Obituaries
Cornelia Dodd Adamson JUL 18, 1923 - DEC 05, 2009
Savannah- Mrs. Adamson, of Savannah, GA, formerly of Atlanta, GA, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 5th, 2009. Mrs. Adamson was born July 18, 1923 in Tampa, FL to the late Harry M. and Mary S. Dodd. She was the middle sister of four sisters, Joan, Patricia, Muriel, and Sally, and one brother, Harry. "Connie" grew up in Savannah and moved after her marriage to Carl E. Adamson in 1942. She had lived in Atlanta for 47 years, before returning to live in Savannah in 2005. Her greatest regret in moving from Atlanta was leaving behind her bridge group "girls". Mrs. Adamson is survived ...
Rita Trapani Maner APR 17, 1924 - DEC 05, 2009
Mrs. Rita Trapani Maner, born April 17, 1924 passed away peacefully at her home on Wilmington Island on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Mrs. Maner is the daughter of John Mary and Mary Lovett Trapani of Savannah. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willis B. Maner, twin Brother, Reid Trapani, John Trapani and Sisters, Julia Cannon, Loyola Stafford, and Sister Mary Christine R.S.M.. A proud, native Savannahian, Mrs. Maner graduated from Saint Vincent's Academy and was a familiar face while volunteering at Saint Vincent's attended by her daughter, and Benedictine where her sons attended, as ...
Beryl Moorman "Susie" Ross JAN 25, 1917 - DEC 04, 2009
Beryl Moorman "Susie" Ross, 92, died on December 4, 2009, in Savannah, Georgia, where she had resided since 2001. She was born on January 25, 1917, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the daughter of Frank Joseph Moorman and Ada Lee Moorman, who preceded here in death, as did her brother, Eldred Moorman. She graduated from Bloomfield High School and later was trained in piano instruction for beginning and intermediate students. She was married to David Seman Ross of Cresson, Pennsylvania in 1942 and subsequently relocated to Bristol, Virginia–Tennessee in 1948 with Mr. Ross' employer, Monroe Business M ...
Janice Hart Stephens OCT 08, 1936 - DEC 04, 2009
Janice Anita Hart Stephens, 73, died December 4, 2009 at Hospice House, after a long struggle with cancer. She was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church and the Nelson Sunday School Class. She was born October 8, 1936, in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of Frederick Henry Hart and Olive Mable Cole Hart. As a young girl she was active as a Brownie Scout and a Girl Scout. She was a member of the GA's at Morningside Baptist Church where she and her family were members for many years and where she was baptized. She was educated in the public school system of Savannah, attending Waters Avenue Scho ...
Katherine Keller Perry FEB 27, 1927 - DEC 03, 2009
Katherine Keller Perry, 85, died Thursday December 3, 2009 at her residence at St. Mark's Towers, Brunswick, GA. Born in Savannah, Georgia she had been a resident of Glynn County since 1958. She was a member and past president of Cherokee Garden Club and a former member of the Altar Guild of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Christ Church Frederica. She is survived by her daughter, Katherine P. Clarke, son, Robert E. Perry, III and his wife Patricia, daughter, Nan P. Hawkins and her husband, Heyward; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Zach and Lisa Zachary, Katherine and Sean Haley, Elizabet ...
Rebecca L. McArthur MAR 14, 1956 - DEC 03, 2009
Rebecca "Becky" L. McArthur SAVANNAH - Rebecca "Becky" L. McArthur, 53, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, December 3, 2009. The Knoxville, TN native had lived in Savannah since 1998 and was a paraprofessional at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School. Prior to moving to Savannah she was a 911 operator in Knoxville for 11 years. She was a member of Calvary in Savannah. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude Tony and Barbara Black of Knoxville. She is survived by her husband, Tommie W. McArthur of Savannah; two daughters, Rachel McGuire and Sava ...
William H. Mallard, Jr. OCT 22, 1939 - DEC 03, 2009
SAVANNAH – William H. "Buddy" Mallard, Jr., 70, died Thursday, December 3, 2009. The Savannah native was a graduate of Benedictine Military School, attended Armstrong State College, and the University of Georgia. He was in the United States Coast Guard. Buddy retired from Atlanta Sharp Tech, as the leading sales representative, after thirty-seven years of employment. He was a member of the Exchange Club of Savannah, the B.C. Old Timers Club, Commercial Cobra Club, and Lavida Country Club. He was a member of the Benedictine Military School Hall of Fame, the Upper Savannah Athletic Hall of Fame, ...
Richard Dick Ienuso JUL 02, 1936 - DEC 01, 2009
Richard P. "Dick" Ienuso, died at Hospice House of Savannah, Tuesday, December 1, 2009 following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on July 2, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Claire Youmans Scofield and Paskell Ienuso. He was raised in Estill, S.C. and moved to Savannah, GA. in 1955. He was living in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida until the past four years when he moved in with his daughter, Kelly Farmer in Statesboro, Georgia. Richard was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Exchange Club and Kiwanis Club. He was past president of the Chatham Artillery a ...
Margaret Gadsden Caution APR 24, 1908 - DEC 01, 2009
Margaret Gadsden "Margie" Caution, 101, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Buckingham South. Margie was born in Savannah on April 4, 1908 to the late Robert Washington Gadsden, Sr. and Laura Maxwell Gadsden. She was a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and retired as an elementary school teacher after more than forty years of teaching in Savannah and other cities. She served in the United States Army in 1943 and was a member of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband The Reverend Gustave Hamilton Caution, Sr., and her second ...
Charles Andrew Pidgeon MAR 19, 1954 - DEC 01, 2009
Charles Andrew Pidgeon, 55, was born on March 19, 1954 in Amityville, NY. He left this world to surf the biggest waves of his life on December 1, 2009. He was diagnosed less than one month ago with pancreatic cancer. Mr. Pidgeon worked at Smith & Kelly following high school. He was also employed by TTT, YS Lines, NYK Lines, JLCC, NYK Lines. Charles also worked with Ceres Marine Terminal on a part time basis and lastly, YangMing Lines. He was respected by many on the waterfront. He loved to surf. His favorite place to surf was Hawaii, but loved all of the beaches along the coast. His bigges ...
Ronald Kolman SEP 18, 1932 - DEC 01, 2009
Ronald Kolman FAIA Ronald Kolman passed away quietly on Tuesday, December 1st. He was born in Savannah on September 18, 1932 and was predeceased by his parents, Barney and Eileen Kolman. Mr. Kolman was an accomplished and highly respected architect and public servant. He graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1957 and returned to Savannah to establish practice here that lives on as Lominack Kolman Smith Architects. Among his many achievements were his public service with MPC, Historic District Board of Review, Historic Savannah, Union Mission, many other civic organizations, as well ...
Homer Foster DEC 30, 1924 - NOV 30, 2009
Homer Foster, 84, died Monday at St. Joseph's Hospital. The Erwin, TN native lived in Savannah since 1976. He was a Pilot in the U.S. Air Force and served in the U.S. Army. He was veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. Surviving are a son and daughter in-law, Randy L. and Alice Foster of Augusta; a daughter, Linda Heath of Garden City; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Graveside services will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. in the Greenwich ...
Harriet Cubbedge Phillips MAR 06, 1924 - NOV 30, 2009
Savannah- Harriet Cubbedge Phillips, 85, died Monday, November 30, 2009 at Tara Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Savannah on March 6, 1924 to John Cubbedge and Ivey Love Cubbedge. Mrs. Phillips was a member of Savannah Association Genealogy Society, Georgia Historical Society and Bonaventure Historical Society. She was a former member of the Savannah Golf Club- Nine Holer's and White Bluff Presbyterian Church. Her husband Robert S. Phillips preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter Lydia P. Cheshire; son, John Robert Phillips, Jr.; sister, Bettie Cubbedge Jenkin ...
Charles F. Hearn, Sr. JUN 23, 1924 - NOV 30, 2009
Charles Francis Hearn, Sr., 85, passed away Monday November 30, 2009 at Hospice Savannah. He was born June 23, 1924 and was a lifelong resident of Savannah. Charlie Attended Sacred Heart and Benedictine prior to WWII, and was a post graduate of Commercial H.S. Charlie was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Betty June Howell Hearn. His parents John Tynan Hearn, Sr. and Leonora Days Hearn, brother John Tynan Hearn, Jr. and sisters Fernanda Hearn Perry & Katherine Hearn Corcoran. Charlie is survived by his five children, sons Charles F Hearn Jr., Richard Anthony Hearn, daughters Patr ...
Marion Kent Scarborough, Sr, JUN 25, 1931 - NOV 29, 2009
Savannah- Marion Kent Scarborough, Sr., 78, died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Memorial University Medical Center. He was born in Reidsville, Georgia, June 25, 1931. Mr. Scarborough proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. After retirement, he founded G.F.S. Auto Body Supply. During his years as a member of Bible Baptist Church, he was a Sunday school teacher, a Deacon and "the unofficial cook". He loved to travel and will be remembered for his kindness and consideration to all he knew and met. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe Scarborough and Annie Collins Scarborough; brothers, Russel ...
Martha Louise Gaudry OCT 21, 1935 - NOV 28, 2009
Martha Louise Gaudry, 74, died Saturday, November 28, 2009 under the care of Hospice Savannah. Mrs. Gaudry was born in Truetlen County, GA on October 21, 1935. She was a graduate of Swainsboro High School. Martha was a longtime employee of the Savannah Golf Club where she worked in the Pro Shop and retired after 52 years of dedicated service. She was a communicant of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. Mrs. Gaudry is survived by her loving husband of 52 years, Julius "Sharkey" Gaudry of Savannah; daughter, Joy Bishop and husband Mark of Savannah; grandsons, Michael Herring, Jr. and wife Rache ...
Freeman Napier Jelks, Jr. OCT 12, 1929 - NOV 28, 2009
Freeman Napier Jelks, Jr., age 80, died on November 28, 2009 with his children at his side. Mr. Jelks was a lifelong resident of Savannah. He was a member of Christ Church Episcopal. He was a Life Member of The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia; an honorary member of the St. Andrews Society of Georgia; and an honorary member of The Oglethorpe Club of Savannah. Mr. Jelks was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Freeman N. Jelks of Savannah. He was the great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Andrew Coleman, who served under Washington at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 as Cap ...
Charles Franklin Anderson, Jr. FEB 13, 1947 - NOV 28, 2009
Charles Franklin Anderson Jr. SAVANNAH – Charles Franklin Anderson Jr. passed to that peaceful place where there is no pain or suffering, at age 62, on November 28, 2009. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife Patricia Marie Wells Anderson, and his pride and joy, son Charles Franklin Anderson III. Chuck was preceded in death by his father Charles F. Anderson Sr. and mother Clifford Blair Anderson. He leaves behind to mourn his absence three sisters, Vicki Murff and husband Donald Murff, Dusty Roper and husband George Roper, Tammi Bock and husband Frank Bock, countless aunts, uncles, nie ...
William Walker Wright, Sr. MAR 19, 1926 - NOV 27, 2009
Commander William Walker Wright, Sr. Commander William Walker Wright, Sr., 83, died Friday, November 27, 2009 in Savannah. He was a resident of Charleston, South Carolina and recently moved to Savannah. He was born in Murphysboro, Illinois on March 19, 1926. During WWII he fought in Europe with the United States Army. Upon his return home he entered the United States Naval Academy where he graduated Class of 1949 with a BS degree. He also earned a degree in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Postgraduate School and a Master in Business Administration from Southern Illinois Un ...
Ann Mooney Powers SEP 28, 1926 - NOV 26, 2009
-Tybee Island, GA-Ann Mooney Powers, 83, died peacefully at home November 26, 2009 surrounded by her loving children. Ann was preceded in death by her husband, James Hayes Powers; her parents, James J. and Julia D. Mooney; her brother, James J. Mooney, Jr., and her sister, Mary Mooney DeCastra. Mrs. Powers was a graduate of Cathedral Day School and St. Vincent's Academy. She was a devout member of St. Michael's Catholic Church on Tybee Island for fifty-five years. Ann married Jimmy Powers in 1949 and she loved nothing more than her family and her church. The Powers reared a large family on Tyb ...
Carl B. Cheek APR 12, 1931 - NOV 25, 2009
Carl Benferd Cheek, 78, of Savannah, passed away Wednesday afternoon, November 25, 2009 at Hospice House of Savannah after a short illness. Carl served in the United States Air Force from 1947 until 1967 and retired as a Master Sergeant. Carl will forever be remembered by his wife of 54 years, Faye Johnson Cheek; two sons, Carl Benferd "Benny" Cheek, Jr., and Larry Edward Cheek and his wife, Donnell; two brothers, Alfred Cheek and his wife Lanell, of Mt. Vernon, and Terry Cheek and his wife, Carol, of Macon; a sister-in-law, Jackie Lane and her husband, Jim, and brother-in-law, Wayne Johnson ...
Bourke Steele Floyd - NOV 24, 2009
Bourke Steele Floyd ATLANTA - Bourke Steele Floyd of Atlanta, 86, died November 24, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jackie House Floyd, and two daughters, Lisa Floyd Womack and Celia Floyd Nutt. A native of Savannah, Bourke served in the US Army 1943-1945 with the 452 Bomb Group in Europe. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1950 and remained an avid Bulldog fan throughout his life. His college exploits as an exuberant Chi Phi are legendary and many of his early friendships have endured. An artist, writer, humorist, fisherman, and Bulldog, Bourke moved with wife Jackie t ...
Paul Mann Shreve - NOV 24, 2009
Bozeman, MT- Paul Mann Shreve, 56, died November 24, 2009 in Bozeman, MT. where he had lived for the past 35 years following his graduation from Montana State University. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Ann Shellenberg Shreve; his father, Robert Shreve; sister, Virginia Shreve and her husband Carey Gregory; brothers and their wives, John Vicki, Daniel Tami, and Michael Judy. Paul loved the outdoors, and particularly enjoyed being with friends, floating down the three rivers which flow into the Missouri, fishing and taking nourishment. He also preferred working outdoors, usually in home con ...
Marjorie Nash Sherrod MAY 28, 1922 - NOV 24, 2009
Savannah- Marjorie "Pie" Nash Sherrod, 87, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born May 28, 1922 in Hanover County, Virginia. She was one of ten children born to Bernard James Nash and Irma Tyler Nash. After graduating from high school in Richmond, Virginia, she worked for the telephone company during WWII. In 1947, she married Jack Patterson Sherrod and moved to Savannah. Pie, as she was affectionately known, was a homemaker, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church. In additio ...
Anthyony G. Ciullo APR 26, 1937 - NOV 24, 2009
Anthony G. Ciullo SAVANNAH – Anthony G. "Tony" Ciullo, 72, died suddenly at his home on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Tony was a veteran of the United States Navy. He retired from Kraft General Foods after thirty-five years of service. Following his retirement he worked with the Atlanta Athletic Club before moving to Savannah in 1996. Tony was an avid golfer and was a former member of the Bacon Park Senior Blitz. Surviving are his wife, Kathy Ciullo of Savannah; his three children, Karen Ciullo of Los Angeles, CA, Nancy Ciullo and Michael Ciullo, both of Maui, HI; a ste ...
Julia Marguerite Roberts DEC 11, 1917 - NOV 24, 2009
Savannah- Julia M. Roberts, age 92, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Azalealand Nursing Home where she resided for 9 ½ years. We would like to thank the staff for the wonderful care they gave her. Julia was a member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church since a young age. She retired as Home Economist at Savannah Electric and Power Company in 1983. She is survived by her nephew, Z. King Roberts of Orange Park, Florida. Graveside Service: 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 27, 2009 at Bonaventure Cemetery. ...
Mary Ringwald Yancey NOV 02, 1940 - NOV 23, 2009
Mary Ringwald Yancey November 2, 1940 – November 23, 2009 Mary Ringwald Yancey, born on November 2, 1940 in Savannah, Georgia, died on November 23, 2009 at her daughter's home in Gainesville, Florida after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her devoted and loving husband of 47 years, Don Yancey, daughter, Tonya Sieber, son-in-law, Kurt Sieber, and five grandchildren, Kayli, Kevin, Shelby, Courtney, and Brittany Sieber of Gainesville, Florida; daughter, Beth Borchart, son-in-law Chuck Borchart, and two grandchildren, Matt and Lauren Borchart of Savage Minnesota; son, Lee Yan ...
Joseph Daniel O'Leary APR 26, 1924 - NOV 23, 2009
Joseph Daniel O'Leary Born 1924 in Savannah, GA, the son of the late Joseph A. and Katherine Ciucevich O'Leary. Attended Marist and Benedictine Military School, Class of 1942. Served in US Navy 1943 - 46 and 1951 - 53. Graduated from University of Georgia School of Forestry in 1949 with Bachelors in Forestry. Worked for State of Arkansas Forestry Commission before joining International Paper Co. from which he retired in 1985. Mr. O'Leary was an Eagle Scout with a lifelong love of the outdoors. He served as a Boy Scout leader, president of the Lions Club, and rose to Senior Forester with Inte ...