Obituaries
Michael Jay Benzenhafer MAY 09, 1959 - SEP 03, 2012
Savannah- Michael Jay Benzenhafer, 53, died Monday, September 3, 2012. He was born in Glennville, Georgia and lived most of his life in Savannah. For many years, he served as the manager of the body shop with Backus Cadillac. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing. He will be missed by all who knew him. Survivors include his wife of thirty years, Toni; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Chris Cuza; son, Michael G. Smith, II; parents, Vince and Dolly Benzenhafer; sister, Linda Chester; grandchildren, Justin Hallman, Mariah Cuza, and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial visitation will be he ...
Swarna Bala Krishnamurti JUL 10, 1953 - SEP 02, 2012
SWARNA BALA KRISHNAMURTI -SAVANNAH- Swarna Krishnamurti, 59, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012 in Savannah, GA. Swarna was born in India on July 10, 1953, to parents Dr. Pullabhotla and Jyoti Krishnamurti, both now deceased. She came to America at the age of 8, not knowing any English and graduated at the top of her class from Jenkins High School in Savannah in 1972. Swarna went on to receive a Bachelor's degree from Armstrong State College and taught high school after graduation. She then attended the University of Georgia in Athens where she received a Master's Degree. She subsequently m ...
Robert W. Brennan JAN 30, 1940 - SEP 02, 2012
SAVANNAH - Robert Bob Brennan of Savannah, Georgia age 72 died on Sunday, September 2 after a long battle with Mesothelioma. Bob was born on January 30th, 1940 in Jersey City, N. J. to Mary and George Brennan. He attended schools in Pearl River, New York, receiving degrees in Education from Brockport State and New Paltz State University. He spent 28 years teaching Math and History to Junior High school students both in Rockland and Orange Counties. Brennan was a career public servant and notably had a spot as a New York State Delegate for Scoop Jackson. He also wrote several journals of land o ...
Wade B. Lang JUL 21, 1936 - SEP 02, 2012
Savannah- Wade B. Lang, 76, died Sunday, September 2, 2012 at his residence after a long illness. Mr. Lang was employed with Great Dane Trailers for a short period of time and retired from Derst Baking Company. He was preceded in death by his wife of thirty three years, Geraldine Sikes Lang. He is survived by his children, Becki, Jason, and Rachel; siblings, Alfred, Robert, Marie, Inez, Ronnie, and Donnie, and five grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 7, 2012 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. A Graveside Service will b ...
Marguerite Elizabeth Koncul - SEP 02, 2012
Marguerite Elizabeth Koncul Marguerite Elizabeth Koncul, beloved mother, passed away Sunday, September 2, 2012 at her residence with her fifteen loving children and other relatives by her side. She was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah, and was a communicant of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Martin J. Koncul, Sr., and her grandson, Lt. Stephen R. Nevarez, U.S.N. Surviving are seven sons, Martin Kathy Koncul, Jr., Tony Maureen Koncul, Francis Brenda Koncul, Joseph Koncul, Michael Sheila Koncul, Stephen Celeste Koncul, and Vincen ...
Jack Leroy Idleman NOV 17, 1924 - SEP 01, 2012
Jack Leroy Idleman Jack Leroy Idleman, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Mary Lorraine Idleman, died peacefully Saturday morning, September 1, 2012 at his home. Born in Independence, Kansas, he was the son of the late Charles Lee Idleman and Hazel Adelle McCoy. Jack was a Lieutenant in the Navy, serving honorably as an aircraft carrier pilot during World War II and the Korean War. After his service ended, he completed his studies at the University of Missouri with a degree in Chemical Engineering, and enjoyed a successful career with Union Camp Corporation as a Quality Control Process Engin ...
Thomas Louis Davis SMSgt, USAF, Ret. MAR 19, 1922 - AUG 31, 2012
Senior Master Sergeant Thomas Louis Davis Born - March 19, 1922, Dubach, LA; Lincoln Parish Died - August 31, 2012, Savannah, GA Senior Master Sergeant Thomas Louis Davis, ret. US Air Force Tom or T.L. passed into God's arms early Friday morning, August 31, 2012. He died as he lived; peacefully, in God's grace and while asleep near his dear wife, Rose. According to Tom, who was only 19 years old during the infamous 1941 Japanese attack on the Americans in the Pacific "God spoke to me and said 'don't worry son, I will take care of you". As one of the few survivors of the Bataan Death March, Tom ...
Johnnie Brooker McLeod OCT 28, 1916 - AUG 30, 2012
Johnnie Brooker McLeod Madeline Johnnie Brooker McLeod, 95, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 in Savannah. She was born October 28, 1916 in Hardeeville, SC and lived in Savannah most of her life. She attended Savannah Christian Church. Johnnie was a homemaker, an avid reader, and enjoyed crocheting and knitting for fun and for charity. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Charles W. Byrd, second husband, John W. McLeod, Jr., and her son, Charles W. Byrd, Jr. Surviving are two sons, Duane F. Byrd ...
Edith Wiggins Ebberwein MAY 21, 1944 - AUG 30, 2012
Edith Wiggins Ebberwein Edith Wiggins Ebberwein, 68, of Savannah, passed away August 30th, at Hospice House of Savannah after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Jesup, Georgia in 1944, she was the daughter of the late Thomas George Wiggins and the late Clara Evelyn Wiggins. Edie was a retired insurance agent and a former member of the Insurance Women of Savannah. She enjoyed flying and was a former member of the Civil Air Patrol. She was a member of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be dearly missed. Preceded in death by ...
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 ...