Obituaries
Harold Edward Wimer JUL 17, 1938 - NOV 09, 2008
Harold E. Wimer SAVANNAH - Harold E. Wimer, age 70, died Sunday, Nov. 9, at his home in Savannah. He had been battling lung cancer over the past several months. Born July 17, 1938, he was the son of Mary Dills Wimer, who currently resides in Savannah and the late Joseph W. Wimer. He was a native of West Virginia but his business career took him to New Jersey, Missouri, Delaware, Illinois, and Nebraska. He was retired from his multiple business ventures, including Nebraska Harvestore, Inc. He was an avid golfer and most recently a member of the Savannah Golf Club. He is survived by his wife of ...
Arnold Phillips APR 01, 1944 - NOV 09, 2008
ARNIE "DA-PAINTER" PHILLIPS Arnie "Da-Painter" Phillips born 1944, died 2008. Leaving behind some family, some friends and the best paint customers. FOX AND WEEKS FUNERAL DIRECTORS HODGSON CHAPEL Please sign our guestbook online at www.foxandweeks.com ...
Myrtice C. Clifton APR 11, 1918 - NOV 09, 2008
Myrtice C. Clifton, 90, died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at her home in Savannah. Mrs. Clifton was born in Effingham County on April 11, 1918, the daughter of the late Meldrim Clark and Hattie G. Exley. She grew up in Rincon and came to Savannah at an early age where she began working in retail. Myrtice retired from Sears Roebuck and Co. where she worked for over thirty years. After her retirement she worked for Punch and Judy in Savannah where she worked for almost twenty years. She was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mrs. Clifton was preceded in death by her husban ...
Marvin Cecil Ferguson JUL 09, 1947 - NOV 08, 2008
Marvin Ferguson, age 61, of Savannah, Georgia passed away on November 8, 2008 after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Marvin was born in Roanoke, Virginia and graduated from Augusta Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia and Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. After graduation, he worked for several years for RCA Corporation in Sales for Computer Systems. In 1972, he joined Owens Corning Fiberglass in Charlotte, NC as a Sales Representative in the Building Materials Group. His twenty two year career with Owens Corning spanned a variety of assign ...
Mr. Isadore Diamond APR 30, 1915 - NOV 07, 2008
Wilmington Island - Isadore Diamond, 93, longtime resident of Tybee Island died November 7, 2008 at his residence on Wilmington Island. He was born in Toronto, Canada, son of the late Samuel and Goldie Brooks Diamond. Mr. Diamond moved to Tybee Island in the 1950's. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corp and the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. For many years, he was the operator of XYZ Beverage on Tybee Island. He was preceded in death by his son, Donald Diamond, brothers, Hy Diamond, Morris Diamond and sister, Lottie Diamond. Surviving are his wife of 56 ye ...
Elizabeth Kersh Starkey DEC 10, 1917 - NOV 05, 2008
Elizabeth Kersh Starkey SAVANNAH - Elizabeth Starkey, 90, passed quietly during the night of November 5, 2008. She was the daughter of Robert and Gertrude Hiers Kersh of Savannah. She was a lifelong member of First Christian Church. She served as a Deaconess and a Trustee, and was a featured soloist in the church choir. She performed leading roles in many citywide musical performances. She was also active in numerous civic and community organizations throughout her lifetime. Her forty year accounting career with Savannah Electric and Power brought her many friends but most have preceded her. D ...
Danny Lee Yarbrough, Jr. JUL 05, 1944 - NOV 04, 2008
Danny Lee Yarbrough, Jr., 64, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Memorial University Medical Center. He was a native of Atlanta, and lived in Savannah for the past four years. He was retired from Sony Music after 38 years of service. Danny served in the U.S. Army during which time he received a Bronze Star and a Silver Star. He was an active volunteer with Meals on Wheels, the T.J. Martell Foundation and S.C.O.R.E. Danny was a very generous and charismatic person who loved his church, Isle of Hope United Methodist Church where he participated in many mission trips. He was preceded in death by ...
William Bill Davis APR 26, 1945 - NOV 04, 2008
WILLIAM "BILL" DAVIS William "Bill" Davis 63, died Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. Davis was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah. He was retired form the Savannah Police Department after 39 and half years. He was the Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Vietnam Veterans Association, American Legion Post #135, the Disabled American Veterans and the Police Officers Association of Georgia. Surviving are; his wife, Elaine Davis of Pooler, his daughters, Terri Keldie and husband Ernest of Savannah, Pamela Helmly and husband Step ...
Wendell Leon Taylor FEB 28, 1937 - NOV 03, 2008
WENDELL LEON TAYLOR Wendell Leon Taylor 71, died Monday, November 3, 2008 Hospice Savannah. Mr. Taylor was born in Adel, Georgia. He was a resident of Savannah until 1962, then moving to St. Mary's, Georgia. He worked with American Can Company from 1956 until 1982, retiring as Plant Manager. Mr. Taylor returned to Savannah in 1985. He was a graduate from Commercial High School and a member of the Commercial High School Athletic Association. He was of the Methodist faith. Surviving are his two sons, Craig W. Taylor and wife, Chanteil of St. Mary's, Georgia and Kelly L. Taylor and wife, Delonna ...
Raymond Brady Meyer APR 09, 1920 - NOV 03, 2008
Tybee Island, Georgia - Raymond Brady Meyer, 88, died November 3, 2008 at Oceanside Nursing Home. Mr. Meyer was a native of Kansas and a graduate of Inman High School and McPherson College. During World War II, he served from 1942 to 1946 in the Navy and Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of Captain. After the war, he was associated with the Veterans Administration at Wichita, Muskogee and in 1950 the VA Central Office in Washington, D.C. In 1955, Mr. Meyer transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1961, he returned to the Veterans Administration where he served in various manag ...
James V. Hall, Jr. JUL 22, 1933 - NOV 01, 2008
-Savannah- Mr. James V. Hall, Jr., 75, died peacefully at his home on November 1st, All Saints Day, surrounded by members of his loving family. He was born July 22, 1933, in Portsmouth, Virginia, the only child of his mother, Alice Bennett Hall, who died when James was an infant. He was raised by his loving grandmother, Sallie Pat Bennett, now deceased, and his Aunt Mary Walker, currently residing in Atlanta. His stepmother, Ellen C. Russell, now deceased, was also there for him in his childhood. Mr. Hall was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Saddler Hall, who died in 1986. He is surv ...
Dewey F. DeLettre, Jr. DEC 13, 1926 - NOV 01, 2008
Dewey Franklin DeLettre, Jr. SAVANNAH - Dewey Franklin DeLettre, Jr., age 81, peacefully left us on Saturday, November 1, 2008, to live with his Lord and Savior in Heaven. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a graduate of Armstrong Junior College and the University of Georgia. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II and retired in 1992 after thirty-five years of service to American Cyanamid and Kemira. Mr. DeLettre was a member of Landrum Lodge # 48, F&AM and a member of Calvary Baptist Temple. He was very proud of his faith, family, and country. He was ...
Jason Alan Roach OCT 13, 1972 - OCT 31, 2008
Brooklyn, New York Jason Alan Roach, 36, died October 31, 2008 in New York. He was born in Newport Beach, California, son of Alan and Dianne Roach. He moved to Savannah at a young age and attended St. Michael's Catholic School on Tybee Island and attended schools in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. Most recently, he worked as a chef in New York and loved to cook and prepare and eat gourmet specialty dishes. Jason was an artist/painter and poet. He currently was writing a book entitled "Painted Horse". He was a publish poet and recently had paintings shown in galleries in New Y ...
Vondora Hill DeLoach MAY 16, 1940 - OCT 31, 2008
Savannah- Mrs. Vondora Hill DeLoach, 68, died Friday October 31, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family. Vonda was born in Dixie County, Florida on June 16, 1940 but lived most of her life in Savannah. She was a beautician at John Wesley Retirement Villa and a member of Savannah Christian Church. Vonda will be remembered by her family and many friends for her outgoing and vibrant personality. Her father, Edward Ralph Hill preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Barron E. DeLoach of Savannah; mother, Estelle Hill of Perry, FL; sisters, Marjorie H. Bullard of Orange, FL, Marie H ...
Christa S. Clifton AUG 15, 1938 - OCT 30, 2008
MARY CHRISTA SHIRK CLIFTON Mary Christa Shirk Clifton 70, died Thursday, October 30, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of Alice McMahn Shirk and Carl Robert Shirk. Mrs. Clifton was a native and resident of Savannah. She was a graduate from St. Vincent's Academy and received a BS degree in Medical Technology from Mt. St. Agnes College in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a Medical Technologist for over 40 years. Mrs. Clifton was a communicant and a communion minister at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. Mrs. Clifton was a loving wife to Marlin for 47 years and a loving mother to her son ...
Virginia Mae Wicker OCT 04, 1914 - OCT 29, 2008
Virginia Teston Wicker died Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at Candler Hospital. Mrs. Wicker was born October 4, 1914 in Pembroke, Georgia and lived in Savannah most of her life. She was a life member of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Wicker was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Huntingdon Club, the Garden Club of Savannah and was a homemaker. She was an avid bridge player and a wonderful cook. Mrs. Wicker was preceded in death by her husbands, Furman Mack Teston, Sr, and Robert Wicker, and her parents, Miles and Constance Harvey. Surviving are, her sons, Furman Mack Testo ...
Anna Bass Thomas JAN 04, 1911 - OCT 29, 2008
Anna Bass Thomas, widow of Wallace H. Thomas, died October 29, 2008 at Azalealand Nursing Home in Savannah, GA. Anna was born in Pelzer, SC, graduated from Lander College and taught school in Pickens, Greenville, and Easley, SC. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Sybil Vann and Gleaners Sunday School Classes, Greenville, SC for most of her adult life and a member of First Baptist Church, Easley from 1965-88. She was active in civic organizations including The Woman's Club, where she served as president 1985-1987, was a founding member of the Clarice Wilson Garden Club, and throu ...
Timothy George Fuller JUL 09, 1950 - OCT 28, 2008
Tybee Island- Tim was born July 9th, 1950, in Glendale, CA. The second son of Thomas Fuller and Louise Fuller, Tim spent his childhood in Northridge, CA. Possessed of an excellent throwing arm, Tim excelled as a baseball catcher. His quarterbacking career was less distinguished because, as he put it, "I couldn't see over the line and my helmet kept slipping down and covering my eyes." Really, though, Tim was at home in the water; he spent untold hours surfing the California coast between El Capitan and the Sunset Cliffs. Tim attended university in San Diego. By all accounts, his academic perfo ...
Katharine Calhoun Saffold APR 21, 1915 - OCT 28, 2008
Katharine Miller Calhoun Saffold SAVANNAH - Katharine Miller Calhoun Saffold, 93, daughter of the late Patrick Noble Calhoun and Katharine Miller Calhoun died on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. She was born in Macon, Georgia on April 21, 1915 and moved to Columbus, Georgia before coming to Savannah. She was a member of the first graduating class of Pape School later Savannah Country Day. She received a BA degree from the Georgia College for Women in Milledgeville, Georgia in 1937. She was employed by the Chatham County Department of Family and Children Services and later the Georgia State Departmen ...
Wyman Rick Simmons OCT 24, 1944 - OCT 26, 2008
Wyman "Rick" Simmons, 64 years old, died Sunday morning, October 26, 2008, at his home due to smoke inhalation. The Savannah native was born October 24, 1944 to James G. and Nell Simmons. Rick was a veteran of the United States Army and was a member of American Legion, Post 184. He retired from Union Camp in 2004 after forty years of service. During the 1970's and 1980's he was a Boy Scout Leader. He was preceded in death by his parents and one loving and devoted sister, Loretta F. Ray. He is survived by three nieces and a nephew, including his devoted caregiver Melissa B. Ray; several cousins ...
Paul Kenneth Santschi, Jr. OCT 04, 1964 - OCT 25, 2008
Paul Kenneth Santschi, Jr., 44, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 in Savannah. Mr. Santschi was born in Savannah on October 4, 1964, the son and only child of Donna and Paul Santschi. He was a 1982 graduate of Windsor Forest High School and later attended Savannah College of Art and Design. Paul had a passion for art, which he practiced at his home studio creating designs for several projects which he oversaw, including novelty gifts, greeting cards and t-shirts. He was also an avid reader and had a deep admiration of all outdoor natural beauty. Mr. Santschi is survived by his parents, Donna an ...
Karen Hamm Helmly JUN 29, 1954 - OCT 25, 2008
KAREN HAMM HELMLY Karen Hamm Helmly 54, died Saturday, October 25, 2008 at her residence in Bluffton, South Carolina. Karen was a native of Savannah and a longtime resident of Bluffton. She was a member of the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, the Zonta International, ASCPA and the Rotary Club. Karen was a beloved mother, aunt, daughter and a friend to everyone she met. Always the life of the party, Karen always knew what to do. She was loved very much and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Surviving are, her husband, Thomas Callaway Helmly III, her son, Thomas Callaway Helml ...
DeLamar Turner, Jr. MAR 02, 1927 - OCT 25, 2008
DeLamar Turner, Jr., 81, died October 25, 2008 at Candler Hospital. He was born in Savannah, son of the late DeLamar Turner Sr. and Elizabeth Norton Turner. He was a 1945 graduate of Savannah High School and a Silver Palm Eagle Scout. Mr. Turner served in the United States Army during World War II and graduated in 1950 from the University of Georgia where he was a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity. He worked thirty three years with Burroughs Corporation; after his retirement, he and his wife owned and operated the Dallas Bluff Marina on the Julienton River in McIntosh County. ...
Betty Scott Allen APR 10, 1929 - OCT 24, 2008
BETTY SCOTT ALLEN Betty Scott Allen 79, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at Spanish Oaks Retreat and Hospice. Mrs. Allen was a native of Decatur, Georgia and a longtime resident of Savannah. She was a member and Elder of First Presbyterian Church for the past 38 years and a member of the PTO. Surviving are, her husband, T. Wade Allen of Savannah, her nephews, Reid Scott of Chattanooga, TN., Bill Scott of Otto N.C., Al Scott of Portland, OR., Reverend Tom Atkins of Lavonia, GA. and her nieces, Scottie Spry of Crystal River, FL., Patsy Prickett of Nashville, TN., and numerous great nieces and neph ...
Francis Carlyle Kennedy, Sr. FEB 11, 1933 - OCT 24, 2008
Francis Carlyle Kennedy, Sr., 75, died October 24, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Savannah, son of the late Boyd G. and Anne Cosgrove Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy was a 1951 graduate of Benedictine Military School and a 1960 graduate of Belmont Abbey receiving a degree in liberal arts. He taught English for many years in the public school system and at Benedictine where he coached football and baseball. After his retirement from the school system, he worked as a clerk with the Clerk and Checkers Local 1475 retiring after 25 years. He was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, p ...
David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr. MAY 02, 1913 - OCT 21, 2008
David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr. SAVANNAH – David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr., 95, died peacefully Tuesday evening, October 21, 2008. He was born May 2, 1913, in Savannah, Georgia, and was the son of Emma Middleton Huger Barrow and David Crenshaw Barrow. Mr. Barrow attended Pape School and graduated from Benedictine Military School and also from Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Georgia where he earned his law degree. While at Georgia, he was a member of the ROTC Cavalry. In 1940, he joined the Army First Armored Division at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as a Lieu ...
Dr. Joseph A. Heffernan, Jr. OCT 02, 1928 - OCT 21, 2008
Joseph Anthony Heffernan, Jr. 80, died Tuesday, October 21st, 2008. He was a most wise and caring physician and a man of great passion for beauty, which he found everywhere. He worked as the City Physician for 30 years in addition to his private Family Practice of 37 years, where he healed and cared for thousands of people, often at no charge. Growing up in the Cathedral Parish, Tony went on to graduate from Benedictine Military School in 1946 where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant in ROTC. He then entered the Navy, serving up in Great Lakes, Illinois as a Corpsman from 1946 until 1948. He ...
Charles L. Ruff, Jr. DEC 07, 1921 - OCT 21, 2008
Savannah- Mr. Claude L. Ruff, Jr., 86, died Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Tara at Thunderbolt Nursing Center. He was born and raised in Newberry South Carolina and a graduate of Newberry College. Mr. Ruff moved to Savannah when he was 25 and worked for over 39 years with Savannah Electric Power Company where he retired as superintendent of Plant Kraft in Port Wentworth. Mr. Ruff was very active in his church, Grace United Methodist Church, where he served in many positions. He was an avid bowler and golfer and will be remembered for being stern but loving and giving. Survivors include his wife ...