husband of Susan Bennett Burke, with whom he shared 36 years of marriage. Born in Savannah on June 13, 1953, he was the son of Joseph James and Theodosia Biedulewicz Burke. He attended Blessed Sacrament Church and was an altar boy there for many years. Joe attended Blessed Sacrament School and Benedictine Military School, where he was on the rifle team. He graduated from Armstron ...
Mr. W. Gerald Bland APR 13, 1930 - JUL 30, 2013
SAVANNAH - Mr. W. Gerald Bland, 83, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at Hospice Savannah. He was born in Long County, GA and lived in Marietta, GA for 15 years before moving to Savannah 23 years ago. He was a member of Burnt Hickory Baptist Church in Marietta, GA. Before getting sick, his last employment was with Testmaster of Savannah, GA as a Service Manager. Prior to working with Testmaster, he owned his own business, Coastal Engine Company. He served as a U.S. veteran on the front lines of Korea for four years as a Sergeant and was responsible for his own platoon. He was preceded in death by ...
Billie Marsh Porter JAN 31, 1938 - JUL 30, 2013
Savannah- Billie M. Porter, 75, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at Candler Hospital surrounded by her family. Born in Savannah Georgia to William Henry and Clara Fannie Marsh on January 31, 1938. Preceded in death by her parents, husband, Marion McNeil Porter Jr. and her sister, Virginia Kessler. She leaves behind two daughters, Lesley Herrington Jeremy of Savannah and Alissa LeGates Ken of Roswell Ga., four granddaughters and one grandson: Emily Cochran, Alice Cochran, Caroline LeGates, Nicholas LeGates and her honorary grandchildren Aleaha Herrington, Joshua Herrington, and Genevieve Herr ...
Gladys McCain Baker FEB 02, 1922 - JUL 29, 2013
SAVANNAH – Gladys McCain Baker, 91, died July 29, 2013. Born in Bolivar, LA on February 2, 1922, she was the daughter of Amy Edwards and William Edwards McCain. She moved with her family to Madison, FL, where she grew up. She loved to reminisce about her father walking the vast timberlands in his snake boots, about performing on the stage with her friend during reel changes in the local movie theatre, about the joy she had dancing with all the boys, and about swimming in the crystalline Blue Springs. She attended Florida State College for Women now FSU and Brenau College. She married John Hen ...
Clarice Mosely Hathaway DEC 06, 1917 - JUL 28, 2013
PARKLAND, FL – Clarice Mosely Hathaway, 95, passed away, with her family by her side, Sunday, July 28, 2013, after a short illness, at the University Hospital of Tamarac, FL. For the past 13 years she has resided in Parkland, FL with her youngest son, Aaron, and his wife, Madelyn, where she attended Church-by-the-Glades in Coral Springs, FL. She formerly resided in Savannah for many years and worked at Union Camp Paper Corporation and was a member of Savannah First Seventh Day Adventist Church of Pooler, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Sylvester Hathaway, her eldest s ...
Ann Von Waldner Sims OCT 19, 1927 - JUL 27, 2013
Savannah- Ann VonWaldner Sims, 85, died Saturday, July 27, 2013 after a long illness. She was the eleventh of twelve children and loved her family. Her husband of 45 years, Orville, preceded her in death. Surviving are her son, Jake Sims; three daughters, Cathy Sims, Terri Mobley Steve, Susan Ohsiek Jay, all of Savannah; sister, Rose Sims of Savannah; brother, Joseph VonWaldner of Mims, Florida; brother-in-law, Johnny Sims of Garden City; seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, July 29, 2013 at Fox & Weeks Funera ...
William Bill Louis McLeskey DEC 28, 1933 - JUL 26, 2013
JACKSONVILLE, FL - William Louis Bill McLeskey, 79, died July 26, 2013 in Jacksonville, FL. Bill was born in Savannah, GA on December 28, 1933 to Lillie Mae Williams and William Jones McLeskey. He attended primary school in Savannah and graduated from Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas. Bill was a member of the Snellville Church of Christ where he served as a Deacon for many years. He retired from Conklin Metal Industries in 1995. Survivors include his wife, Anne Haupt McLeskey of Jacksonville; three daughters, Deanne Ragin and husband, Scott, of Greenville, SC; Laurie Davis and husba ...
Joy Keisker Maner MAY 13, 1935 - JUL 24, 2013
SAVANNAH - Joy Keisker Maner died peacefully July 24, 2013 after a long illness at her beloved home, Drifton, on the Grove River. Born in Savannah on May 13, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo Phelps Keisker and Jane McBrier Keisker. She was preceded in death by her brother James and her sister, Elizabeth Jane Betty Jane Losche. Her sister, Margaret Peggy Keisker Gunn of Savannah, survives her. She attended Pape School then graduated from Principia School in St. Louis, Missouri, where she served as president of the Student Council for two years. She then attended the University of G ...
Haleigh Ann Warren JUN 16, 2000 - JUL 23, 2013
Haleigh Ann Warren Savannah- Haleigh Ann Warren, 13, died Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Memorial University Medical Center. The loving daughter of Bess Warren and Zachary Taylor was born in Savannah, June 16, 2000. She was the oldest of eight children and was looked upon for guidance and direction from them. She was in 7th grade at East Broad Elementary School. Haleigh enjoyed dancing, singing and spending time with friends. In addition to her parents, Haleigh leaves her brothers and sisters, Elijah Roberson, Annabelle Roberson, Victoria Warren, Chance Harrelson, Cadence Taylor, Jim Taylor, and L ...
Ruth Neidlinger Jordan AUG 11, 1921 - JUL 22, 2013
Ruth Neidlinger Jordan, 91, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was born in Louisville, Georgia daughter of the late Edward Lee Neidlinger and Lula Blount Neidlinger. Mrs. Jordan moved to Savannah in 1938. She was a charter member of South Gardens Baptist Church where she served as the Nursery Director. As a devoted wife and mother, she had an amazing love for children as she opened her home to many children over the years. She had a place in her heart for animals and loved tending to her flower garden. Her husband, Charles William Jordan and daughter, Rhonda ...
Juanita Waters Walls OCT 22, 1920 - JUL 21, 2013
Juanita Waters Walls Juanita Waters Walls died in her sleep on July 21 after a long illness. She was 92. Juanita was the daughter of Kathleen Morgan Waters and Joseph Haynes Waters, Sr. She was one of seven children. Her family moved from their Screven County farm to Savannah during the Great Depression. She attended Georgia Southern College and received her bachelor's degree in education. After teaching first grade at Pennsylvania Avenue School for twenty years, she returned to college for further study and received a Master's degree in special education from the George Peabody College of Tea ...
Daneta Ellison Downie SEP 08, 1922 - JUL 21, 2013
Daneta Elsa Downie September 8, 1922 to July 21, 2013 Daneta was peacefully given over to her heavenly maker July 21st, 2013 while residing at Marshview Senior Living. Daneta and her three sisters Ruth Rawdon Winnipeg, Manitoba, Alma Bevan Green Bay Wisconsin and Norma Coward Winnipeg, Manitoba were originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. Following World War II Daneta married Robert Hunter Downie of Edinburg Scotland to whom she was married for 54 years. In 1950 they immigrated to Wisconsin. There, Daneta and Robert resided in the Fox River Valley and raised three children. Through the year ...
Corinne Brady Owen JAN 17, 1926 - JUL 21, 2013
Tybee Island - Corinne Brady Owen, 87, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Summer Breeze on Wilmington Island with her two daughters and family at her side. She was born in Savannah, daughter of the late Christopher R. and Corinne Gauthier Brady. Mrs. Owen grew up on Isle of Hope with fond memories of living on bluff. She was a 1944 graduate of St. Vincent's Academy. In 1945, she married the man of her dreams, Jack Owen. They lived in Savannah for a few years and subsequently moved to Tybee in the early sixties where she loved living on the creek, fishing and crabbing. Mrs. Owen was a communi ...
Audrey Patterson Williby JUL 25, 1953 - JUL 21, 2013
Audrey Evelyn Patterson Williby SAVANNAH - Audrey Evelyn Patterson Williby, 59, of Savannah, went to heaven July 21, 2013. She was born to the late Mr. James Marvin Patterson and Mrs. Myrtle Clanton Patterson on July 25, 1953. Audrey graduated from Savannah High School in 1971. She attended Georgia Southern University and completed her Bachelor of Science Degree at Armstrong Atlantic State University. She worked as a critical care nurse at Candler Hospital for 16 years. She later completed her Masters in Nursing and became a Nurse Practitioner in 2003. She married John Albert Williby, Jr. in 1 ...
Wallace A. Hogan FEB 01, 1923 - JUL 20, 2013
Bloomingdale- Wallace A. Hogan, 90, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Ft. Payne, Alabama, Mr. Hogan was one of eleven children born to Benjamin and Martha Sims Hogan. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and participated in all five of the major campaigns during WWII. He was among those that came ashore at Utah Beach during the third day of the D-Day Invasion. After being discharged from the service, he went to work with Union Bag where he was head of the Safety Committee for the bag factory. He retired after forty two years AND three months of loyal service where not once ...
Frances Barnard Arnold FEB 13, 1933 - JUL 18, 2013
Frances Barnard Arnold, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013 at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah, Inc. She was born in Daisy, Georgia, daughter of the late Marvin H. and Georgia Smith Barnard. She graduated with honors in 1951 from Commercial High School. Mrs. Arnold retired from Chatham County as Chief Deputy Tax Commissioner in 1994. She was instrumental in assisting the state with getting car tags per birthdays, thus reducing long tag lines. She was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ for seventy years where she served as an Elder, board member and member of the ...
Ronald James Fath MAR 07, 1935 - JUL 17, 2013
Savannah- Ronald James Fath, 78, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Candler Hospital. He is survived by his sister, Nancy Boylston Jack of Tybee Island; three nephews, Sean Lawrence Buckley Kaylynn, Ryan James Buckley Stacey, and Bray Young Buckley. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Please sign our guest book on line at www.foxandweeks.com ...
Lillian Healey Rudon MAR 24, 1941 - JUL 15, 2013
Lillian Healey Rudon, 72, passed away peacefully Monday, July 15, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Surviving are her husband, Joseph Rudon Sr. of Savannah; children, Evelyn McNiece of Rome, GA; Maryann Burgina of Marlboro, NJ; Joseph Rudon Jr. of Tybee Island; Lora Rudon James of Savannah; brother, Ronald Healey of Flushing, NY and five grandchildren. Memorial Service: 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in the Islands Chapel of Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors conducted by Reverend Dane Moore. Please sign our online guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Isl ...
Lillian Minix Gerken SEP 07, 1923 - JUL 14, 2013
BRADENTON, FL - Lillian Pearl Minix Liss Hardy Gerken passed away July 14, 2013 in Bradenton, FL. Born September 7, 1923, in Brazonia County, Texas, to Lillie Mae and Noah D. Minix. Graduated from West High School, then attended Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Waco, Texas, where she received an RN degree, then received a B.S. degree in Health Care Administration from St. Joseph's College in Maine. Lillian married Stanley Liss and had three children, Carol Ann Liss Olson, Rebecca Sue Liss who passed at age 3 and Robert Stanley Liss. She later married Jack G. Hardy, who passed in 1988. ...
Travis Wilburn Brackeen JUL 16, 1932 - JUL 14, 2013
Travis Wilburn Brackeen SAVANNAH and TYBEE ISLAND—Travis Wilburn Brackeen, 80, died July 14, 2013 at Oceanside Nursing Home, Tybee Island, GA under the care of Hospice Advantage. He was born July 16, 1932 in University, MS and lived in MS, VA, NM, AZ, CA and MO before retiring in Savannah. He earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University and membership in Tau Beta Pi and Cappa Mu Epsilon Societies. He served in the USN and USNR attaining the rank of Lieutenant. In the Navy, he tested and evaluated early rocket and missile systems. His business ...
Dennis L. Carter FEB 14, 1961 - JUL 13, 2013
Dennis L. Carter Dennis L. Carter, 52, died Saturday, July 13, 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was born February 14, 1961 in Adel, GA and was a member White Bluff United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Billy Joe Carter. Dennis is survived by his parents, Charles and Betty Wade, of Macon, son, Carson Carter, Savannah, two sisters, Linda Gary Sanford, of Dacula, GA, and Brenda Holton, of Fisher's, Indiana. He is also survived by his fiance', Kathryn Penny, of Savannah, and three nephews. A Memorial Service to honor his life will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 18, 2013 ...
Ann Beckmann Anderson MAY 31, 1931 - JUL 13, 2013
Ann Beckmann Anderson Ann Beckmann Anderson, 82, died Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Hospice Savannah. She was born May 31, 1931 in Savannah, GA to the late Martin G. and Agnes Kehoe Beckmann. She was a homemaker and a member of The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer on Wilmington Island. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jack C. Anderson, three daughters, Karen Joseph Adelman, Jackie Petkvich, and Susan Kenny Kemp, one son, James Anderson, three sisters, Maria Woodstock, Jean Tuten, and Martina Hammond. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Lee Anne Laboto, Jeremy Adelman, David Adel ...
Joan Helen Dugger MAR 17, 1930 - JUL 13, 2013
SAVANNAH / TOWNSEND, GA - Joan H. Dugger, 83 died July 13 at her daughters' home surrounded by her children. She was under the care of Heartland Hospice. She was born on March 17, 1930 in Savannah, Georgia and lived there most of her life before moving to McIntosh County in 2003 to fulfill her long time dream of living on the deep water. She was a member of Harvest Church of the Nazarene in Savannah, Georgia. She also attended Morgan's Chapel Methodist Church in Townsend, Georgia. She was very devoted to her children, grandchildren, family and friends and her "spoiled, rotten dog, Fiddler." Sh ...
Diana Bryson JAN 08, 1950 - JUL 13, 2013
Diana Stump Bryson, 63, died Saturday at Candler Hospital. The loving mother and grandmother was a lifelong resident of Savannah. She was the daughter of the late Harry Stump, and Emma and Joseph Morris. Surviving are her daugher, Melissa Bryson Altman David of Port Wentworth; two sons, Michael Bryson of Savannah and Jimmy Bryson Jan of Port Wentworth; a sister, Debra Arnold Bruce of Rincon; two brothers, Joseph Morris, Jr. and Harry Stump, Jr., both of Savannah; her grandchildren, Josh and Shelby Altman, Dallas Bryson, Lexy Bryson, Brian McDonald, and Heather and Chris Schaffer; a niece, Tayl ...
Mary Agnes Ryan AUG 15, 1921 - JUL 12, 2013
Mary Agnes Ryan Mary Agnes Ryan died Friday, July 12, 2013 after a long illness at Tara Nursing Home. She is the last surviving child of Theresa O'Keefe Ryan and John C. Ryan. She is preceded in death by her sisters, Cecile R. Fitzpatrick, Jule R. Fasola, Catherine R. Roy and Sally R. Douglas and two brothers, William F. Ryan and Patrick Ryan. She is survived by several nieces and nephews, Anne Fasola Kilcline and Fred, Michael E. Fasola and Marilyn, R. Eugene Roy and Mary, Agnes R. Walker and Michael, Richard E. Douglas, III and Barbara, Nancy D. Pelisser and Steven. Also surviving Miss Ryan ...
Ralph Clifton Mitchell, III SEP 03, 1935 - JUL 12, 2013
Ralph C. Mitchell III September 3, 1935 – July 12, 2013 SAVANNAH – Ralph C. Mitchell III passed away Friday, July 12, 2013, at the place he loved the most, his home. Ralph's enthusiastic love of life led him along a diverse and adventurous path. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Ralph C. Mitchell Jr. and Marian Taylor Mitchell, his fame and notoriety spread as a teen throwing fire bombs on Cherry Street. Ralph's bright red hair added to the glow. Although a star baseball shortstop, his favored activity was tossing a seemingly mile-high baton as a drum major. Ralph continued as a drum major at T ...
Carol K. MacDonald APR 21, 1947 - JUL 12, 2013
RICHMOND HILL, GA - Carol Kadrmas MacDonald passed away on July 12, 2013, in Tuckasegee, NC as a result of a tragic and freak accident at her wilderness cabin. Carol was born and raised in Fairfield, North Dakota by loving parents Alfred and Katherine Kadrmas. She attended grade school in a one room school house in Fairfield in which all eight grades were taught at the same time by the same teacher in the same room. They lived so far away from town that for high school, she had to live in a dormitory in Dickinson, ND, 50 miles away. After she graduated from high school, she attended the Nation ...
Marjorie Morrissey Story DEC 22, 1934 - JUL 12, 2013
Savannah, GA - Marjorie Morrissey Story, born December 22, 1934 died July 12, 2013. She was 78. A native and longtime resident of Savannah, Marjy was the daughter of the late Robert A. and Billie Morrissey. She graduated from St. Vincent's Academy then the University of Georgia with a degree in English and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. She worked in the banking industry and taught for a period at St. Vincent's Academy. She had many lasting friendships from her teaching time at St. Vincent's. Throughout her life she was a loving wife and mother to four sons. She supported her ...
Walter Daniel Rhoads, Jr. NOV 14, 1918 - JUL 11, 2013
Walter Daniel Rhoads, Jr. Savannah – Walter Daniel Rhoads, Jr., age 94, died at home on Thursday, July 11, 2013, with his wife and daughters by his side. Born in 1918 in Macon, Georgia, Mr. Rhoads was the only child of the late Joletta Arthur Rhoads and the late Walter Daniel Rhoads. He enrolled at University of Georgia, pledged Sigma Chi, and graduated in 1940 with a B.A. degree in Business. In 1941, while pursuing an MBA at Columbia University in New York City, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. A Captain in the Army's 80th Division, he was an Infantry Unit Commander and fought in the Battle ...