Obituaries
Winton Durrell Weitman DEC 24, 1927 - APR 25, 2009
WINTON DURRELL WEITMAN Winton Durrell Weitman 81, died Saturday, April 25, 2009 at his residence under the care of Odyssey Healthcare. Mr. Weitman was a native of Tattnall, County and a longtime resident of Savannah. He was a member of Windsor Forest Baptist Church, BPOL Elks #183, the Savannah Shag Club, the Tattnall Travelers, the American Legion Post #36, and the Georgia Salzburger Society. Mr. Weitman was a retired Conductor from the Seaboard Coastline Railroad and he was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the Korean War. Mr. Weitman was preceded death by his wife Ronie Willia ...
Cmdr. John Nuckel, Jr. AUG 10, 1920 - APR 24, 2009
Cmdr. John Nuckel, Jr. U.S.N. Ret. Savannah- John Nuckel, Jr., 88, died April 24, 2009 at home surrounded by family and friends. Commander Nuckel was born in Phoenixville, PA on August 10, 1920, the son of the late Colonel John Nuckel and Edith J. Widdicombe Nuckel. John graduated from Penn State University in 1942 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. While at Penn State, he played on the Nittany Lions football team serving as their quarterback. In 1972, he received his M.S. degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. John served his country in the United States Navy and was a ...
Robert Wayne Pierce MAY 03, 1950 - APR 23, 2009
Wayne Pierce, 58, went to be with His Lord as a result of a tragic accident on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at his home in Olive Hill, TN. He lived most of his life in Savannah, GA, having lived and managed his own lawn care service in Olive Hill for the past 11 years. He was attending Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Savannah, TN. He was preceded in death by his father, Arnie L. Pierce, on January 26, 1977, and his younger sister, Vicki Johnson surviving spouse, Mark, on February 12, 2007. He is survived by his mother, Edith McDonald Pierce, who lived in Savannah for over 60 years, having ...
Debra Jackson Ellis OCT 05, 1957 - APR 23, 2009
Pooler - Debra Jackson Ellis, 51, died April 23, 2009 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and lived in Savannah and the Pooler area for thirty two years. Debra worked in the shipping industry for many years, most recently with United Arab Shipping Company. She was a member of Richmond Hill United Methodist Church. Her parents, Elmer and Katherine Jackson and brother, Lonnie Jackson, preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband of thirty two years, George F. Ellis of Pooler; daughters, Rachael K. Ellis and Whitney R. Ellis both of Pooler; son, Kyle J. E ...
Debra Jackson Ellis OCT 05, 1957 - APR 23, 2009
Pooler - Debra Jackson Ellis, 51, died April 23, 2009 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and lived in Savannah and the Pooler area for thirty two years. Debra worked in the shipping industry for many years, most recently with United Arab Shipping Company. She was a member of Richmond Hill United Methodist Church. Her parents, Elmer and Katherine Jackson and brother, Lonnie Jackson, preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband of thirty two years, George F. Ellis of Pooler; daughters, Rachael K. Ellis and Whitney R. Ellis both of Pooler; son, Kyle J. E ...
Tam Thi Dinh APR 23, 1949 - APR 23, 2009
Tam Thi Dinh, 59, died April 23, 2009 as a result from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born in Saigon, Vietnam and moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1993 for a brief time and then to Savannah. Mrs. Dinh worked for Friedman Jewelers for six years and also at Wizard Laundry. She was a Catholic. Her mother, Mieng Thi Phan preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband, Nghiep Nguyen of Savannah; sons, Thuc Nguyen of Savannah; Thien Nguyen of Atlanta; father, Rinh Van Dinh, brothers, Vinh, Duc and Tuan Dinh; sister, Mai Dinh all of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; sister, ...
Debra Jackson Ellis OCT 05, 1957 - APR 23, 2009
Pooler - Debra Jackson Ellis, 51, died April 23, 2009 at Memorial University Medical Center. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and lived in Savannah and the Pooler area for thirty two years. Debra worked in the shipping industry for many years, most recently with United Arab Shipping Company. She was a member of Richmond Hill United Methodist Church. Her parents, Elmer and Katherine Jackson and brother, Lonnie Jackson, preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband of thirty two years, George F. Ellis of Pooler; daughters, Rachael K. Ellis and Whitney R. Ellis both of Pooler; son, Kyle J. E ...
Raymond L. Kuss JUL 21, 1940 - APR 23, 2009
Raymond L. Kuss SAVANNAH – Raymond L. Kuss, 68, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital, after a long illness. The Springfield, Ohio native was a longtime resident of Savannah. He was retired from the United States Army. Surviving are his wife, Kathy Kuss of Savannah; a son, Brian Kuss of Bluffton, SC; two daughters, Terry Sailor of Orlando, FL and Sherry Kuss of Savannah; and two grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 27, 2009, at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens with f ...
Meredith Alaine Herrin APR 03, 2000 - APR 22, 2009
Meredith Alaine Herrin It is with great sadness that Meredith Alaine Herrin has left this earth on April 22, 2009 shortly after her ninth birthday. She has started a new journey without illness. Meredith loves life and is now in a place where she will always be comforted and forever in our hearts. She is sadly missed by her mom, Lindi Herrin, brothers, Dustyn and Brannen, father, Brett Herrin, maternal grandparents, Doug and Trudy Gurtzweiler, great grandparents, Nancy Nisely and Lowell Nisely who will comfort her in heaven, aunt Whitney Gurtzweiler, aunt Mandi and uncle Mike Huff, cousins Mad ...
Edith Nell Lee OCT 13, 1954 - APR 22, 2009
Savannah - Edith Nell Lee, 54, died April 22, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Savannah, daughter of Melvin and Helen Powell Lee. Edith taught history in the Savannah-Chatham School District for twenty years. Surviving are her mother, Helen P. Robinson of Savannah, GA; father, Melvin J. Lee of Midway, GA; brothers, Melvin J. Lee, Jr. of Rincon, GA; Frank B. Bland, III of Mulino, OR; sisters, Vickie June Lee of Rincon, GA; Gina Lee of Mtn. City, TN; Lisa Lee of Savannah; Virginia B. Eichenlaub of Covington, GA; and nieces and nephews. Visitation: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 2 ...
Ida Elizabeth Fletcher McCray APR 19, 1921 - APR 21, 2009
Savannah, Georgia Ida Elizabeth Fletcher McCray passed away Tuesday morning April 21, 2009, two days after her 88th birthday. Born in Kittery Point, Maine on April 19, 1921 to the late Arthur Orville Fletcher and Nellie Julia Sawyer Fletcher. She was one of ten children. Growing up in the small coastal village of Kittery Point, Ida Elizabeth was an active member of the First Baptist Church there, and graduated from Traip Academy. Ida loved Maine and her family home on Foyes Lane Hill. She was a skilled and beautiful ice skater, and had many fond memories and stories of skating on Derring's P ...
Nicole Arlene Jordan NOV 03, 1987 - APR 20, 2009
Nicole Arlene "Niki" Jordan, 21, died April 20, 2009 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Effingham County and lived most of her life in Savannah. Niki was a 2006 graduate of Johnson High School. Surviving are her mother, Natalie Stanford of Savannah; father, Tony Jordan of Lake Butler, FL; step-father, Jonathan Stanford of Savannah; step-mother, Wendy Jordan of Lake Butler, FL; sisters, Amanda and Hailey Jordan both of Savannah; step-sisters, Ashley Stanford of Savannah; Whitney and Brittney Jenkins both of Lake Butler, FL; step-brother, Kevin Johns ...
John K. Free MAR 13, 1917 - APR 19, 2009
John K. Free, of Savannah, GA, died Sunday, April 19 in an assisted living home in Carson, CA. John was born March 13, 1917 in Baltimore, MD and moved to Glen Cove, NY in 1963. He was 92. John was the Business Manager and Traveling Secretary for the New York Jets Football Team from 1963 to 1980. He joined them when they were originally the New York Titans. He was the first employee hired by Coach Weeb Ewbank for the newly-formed New York Jets and quickly became Weeb's right-hand man. During the playing season, John managed the overall operations of Shea Stadium. He was also responsible for the ...
Sam Crumpton DEC 20, 1926 - APR 19, 2009
Sam Crumpton SAVANNAH – Sam Crumpton, age 82, died Sunday, April 19, 2009. The Woodland, GA native was a longtime resident of Savannah and a member of Faith Primitive Baptist Church where he was a Deacon Emeritus. He had lived in Chester, GA for the past three years. He was the former co-owner of C&S Upholstery Supply and was retired from the S & A Railroad as a switch foreman. Mr. Crumpton was a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jackie Deloach Crumpton. Surviving are his wife, Joyce Crumpton; four daughters, one step-da ...
Jack L. McCall MAY 19, 1919 - APR 18, 2009
Jack L. McCall, 89, died Saturday, April 18, 2009 in Savannah. Mr. McCall was born in Tattnall County on May 19, 1919, the son of the late Charles Francis and Carrie Terrell McCall. Jack was a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Army Air Corps from 1941-1945. After his tenure in the military he moved to Savannah where he began his career with Union Camp in the Electrical Department. He retired from Union Camp after over forty years of dedicated service. Jack was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a longtime member of Robert McIntire United Method ...
Elizabeth S. Banks NOV 18, 1923 - APR 18, 2009
Elizabeth S. Banks, 85, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, died peacefully at the home of her daughter and son-in-law on Saturday, April 18 after a long illness. Mrs. Banks was preceded in death by her husband, Revis E. Banks, and her parents, Katharine Blanchard and Henry Hull Simmons. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Katharine B. and Jeffrey K. Pasch, of Mechanicsville; her son, R. Clifford Banks, of Atlanta, her granddaughter and her husband, Ashley E. and Brian K. Thibodeau, also of Mechanicsville, and her grandson, Benjamin B. Hodges, III, of Northern Virginia, and her granddaug ...
Halie Saylor Abner MAY 23, 1911 - APR 18, 2009
Halie S. Abner SAVANNAH - Halie Saylor Abner, age 97, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at her home. The Laurel County, Kentucky native was married to Clarence Abner in 1927. A longtime resident of Savannah, she was a homemaker and a Baptist. Mrs. Abner was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Abner, and two daughters, Jeanetta Tye and Elva Smith. Surviving are three sons, Marion L. Joyce Abner of Beechmont, KY, George H. Doris Abner of Clinton, TN, and Virgil E. Peggy Abner of Palm Bay, FL; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive ...
Maxine Butler Stauffer OCT 18, 1948 - APR 17, 2009
Bloomingdale - Anne Maxine Butler Stauffer, passed away Friday April 17, 2009 at St. Joseph's Hospital after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, R. Max Butler, Jr. and Evelyn Mims Butler; paternal grandparents, Dr. R. Max Butler, Sr.; and Camillus Kiley Butler; and maternal grandparents, John Wesley Waters and Corrie Belle Stanley Waters; and beloved brothers, Charles Wesley Waters and Captain Robert Max Butler, III. She graduated from Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School and was a member of the graduating class of 1966 of St. Vincent's Academy where she excelled in acad ...
Susan Heaton Smith NOV 29, 1916 - APR 16, 2009
Susan Heaton Smith SAVANNAH – Susan Heaton Smith, 92, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009. She was a long time resident of Isle of Hope. She was born in St. George, SC and lived most of her life in Savannah. Susan was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is preceded in death by her husband, Emery C. Smith, Sr., daughter Carolyn S. Flamer and son Jeffrey J. Smith, brother George T. Heaton, and sister Ida H. Tedder. Survivors are four children, Emery C. Smith, Jr., Lee H. Smith, Tim T. Smith and Amy E. Smith, all of Savannah, and a brother, Ben Heaton of Metter and t ...
Stacy LaRue Pickard DEC 10, 1974 - APR 16, 2009
Savannah- Stacy LaRue Broeils Pickard, 34, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. She was born in Charlotte, NC and lived in Savannah for the past eight years. She was a 1993 graduate of Sun Valley High School in Monroe, NC and later graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in Sociology and Psychology. Stacy worked as a benefits administrator for both Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah and DBS Direct Broadcast Systems in Charlotte. She was a member of Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church where she taught vacation bible school and sang in the ch ...
Jewelle Smith Graham FEB 26, 1915 - APR 16, 2009
Savannah - Jewelle Smith Graham went to be with her Lord on Thursday, April 16, 2009 under the care of her devoted family and Hospice Savannah. She was born on February 26, 1915 and raised in Savannah. She was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Jasper Jack Alton Graham, her loving parents, Mary Jane and Augustus Gus Smith and her sister, Audrey S. Tedder. She was a loving sister to Mary Othelle S. Yates and loving mother to two devoted daughters, Marlene G. Peavy of Milledgeville, GA and Jacquelyn G. Davis of Savannah, GA. As Proverbs says "…your children's children are a crown to the a ...
Annie Laurie Denmark MAY 25, 1952 - APR 16, 2009
Tampa, FL- Annie Laurie Denmark, 56, a long time resident of Tampa, Florida, died Thursday, April 16, 2009. She was born in Savannah and was the daughter of the late Roland R. Denmark, Sr. and Sylvia Talley Denmark. She attended St. Vincent High School. Survivors include her son, Harmon Frank Smith, Jr. and his wife Natalie, of New Jersey; sister, Talley Denmark Smith and her husband, Bill, of Richmond Hill; brother, Roland R. Denmark, Jr. of Tybee Island; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Memorial Service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at the Islands Chapel o ...
Doris May Ruddy APR 20, 1930 - APR 16, 2009
Savannah- Mrs. Doris Ruddy, 78, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. Mrs. Ruddy has lived in Savannah for the past 18 years and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Thomas Ruddy of Savannah; grandson, Shane Wunderley of Savannah; brother, Richard Walter of Pennsylvania and son-in-law, Bill Bowers of Savannah. Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 20, 2009 at the Islands Chapel of Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial: Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery. ...
Norman Wait Warwick JUL 21, 1923 - APR 15, 2009
Norman W. Warwick, 85 died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Savannah Square. He was born July 21, 1923 in Lincoln, Nebraska and was a longtime resident of Savannah. He attended the University of Nebraska and was later called to service as a member of the Air Force where he served as corporal for three years. After his service in the U.S. Air Force he returned to the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1949. He was retired from K Mart Corporation as an Executive after 39 years of service where he finished his career in Savannah. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles W. Warwick and Be ...
Norman Wait Warwick JUL 21, 1923 - APR 15, 2009
Norman W. Warwick, 85 died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Savannah Square. He was born July 21, 1923 in Lincoln, Nebraska and was a longtime resident of Savannah. He attended the University of Nebraska and was later called to service as a member of the Air Force where he served as corporal for three years. After his service in the U.S. Air Force he returned to the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1949. He was retired from K Mart Corporation as an Executive after 39 years of service where he finished his career in Savannah. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles W. Warwick and Be ...
Norman Wait Warwick JUL 21, 1923 - APR 15, 2009
Norman W. Warwick, 85 died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Savannah Square. He was born July 21, 1923 in Lincoln, Nebraska and was a longtime resident of Savannah. He attended the University of Nebraska and was later called to service as a member of the Air Force where he served as corporal for three years. After his service in the U.S. Air Force he returned to the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1949. He was retired from K Mart Corporation as an Executive after 39 years of service where he finished his career in Savannah. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles W. Warwick and Be ...