Obituaries
Philip Clark Honnold, Jr. AUG 22, 1941 - AUG 27, 2012
Philip Clark Honnold, Jr. died Monday afternoon August 27th, 2012 at home. He died peacefully surrounded by his family and under the care of Island Hospice. Clark was born in Oklahoma City on August 22, 1941 to Philip Clark Honnold, Sr. and Elaine Buck Honnold. He graduated from the Casady School in 1959 and from the University of Oklahoma in 1964. He was a member of SAE and kept in touch with many of his brothers during his life. After attending Southern Methodist University in Dallas he embarked on a sales career for almost fifty years. His first job after college was with the Dr. Pepper Par ...
Bang V. Dang DEC 25, 1927 - AUG 27, 2012
SAVANNAH – Mr. Bang V. Dang, 84, died Monday, August 27, 2012, at Candler Hospital. A native of Vietnam, he was a soldier in the South Vietnamese Army before moving to Savannah in 1981. Mr. Dang was a concrete mason and was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Nghi Nguyen; six children and their spouses; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers; and three sisters. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Thunderbolt. Interment will follow in Ca ...
Fred Stephen Yokum JUN 08, 1932 - AUG 26, 2012
Savannah- Fred Stephen Yokum died peacefully on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. Fred was born on Isle of Hope on June 8, 1932 where he lived his entire life except when he served in the U.S. Navy from 1951-1953. He was a long time member of the Electrical Workers Union, Local Chapter 508, a Communicant of St. James Catholic Church and a volunteer with the Isle of Hope Fire Department. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter E. and Annie Wells Yokum and brother, Jack Yokum. Fred is survived by his wife of 42 years, Shirley Yokum; daughter, Cynthia Secrist; step-son, Wayne H ...
Elfrieda Thorpe Roby OCT 29, 1914 - AUG 25, 2012
SAVANNAH – Elfrieda Thorpe Roby, 97, died Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Hospice House. She has resided for the last year with her son, Cleve, under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born October 29, 1914 in Savannah to Warren Cubbedge and Wilhelmina Werner Thorpe, she was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church and was a charter member of the former Faith Lutheran Church. She attended Draughon's Business School and was the secretary at the First Girl Scout Headquarters in Savannah for many years. Mrs. Roby retired in 1978 as an Administrative Assistant from the Internal Revenue Service. ...
Evelyn Lee Slavin Calver MAY 30, 1919 - AUG 24, 2012
Evelyn Lee Slavin Calver Evelyn Lee Slavin Calver age 93 was born May 30, 1919 and died the afternoon of August 24, 2012 at Savannah Square Health Center in Savannah, Georgia. She was born to Oscar and Katherine Slavin in Bartow, West Virginia and had two brothers Oscar and Theodore Slavin and a sister Nellie Slavin Payne. She was married to Grant Leroy Eddy and a son Grant Lee was born to this union. After leaving West Virginia, she lived in Charlottesville, Virginia for 50 years and has resided in Savannah, Georgia for the last 8 years. She was preceded in death by her husbands: Grant Leroy ...
Thespina Brown Lenehan - AUG 24, 2012
Thespina Brown Lenehan Tybee Island, GA – Thespina Brown Lenehan passed away after a short illness on Friday, August 24, 2012, at Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. A native Savannahian, she lived most of her life in Savannah and on Tybee Island and was a member of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church. She helped manage the family business, The Tides Hotel and Apartments, for many years. Mrs. Lenehan was preceded in death by her two husbands, James A. Brown and David Lenehan. Surviving are a daughter, Stephanie "Sam" B. Williams of Savannah and a son, Jimmy Brown and his wife, Carol, ...
Kathryn Joyce Wheeler FEB 04, 1950 - AUG 22, 2012
Kathryn Hamrick Wheeler Kathryn Joyce Hamrick Wheeler, 62, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was born February 4, 1950 in Oakland, California and was a longtime resident of Savannah. She was a 1968 graduate of Savannah High School, and a member of Bible Baptist Church. Kathryn was an avid bingo player where she won many times while playing at the Moose Lodge, as well as other places. She was preceded in death by her father, Knowles Hamrick, Jr. She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Henry "Jack" Wheeler, of Savannah, her mother, Ernestine Es ...
Henry Jacob Rawl Jr. MAY 16, 1917 - AUG 22, 2012
Brunswick - Henry Jacob Rawl Jr., 95, died Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Hospice of the Golden Isles. He was born in Prosperity, South Carolina son of Henry Jacob Rawl and Pat Leggett Rawl. He attended school in Lexington, South Carolina and graduated in 1938 from Clemson University with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering. He retired after 42 years of service from Union Camp Corporation. Mr. Rawl was a former member of Epworth United Methodist Church and a member of Wilmington Island United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army and an avid gardener. His wife, Je ...
Thomas Marion Daniels JAN 04, 1923 - AUG 21, 2012
Colonel Thomas Marion Daniels, Jr., USAR, Ret. SAVANNAH – Colonel Daniels passed this life on August 21, 2012 at Hospice Savannah, at the age of 89. Tom was most well-known for his sense of humor among family and friends. He is preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Nita. He was a native of Savannah, a graduate of Savannah High School, and attended Armstrong College and the University of Georgia. He entered the U.S. Army in World War II, graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School and served in the Pacific Theatre. In 1947 he joined the Georgia Army National Guard and retired as a Col ...
Rose Catherine Roberts AUG 15, 1940 - AUG 21, 2012
Rose Catherine Roberts Savannah – Rose Catherine "Kay" Roberts, 72, passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 surrounded by her family at home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Kay was born August 15, 1940 in Savannah, the daughter of the late Francis James McDermott and Rose Mary Morrison McDermott. Kay was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church. While her children attended Blessed Sacrament School, Kay gladly assisted her husband with his many duties maintaining the school and church. She saw the parishioners as her extended family and both Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are still remembered fondly ...
Donna Kay Corley AUG 08, 2012 - AUG 20, 2012
TYBEE ISLAND – Donna Kay Corley, 53, died Monday, August 20, 2012 in Savannah. Ms. Corley was born in Savannah on August 8, 1959. She was a longtime resident of Tybee Island where she was deeply loved by many of the residents there and their children as she cared for many of them over the years. Ms. Corley was preceded in death by her brother, William E. Daley. She is survived by her mother, Rose Daley Shipes; father, John Stephen Womble, Sr.; daughters, Nichole L. Corley of Whitemarsh Island and Tiffany E. Corley Dorsey of Pooler; maternal grandmother, Mell Rose Rich; grandchildren, Taylor S ...
Eric Sean Waterfield OCT 28, 1974 - AUG 18, 2012
Rincon - Eric Sean Waterfield, 37, died Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Memorial University Medical Center. He was born in Savannah, son of Leonard Jackson Waterfield and Susan Barker Waterfield. He attended Benedictine Military School and had been employed by National Gypsum for 13 years. Eric was a member of the Christian faith and a loyal Atlanta Braves fan. Surviving are his wife of 10 years, Kristie Cason Waterfield of Rincon; children, Olivia Rose and Maddux Edgar Waterfield both of Rincon; mother, Susan Waterfield of Savannah; father, Leonard Waterfield of Savannah; brother, Jason Waterfie ...
Ellen Paige Lambeth APR 16, 1962 - AUG 17, 2012
Ellen S. Lambeth Ellen Paige Smith Lambeth, 50, died Friday, August 17, 2012 at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. She transitioned from life to death with her husband, children, sister and many friends at her bedside. She was a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a resident of Marietta, Georgia. Ellen graduated from West Forsyth High School in 1980 and went on to attend Western Carolina, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and daughter with a smile that no one could forget. She was preceded in ...
Gladys Davis George APR 17, 1912 - AUG 17, 2012
Gladys Davis George Gladys Davis George, 100, died Friday, August 17, 2012 at her residence under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a 1931 graduate of Savannah High School. She retired from the United States Government as a civil servant serving as a payroll clerk at Hunter Army Airfield and at Oatland Island. Following her retirement from the United States Civil Service, she was employed by the Chatham County Board of Education as a secretary working at Richard Arnold Junior High School and at Alfred E. Beach High School. She was a member of Wh ...
James F. "Jim" Stafford Sr. DEC 17, 1922 - AUG 17, 2012
James F. Jim Stafford Sr. passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012 at the ripe old age of 89 at his residence. Jim was the third son of Nicholas T. and Katherine Stafford. He attended Marist School for boys, and graduated from Benedictine Military School in the class of 1942. He was a lifelong catholic and a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. He entered the US Army in January of 1943, and was discharged in 1946 after serving in the South Pacific in World War II. Jim retired in February 1989 from ILA Clerks Local 1475 after 27 years of service. During his tenure he served as pr ...
Harry Hays Lattimore MAR 18, 1924 - AUG 17, 2012
Harry Hays Lattimore Harry Hays Lattimore passed away peacefully on August 17, 2012, surrounded by family following an extended illness. He was born March 18, 1924 and was a lifelong resident of Savannah and member of St. John's Episcopal Church. He was predeceased by his parents Dr. James Ralston Lattimore and Edna Eppes Lattimore and his sister Edna Lattimore Clancy of Macon, Georgia, and his brother William Lattimore of Savannah. He was educated in the Savannah public schools and graduated from Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, Georgia in 1942. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he att ...
Cynthia Anne Marietta NOV 15, 1951 - AUG 16, 2012
Savannah – Cynthia Anne Marietta, 60, died August 16, 2012 in Savannah after a short illness. Cindy was born November 15, 1951 in Ft. Worth, Texas and graduated from Austin College before earning a Master's degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. Cindy was a Certified Public Accountant. At the time of her death, Cindy was the Director of the Budget and Research Department for the City of Savannah. Although she had lived in Savannah only a short time, she had developed an appreciation for this unique and beautiful city and its team of dedicated city employees. She held previous public ...
Thomas R. White APR 01, 1919 - AUG 15, 2012
Thomas R. White, 93, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 under the care of Hospice Savannah. Mr. White was born in Newport News, VA on April 1, 1919, the son of the late Clifford Ray and Sarah Forrest "Sadie" White. He was a graduate of Warwick High School in Virginia and continued his formal education at Virginia Tech where he earned a degree in Industrial Engineering. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served in the Pacific during World War II and was honorably discharged at the rank of Major. Tom worked for many years with General Electric where he retired in 1986 as an enginee ...
Edgar Frank Meyer NOV 11, 1930 - AUG 15, 2012
Edgar Frank Meyer SAVANNAH - Mr. Edgar Frank Meyer, 81, died Wednesday, August 15th, 2012, at Spanish Oaks Retreat after an extended illness. Ed and his twin brother Richard B. Meyer were born November 11, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York to Bertha and Frank Meyer. He was a graduate of Roslyn High School, class of 1948. He attended Hofstra University for business classes. He served in US Army and was stationed in Germany. He returned and married his high school sweetheart, Jeanne Cheshire Meyer, in 1954, who preceded him in death in 2009. He was employed by Union Camp and retired after 45 years of s ...
MacAllister Merritt APR 11, 1927 - AUG 14, 2012
MacAllister Merritt SAVANNAH - MacAllister Merritt, born April 11, 1927, passed away on August 14, 2012 at his home. After graduation from Boys High in Atlanta, instead of accepting an invitation from Wally Buts to play football at UGA, Mac joined the Navy where he served in the V5 Naval Aviation Program for two years. Upon leaving the Navy he enrolled in Duke University and earned a B.S. degree in 1947. He accepted a public relations job with General Motors and eventually had his own dealership, Merritt Chevrolet in Geneva, N.Y. In 1968 Mac moved to Winter Park where he earned a Masters degr ...
James Robert Grayson OCT 19, 1947 - AUG 14, 2012
James Robert Grayson James Robert Grayson, 64, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at St. Joseph Hospital. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and a United States Army Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Dorothy Grayson, brothers, Thomas and Billy Grayson, and sisters, Ann Covington, and Doris Smith. James is survived by his wife, Catherine Martin Grayson, two brothers, David Grayson, and his wife Penny, John Grayson, and his wife Merrill, sisters, Dorothy G. Williams, and Harriett G. Lovell, and her husband William. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews ...
Roan Hudson "R.H." Cowart, Sr. AUG 18, 1935 - AUG 14, 2012
Roan Hudson "R.H." Cowart, Sr., 76, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at his home in Savannah, GA under the care of Odyssey Hospice. Mr. Cowart was born in Emanuel County, GA on August 18, 1935, the son of the late Inman Turner Cowart and Ila Hendrix Boyles. He was a graduate of Commercial High School. Following graduation he began working at Union Camp where he retired as a Maintenance Control Supervisor after nearly 40 years of service. He was a longtime member of Bull Street Baptist Church. Outside of work, R.H. was an avid hunter and fisherman. In addition to his parents, Mr. Cowart was preced ...
Robert N. McKenzie MAR 07, 1929 - AUG 14, 2012
Robert N. McKenzie, Sr. Mr. Robert N. McKenzie, 86 died Tuesday, 14 August, 2012 at Hospice Savannah while surrounded by his family. Born in Jacksonville, Florida 7 March 1926 and educated at Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville Jr. College and the University of Florida where he was a member of Phi Delta Beta Social Fraternity. He was employed by Ford Motor Company as a Field Representative and served in various departments including, Service Representative, Sales Promotion, Training Representative, and Truck Merchandising Manager for the Jacksonville District of Ford, which included all of ...
Kathleen Marie Wright Roughen NOV 26, 1932 - AUG 14, 2012
Kathleen Marie Wright Roughen, 79, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Savannah, Georgia daughter of Marion T. and Kathleen O'Boyle Wright. She attended Cathedral School, St. Vincent's Academy and some college. Mrs. Roughen was a communicant of Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church and Saints Peter and Paul Parrish. She was preceded in death by her son, Edward Sean Roughen. Surviving are her husband, Col. Albert H. Roughen, USA Ret. of Thunderbolt, GA; brother, Harry V. Wright and wife, Dorothy of Lutz, FL; two sisters, Evelyn Del Costillo of Seffner, FL; and Judith ...
Robert Mackay Zipperer JUN 28, 1944 - AUG 12, 2012
Robert Mackay Zipperer PORT ROYAL, SC - Robert Mackay Zipperer, age 68, of Port Royal, died on August 12, 2012. Surviving are two brothers, Lee H. Zipperer of Cocoa Beach, FL and Alex L. Zipperer of Savannah. Graveside Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 16, 2012 in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery. Remembrances may be donated to the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, 555 E. Wells, Suite 1100, Milwaukee, WI 53202. www.aacpdm.org Please sign our online guest book at www.foxandweeks.com ...
Elizabeth Betty Gaffney Purdy OCT 20, 1924 - AUG 12, 2012
Elizabeth Betty Gaffney Purdy died suddenly, August 12, 2012 at Spanish Oaks Retreat. Born October 20, 1924 in Buffalo, New York, she met her husband through a Catholic newspaper pen pal correspondence and they were married April 20, 1944. After the war and after her husband graduated from Georgia Tech in 1950, she moved to Savannah and became a "native" Savannahian. She was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She began working for the Catholic Diocese of Savannah in the late 1950's and retired in December of 2008, after almost 50 years of service including Camp Villa Marie, Sa ...
Anthony Patric Keaton DEC 16, 1988 - AUG 11, 2012
Anthony Patric "P.K." Keaton, 23 of Panther, departed this life on Saturday, August 11, 2012, at Route 1, Litwar. Born on December 15, 1988, at Charlottesville Virginia, his is the son of Perry Lee Keaton and Carrie Coleman Matney. "P. K." was preceded in death by his sister, Amber Nicole Keaton; his paternal grandparents, Dewey and Victoria Keaton; his great-grandfather, Buddy Coleman; his step-grandmother, Janet Matney; his paternal great-grandparents, Litey and Pearlie Lester. He was a loving son, brother, grandson and friend. He was a coal miner and of the Freewill Baptist Faith. He enjoye ...
Charles E. Swinford Jr. OCT 03, 1921 - AUG 11, 2012
Charles E. Swinford, Jr., 90, died Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Savannah, GA. Mr. Swinford was born in Savannah, GA and raised in the Old Fort neighborhood off of Habersham Street, the son of the late Charlie and Alma Powers Swinford. He attended Marist School where he was a champion swimmer on the swim team. He met and married, Selena Elkins of Savannah, who preceded him in death. Together, they had two daughters, Frances Hanson and Margaret Shangle of Oregon. He is also survived by his grandchildren, John and Jennifer and his great-grandchildren, Kaden and Kaylee. Mr. Swinford was a veteran ...
Marlyn Harvey Sasser FEB 19, 1947 - AUG 09, 2012
Marlyn Harvey Sasser SAVANNAH – Mildred Marlyn Harvey Sasser, 65, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a graduate of Savannah High School and was the Office Manager for Dr. Ronald Smiley. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church and Faith in Practice. She was a great mom and a devoted and loving grandmother. Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Jill and Chris Elmgren of Savannah; her mother, Mildred Harvey, of Savannah; two brothers, Randall Harvey Debra of Savannah and Gary Harvey of Sarasota, FL; ...