Obituaries
Thomas Eugene Stanley, Jr. MAY 11, 1930 - SEP 29, 2008
Thomas Eugene Stanley, Jr. died on Monday, September 29, 2008, at Hospice House, Savannah, GA following a short battle with cancer. He was born May 11, 1930, in Hampton, SC, to Verna Griffin Stanley and Thomas Eugene Stanley, Sr. His was a typical Southern upbringing surrounded by close-knit extended family, attending public schools and participating in the Boy Scouts. He achieved the distinction of Eagle Scout and served as a counselor at Camp Strachan. After earning a degree in architecture from Clemson College he married Ann Ruffin whom he had courted while she was a student at Greenville F ...
Harlan Hugh Hostetter OCT 06, 1945 - SEP 28, 2008
Harlan Hugh Hostetter SAVANNAH - Harlan Hugh Hostetter died Sunday, September 28, 2008, in the presence of his family at Hospice Savannah after an inspiring battle with Cancer. Harlan was born October 6, 1945 at Mary Telfair Hospital in Savannah. He grew up on Isle of Hope with his friends that remained so for life, many of whom attended his mother's Bible school lessons at their home on Island Drive. He spent most of his childhood Sundays at Independent Presbyterian Church were he also attended grade school. Harlan was a graduate of Jenkins High in 1962 and a graduate of the UGA Business Scho ...
Grace Hilley Lee DEC 30, 1923 - SEP 28, 2008
Savannah - Grace Hilley Lee, 84, died September 28, 2008, at Hospice Savannah, Inc. The native of McCurtin County, Oklahoma, has been a resident of Savannah and the Bluffton, South Carolina area for over 50 years. She was a former EMT volunteer with the Marine Rescue Squadron in Bluffton and a Cub Scout Leader for many years. She was associated with Sea Pines Plantation for many years prior to her retirement. She was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church. She was proud to be associated with her many friends in the "Red Hatters" at Savannah Commons. She was a talented artist who focused on port ...
Henry Newton Dickerson SEP 07, 1916 - SEP 26, 2008
Henry Newton Dickerson, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away Friday evening, September 26, 2008 after a short illness. He was 92 years of age. Mr. Dickerson retired in 1974 after 34 years of service as a Market News Reporter with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was a member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church and the Fellowship Sunday School Class. Mr. Dickerson was a longtime member of the Landrum Lodge where he served as past Master. He was preceded in death by his son, Donald N. Dickerson. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Georgia Marshall Dickerson, of ...
Charles Calvin Clanton, III NOV 25, 1952 - SEP 26, 2008
Savannah- Mr. Charles Clanton, 55, died Friday, September 26, 2008 at his home. He was a graduate of Armstrong State College and worked in the building materials industry for many years. He was of the Catholic faith. Survivors include his children, Charles Calvin Clanton, IV and Casey Elizabeth Clanton; brother, David Wayne Clanton and his wife, Marsha; sister, Lynn C. Palmer and her husband, Larry; nieces and nephews, Jennifer Clanton, Bubba Palmer, Chris Palmer and Elizabeth Clanton. Funeral service will be private and the family suggests that donations may be made in Chuck's name to St. Pet ...
Sarah Ann Harvey DEC 26, 1935 - SEP 26, 2008
Sarah Ann Harvey, 72, died September 25, 2008 at her residence. The lifelong resident of Savannah worked in retail sales for many years and was a Methodist. Surviving are her children, Tony of Savannah; Theresa of Faulkville; Lisa Marie of Florida: brothers, Warren J. Brooks of Savannah; William Brooks, Jr. of Pensacola, FL; sister, Gloria Faye Buice of Atlanta; and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Visitation: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 29, 2008 in the Hodgson Chapel ...
Kimberly Engelen Pattee AUG 31, 1954 - SEP 24, 2008
Kimberly A. Pattee, 54, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. Kim was born in Waconia, Minnesota and lived in Savannah since 1988. Kim will be at rest now with her daughter, Erica Sanderson, parents, Dorothy and Bud Engelen and nephew, Chad Davidson. Surviving are her husband, Roger of Savannah; son, Shawn of Baltimore, MD; sister, Debbie and her husband, Ed of Webster, SD; brother, Jesse of Maplewood, MN; sister, Gail and her husband, Rich of Greenfield, MN; brother, Frank of Menagha, MN; sister, Sue and her husband, Steve of Sunbury, NC; sister, Monique and her ...
Richard H. Tracy JAN 12, 1920 - SEP 24, 2008
The Landings at Skidaway Island, Savannah. Dick Tracy, 88, beloved husband of Diane Sellars Tracy quietly passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, while under the loving care of Hospice and members of his family and friends. Dick was born to Adlai and Harold Tracy on January 12, 1920, in Canonsburg, PA. Dick and his two brothers Ted and Jerry grew up helping in the family grocery business, Tracy's Market, in Waynesburg, PA. This is where he learned his sales skills and compassion in the depth of the Depression. After graduating from Waynesburg High School, Dick attended Bucknell Universit ...
Bernard Baker Dismukes FEB 25, 1930 - SEP 24, 2008
Bernard Baker Dismukes SAVANNAH – Bernard Baker Dismukes died Wednesday morning, September 24, 2008, at Memorial Hospital. A native of Savannah, he was born February 25, 1930. He was predeceased by his parents, John Terry Dismukes, Sr. and Marguerite Baker Dismukes, and his sister and two brothers. Mr. Dismukes was a long time member of Bull Street Baptist Church, where he served in many capacities. He was a 1948 graduate of Savannah High School and a graduate of Armstrong College. He was also active in many community organizations including the Savannah Volunteer Guard past president, Fratern ...
Thelma August Hewett OCT 22, 1919 - SEP 24, 2008
Thelma August Hewett, 88, died September 24, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Savannah, daughter of the late Archie and Irene August. For many years, she was employed by the Board of Education where until her retirement, served as District Supervisor. Mrs. Hewett was a member of Calvary Baptist Temple where she was a member of Dr. Wilder's Busy Bees and taught the young married couples for over fifty years. She devoted her life to the word of God, loving her family and loving others. She was preceded in death by her husband, L.E. Hewett, Sr. Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, ...
William Percy Briley OCT 18, 1938 - SEP 24, 2008
Tybee Island – William P. Briley, Jr., 69, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at his home. He was born in Newport News, Virginia and had lived in Chatham County for more than twenty years. "Bill", as he was known to family and friends, was not only endowed with exceptional intelligence and creativity, but with a love of life and enthusiasm for the opportunities it offered each and every day. He was a man much respected by his peers, but even more importantly, he was much loved by all who came to know him. Bill obtained an electrical engineering degree from the University of Florida, with hono ...
Dorothy Crawford Waters NOV 03, 1911 - SEP 23, 2008
Dorothy Crawford Waters, 96, died September 23, 2008. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, daughter of the late Willie and Sallie Brooks Crawford. She lived in Savannah most of her life and was a member of Christ Church. She was a homemaker and was employed for many years as activities director at Chatham Nursing Home. Mrs. Waters volunteered for the Kicklighter School, and loved to crochet, and was a gifted gardener. Her husband, Edwin Henry Waters and son, Robert E. Waters preceded her in death. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Evelyn Waters French and Norman French of Abilene ...
John Harold Mulherin, Jr. MAR 10, 1929 - SEP 22, 2008
SAVANNAH – J. Harold Mulherin, Jr. died peacefully at home on September 22, 2008. Harold was born in Augusta, Ga. March 10, 1929 and moved to Savannah as a child. He graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, was in the class of 1947 at Benedictine Military School and graduated from the University of Georgia. He was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. He was well known for his love of the sea and fishing. He wishes to be remembered simply as a tarpon fisherman. Harold was preceded in death by his parents, John Harold Mulherin, Sr. and Margaret Mary Haslam Mulherin. He is survived by ...
Ida Folger Garfield DEC 12, 1912 - SEP 22, 2008
Ida Folger Garfield, widow of Arthur B. Garfield died Monday, September 22, 2008 at Hospice Savannah. A native of Thunderbolt, GA she was the seventh daughter of William Clayton and Lily May Doane Folger. She graduated with the class of 1931 from Savannah High School, attended Richards Business College and Savannah Vocational School. She retired in 1975 from the Chatham County-Savannah Board of Education as Assistant to the Director of Savannah Food Services after twenty-nine years of service. She was a forty year member of Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church before it closed, she joined First P ...
Bruce Lloyd Jernigan OCT 14, 1925 - SEP 21, 2008
Bruce L. Jernigan, Jr. SAVANNAH - Bruce L. Jernigan, Jr., age 82, died Sunday, September 21, 2008, at Tara Nursing Home. The Savannah native served in the United States Marine Corps Amphibious Forces in the Pacific during World War II and with the First Marine Division, 5th Battalion, Charlie Co., during the Korean Conflict. He retired on December 31, 1983 as an offshore staff member of the United Nations. Mr. Jernigan was a former employee with the Seaboard Railroad, owner of Jernigan General Services and was a longtime employee of Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, beginning in 1985. He was a co-fo ...
Bruce Lloyd Jernigan, Sr. OCT 14, 1925 - SEP 21, 2008
Bruce L. Jernigan, Jr. SAVANNAH - Bruce L. Jernigan, Jr., age 82, died Sunday, September 21, 2008, at Tara Nursing Home. The Savannah native served in the United States Marine Corps Amphibious Forces in the Pacific during World War II and with the First Marine Division, 5th Battalion, Charlie Co., during the Korean Conflict. He retired on December 31, 1983 as an offshore staff member of the United Nations. Mr. Jernigan was a former employee with the Seaboard Railroad, owner of Jernigan General Services and was a longtime employee of Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, beginning in 1985. He was a co-fo ...
Ruth English Fields FEB 14, 1922 - SEP 21, 2008
Tybee Island- Ruth E. Fields, 86, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Spanish Oaks Retreat under the loving care of the Spanish Oaks staff and Hospice. Born February 14, 1922, she was a lifelong resident of Savannah and Tybee Island. For over 30 years, she was a member of Chapel by the Sea Baptist Church where she served as church treasurer and a Sunday school teacher. Ruth was an avid bowler, loved making crafts and attending Senior Friendship Days. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of over 50 years, Luther Vernon Fields, an infant son, brother, Frank Engl ...
Ruth Anna Green Elmore JAN 11, 1920 - SEP 21, 2008
Ruth Anna Green Elmore, 88, died peacefully from heart failure on September 21, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she was living in an assisted care facility near her daughter, Mrs. Fran Barry. Ruth was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 11, 1920, to parents James Jacob Green and Kathryn Brogan Green, their only child. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Hygiene in 1941 and moved to Washington D.C. where she met and married her loving husband, Francis Bizzell Elmore Jr. of Savannah, Georgia, in 1942. After World War II, they made Sava ...
Mary Lillian Kaapa SEP 20, 2008 - SEP 20, 2008
Mary Liilian Kaapa SAVANNAH – Mary Lillian Simmons Kaapa, age 77, died Friday, September 19, 2008, at Memorial Medical Center after a long battle with Diabetes and heart problems. Born October 12, 1930 in Bulloch County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simmons. She was preceded in death by her husband John N. Kaapa and her oldest son Russell M. Doughty. Ms. Lillian #4 worked for 20 years at Larry's Restaurant 1980-2000 and at the White House Restaurant in the early 1950's and again from 1969-1980. Leaving in her loving memory are a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Mickey ...
Beverly Travis Zipperer FEB 06, 1927 - SEP 18, 2008
Beverly Travis Zipperer, 81, died September 18, 2008 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. She was born in Kansas City, MO, daughter of the late Frank and Ilah Edwards Travis. She married Charles Edward Zipperer, Sr. in Miami, Florida in 1946. They were blessed with four daughters and one son. Beverly completed a study with Geselle Institute. She taught school for 17 years at various christian schools plus two years at Georgia Regional Hospital working with autistic children. Also, she was presented the Red Cross award, the highest award given for saving a life. Beverly loved to teach the Bible and memori ...
Kathleen O'Connor Ansley JUL 10, 1946 - SEP 17, 2008
Kathleen O. Ansley BAKER, FL – Kathleen O'Connor Ansley, of Baker, FL, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Kathleen, born July 10, 1946, in New Jersey, was the daughter of the late Paul and Elizabeth O'Connor. A former resident of Savannah, she was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Georgia Southern University. She taught school at St. James Parochial School, Savannah Country Day School and Richmond Hill High School. A loving wife, devoted mother, daughter-in-law, and sister-in-law, Kathleen is survived by her husband and soul mate, Gregory W. Ansley of Baker, FL; a daughter, L ...
Marvin Kawamoto OCT 30, 1981 - SEP 16, 2008
Marvin L. Kawamoto SAVANNAH – Marvin L. Kawamoto, age 26, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at Candler Hospital after an extended illness. The Ft. Huachuca, AZ native lived for many years in Japan, Korea and Massachusetts before moving to Savannah in 2001. He was a graduate of Armstrong Atlantic State University and was a Sales Director for Verizon Wireless. Surviving are his mother, Donna Kim Boyd and her husband, Wayne Boyd of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The family received friends on Saturday from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel followed by a Funeral ...
Philip Edmon Bailly JUN 03, 1918 - SEP 16, 2008
Savannah-Philip Edmon Bailly, 90, went home to be with the Lord, September 16, 2008 at Savannah Specialty Care Center. He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, graduated from Lafayette College and lived most of his life in New Jersey where he was an automobile dealer. After a few years in Michigan he retired to Port Orange, Florida where he lived seventeen years before moving to Savannah in 2006. He served as a Lieutenant in US Army where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He played the piano and was a keen tennis player. Mr. Bailly was a member of Chr ...
Joseph Read Joyce, Jr. SEP 13, 1922 - SEP 15, 2008
Joseph Read Joyce, Jr. SAVANNAH - Joseph Read Joyce, Jr., age 86, died September 15, 2008, at Hospice Savannah. Mr. Joyce attended Benedictine Military School and Spring Hill College. He served in the European theatre during World War II with the Coast Artillery Anti-aircraft Battery and retired as a Captain from the United States Army. He was associated with his father at Joyce Brothers Grocery and retired from the City of Savannah. Mr. Joyce was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret W. Joyce, and a son, Joseph R. Joyce, III. Surviving are children, Janet J. Brennan, Joy J. Shure, and J. Pa ...
Thomas Argo Smith, Jr. AUG 08, 1924 - SEP 15, 2008
Thomas Argo Smith, Jr. SAVANNAH - Thomas Argo Smith, Jr., Age 84, died unexpectedly Monday September 15th at Rivers Edge Retirement Center while convalescing from recent surgery. He was born on August 8th, 1924, son of the late Thomas Argo Smith, Sr and Stella Gerken Smith, and the grandson of Claus and Lena Siem Gerken Entelman and Albert H. Entelman. He was pre-deceased by his wife Delle Vann Smith and his sister Alberta Smith Gillespie. Tommy was born and raised in Savannah, GA. He grew up above Gerkens Grocerteria at Price and Gwinnett Streets. He spent his summers at the beloved family b ...
Lester Walden Foreman SEP 24, 1923 - SEP 10, 2008
THUNDERBOLT-Lester Walden Foreman, 84, died Wednesday, September 10, 2008 under the care of Hospice Savannah. Mr. Foreman was born in West Columbia, WV on September 24, 1923, the son of the late Lester W. and Joy Foreman. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was active in the Battle of the Bulge. His military career caused him to relocate to Savannah in the early forties where he met his wife, Sara M. Foreman. Lester was employed by Amoco Oil where he served for many years until retiring from American Oil currently British Petroleum. He was a member of Thunderbolt Lodge #693 F.&A ...
David B. Bragg - SEP 10, 2008
David B. Bragg Tybee Island – David B. Bragg, 53, died Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Memorial University Medical Center. David was a native of Savannah, living in Thunderbolt most of his life and later on Tybee Island. During the Vietnam War, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. David was a longtime shrimper, avid fisherman and worked in construction as a Framer. He was a master gardener and volunteered with the Friends of Bamboo Gardens. Survivors include his mother, Marguerite Bragg; sons, David Bragg, Christopher Bragg and Cameron Bragg, all of Tybee Island; sister, Catherine Fulp of Gill ...
Greta Jean Woods OCT 03, 1955 - SEP 10, 2008
Greta Jean Woods Greta Jean Woods, 52 a native of Savannah, passed away early on September 10, 2008 at Candler Hospital. Jean deeply loved her husband Keith, and her two children Bandon and Amanda, all of whom filled her days with happiness and pride. Jean was a compassionate, selfless individual always reaching out to others. Jean has always been an avid animal lover since birth and spent her afternoons watching the birds outside and cuddling with her two Chihuahuas Bella and Millie. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held Thursday September 11, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Redeemer Lu ...
Earl Thomas "Rip" Robbins JAN 10, 1921 - SEP 10, 2008
Earl Thomas "Rip" Robbins, 87, died September 10, 2008 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. He was born in Savannah, son of the late Alexander and Era Deloach Robbins. Mr. Robbins served as a Machinist Mate First Class in the United States Navy during World War II in the Pacific. He was employed for 43 years with Union Camp Corporation retiring as Assistant Superintendant of the Power Plant. He was a member of White Bluff United Methodist Church, Elks Lodge No. 18 and Lavida Country Club. Mr. Robbins was an avid golfer and Braves fan. His wife, Beatrice Sellers Robbins preceded him in death. Surviving ar ...