Obituaries
George Bernard Little, Jr DEC 10, 1923 - APR 07, 2008
GEORGE BERNARD LITTLE, JR. George Bernard Little, Jr. 84, died Monday, April 07, 2008 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mr. Little was a native and longtime resident of Savannah. He graduated from Benedictine Military School in 1941. He was retired from Havertys after many years of service. Mr. Little was a veteran of United States Navy serving in both WWII and the Korean War. He was a member St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, the St. Patrick Parade Committee and the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Little loved to work in his shop and "Cut the Fool." Mr. Little was preceded in death by his parents, Georg ...
Tony Craig Petrea, Jr. JAN 28, 1980 - APR 06, 2008
Tony Craig Petrea, Jr., 28, died April 6, 2008 at Henry County Medical Center in Stockbridge, Georgia. He was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah and Tybee Island. Tony was a 1998 graduate of Benedictine Military Academy and received a B.A. degree and a Master's degree from Georgia Southern University and was currently employed by American Family Life Assurance Company AFLAC. He was a member of Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Tony was a former Boy Scout and loved baseball, having attended the first World Series ever played in Atlanta in 1991. He was preceded in death by his paternal gra ...
Angela Pomykala APR 20, 1961 - APR 06, 2008
Angela Pomykala Savannah- Angela Pomykala, 46, passed away at her home on Saturday April 5, 2008. She was the daughter of Jewel Goethe Pomykala and the late Raymond A. Pomykala both of Savannah. Angela, a lifetime resident of Savannah, graduated from Savannah High School and Armstrong State College. She was a recipient of the Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities and an active member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. She began her career at Mercer Middle School and Savannah Christian Academy as a teacher before taking a position with Union Camp's Chemical Division, later to become Internat ...
Charles Scarboro MAR 16, 1933 - APR 05, 2008
SAVANNAH – Charles Dean Scarboro, 75, died Saturday, April 5, 2008, at his home. He retired from Union Camp Corporation after 32 years. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Jean C. Scarboro of Savannah; daughter and her husband, Sheila & Hank Hankinson of Bluffton; son and his wife, Terrell & Edwina Scarboro of Savannah and grandchildren, Bailey & Reese Scarboro and Josh Hankinson. A Memorial Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Islands Chapel. ...
Dennis Randolph Ayala NOV 20, 1957 - APR 05, 2008
Dennis Randolph Ayala Dennis Randolph Ayala, 50, of Savannah, passed away at his residence on Saturday, April 5, 2008. He was born in Savannah, Georgia on November 20, 1957. Dennis was an avid NASCAR fan who enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle with his wife. Mr. Ayala attended public schools in Chatham County and worked in several specialty shops as a certified mechanic. Several years ago, Dennis and Kathy Ayala became the owner/operators of their own business, Crossroads Lube and Auto Repair, located at the corner of Waters Avenue and Montgomery Crossroads. An avid reader of histor ...
Michael Lynn Sherrill MAR 11, 1953 - APR 05, 2008
Savannah, GA-Michael Lynn Sherrill, 55, died April 5, 2008 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Sherrill, formerly of Louisville, KY moved to Savannah in 1982, where he became a successful businessman of Savannah Sleep Shop/Sit-N-Sleep furniture store for over 25 years. Mike made numerous friends and created a large extended family along the way. He will be truly missed by all. Mr. Sherrill is survived by his former wife, Deborah Sherrill; daughter, Dacia Sherrill; son, Brandon Sherrill of Louisville, KY; extended family, Nicholas "Gary" Javo, Sherry Pittman Lee, Perla Vasquez, Jasmine Vasquez ...
Raymond Earle Davis, Jr. JUN 07, 1929 - APR 04, 2008
Raymond Earl Davis, Jr. Son of Raymond E. Davis, Sr. and Evelyn Jepson Davis and a founder with them of Columbia Wilbert Burial Vault Company. He was an honor graduate of Brookland Cayce High School and the University of South Carolina. He joined the Lutheran Church in his teen years and was a 1951 graduate of The Lutheran Theological Seminary and studied at the Hartford Seminary Foundation in Hartford, Connecticut. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Rachel Rawls Davis, two loving and caring daughters and their supportive husbands, Ruth and David Smith and Robin and Robbie Thiele. He w ...
Edward J. Hinely, Jr. SEP 24, 1917 - APR 03, 2008
Edward J. Hinely, Jr. Savannah- Mr. Edward J. Hinely, Jr. died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Hospice Savannah. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Louise Russell Hinely of Savannah and other relatives. Graveside Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 5, 2008 in the Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery. Please sign our guest book on line at www.foxandweeks.com FOX & WEEKS FUNERAL DIRECTORS, ISLANDS CHAPEL ...
Neva Brinson White SEP 23, 1910 - APR 02, 2008
Neva Elizabeth Brinson White SAVANNAH – Neva Elizabeth Brinson White, 97, passed away at home on Wednesday, April 2, 2008. A native of Stillmore, GA, and a longtime resident of Savannah, she was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church. During World War II, Mrs. White was an instrument repair person at Hunter Army Airfield. She was a member and past president of the 37th Street School P.T.A. and was an active member of the Garden Club and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also a member of the National Society of the Colonial Dames and the Magna Charta Dames. Mrs. White was active ...
Helen Kimker Hansen DEC 17, 1910 - APR 02, 2008
Helen Kimker Hansen SAVANNAH - Helen Kimker Hansen, wife of former architect Oscar "Red" Hansen of Savannah, died peacefully at Azalealand Nursing Home under care of Hospice on April 2, 2008. She was born in Savannah on December 17, 1910 to John and Anna Kimker. She grew up on 41st Street and attended public schools. She worked at the Central of Georgia Railway Executive Offices in Savannah until her marriage. Her father, John Kimker, was the chief engineer for the DeSoto Hotel from 1914 until it was demolished in 1968. She and her husband and children lived at Grimball Point on Isle of Hope a ...
Herman Woo JUN 06, 1936 - APR 02, 2008
Savannah- Herman "Bay" Woo, 71, died at home, Wednesday morning, April 2, 2008 with his wife and children at his side. He was a graduate of Savannah High School, 1954, owner of the original 7-11 Stores and Woo's Hardware, and served in the Air National Guard. He was an active member of the Exchange Club, Chinese Benevolent Association and Men's Bacon Park Blitz. Bay served as an elder at Wilmington Island Presbyterian Church. He was an avid bird hunter and his hobbies included fishing and photography. Although, his truest passion was gardening and he became a Master Gardener following his reti ...
Sara Schroder Harrington APR 01, 2008 - APR 01, 2008
Savannah- Sara Louise Schroder Harrington, age 76, died after a courageous battle with cancer on April 1, 2008 at her home. A Savannah native, the daughter of the late Aage G. and Louise Bacon Schroder. Sara was a graduate of Pape School and attended Mary Washington College and the University of Georgia. She was a member of the Junior League of Savannah and Assitance League in Seattle, Washington. Sara volunteered as a Pink Lady and with the Red Cross. After living in Mercer Island, Washington, and the Southwest Florida area for many years she was grateful to have recently returned to her home ...
Dorothy Cromley Jenkins JUN 19, 1919 - MAR 31, 2008
Dorothy Cromley Jenkins died at her home on March 31, 2008, after an illness of several months. Born June 15, 1919, in Brooklet, Georgia, Dorothy was the daughter of William Chapman and Myrtle Robertson Cromley. She graduated from Brooklet High School and South Georgia Teachers College. She received one of the first Master of Education degrees offered at Georgia Southern College and did further post-graduate studies at Duke University, George Washington University, University of Georgia, and in England. Dorothy is survived by her two daughters and their husbands, Anne and Billy Clifton of Stat ...
Connie Houston MAY 15, 1939 - MAR 31, 2008
Connie Houston SAVANNAH - Connie Houston, 68, of Savannah, Georgia, died on March 31, 2008. Born May 15, 1939, in Lewisburg, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Charles Aiken Houston Sr. and Josephine Woodward Houston. Ms. Houston is survived by her son Lisle Houston Engle and his wife Eliza Marie of Los Angeles and her daughter Laurin Engle Gaylord and her husband Jay, grandson Grant Houston, grandaughter Emmaline Paige, all of Atlanta. Ms. Houston is also survived by her brother Dr. Charles Aiken Houston Jr. of Roanoke, Virginia, sister-in-law Linda Knowles Houston, Roanoke, and niec ...
Neita Boone Taylor OCT 06, 1911 - MAR 31, 2008
Savannah- Neita Mae Boone Taylor, 96, died March 31, 2008 at Hospice Savannah. She was born in Cook County, the daughter of the late John Wesley Boone and Susie Mittie Wilherson. Ms. Taylor retired from Union Camp Corporation and was a member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Church. She had been a resident of Savannah since 1942. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Melba Lanier; four brothers and one sister. Survivors are one son, Wendell Taylor of Savannah; a brother and sister-in-law, Vernon A. "Pete" and Polly Boone of Adel, GA; sister-in-law, Marjorie Boone Phelps of Lenox, GA; fiv ...
Joseph Edward Becton, Sr. NOV 29, 1919 - MAR 30, 2008
Joseph Edward Becton, Sr., 88, went to be with his Lord March 30, 2008 at Candler Hospital. He was born in Savannah, son of the late Barney Leroy Becton and Annie Lewis Becton. Mr. Becton was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church. He served the Lord as deacon, teacher and choir member at First Baptist Church. He was a member of Candler Auxiliary, Landrum Lodge No. 48 F.&A.M. and React Amateur Radio Club, all of which he enjoyed. He was a United States Coast Guard Veteran serving during World War II. Surviving are his loving wife of 63 years, Betty Armstrong Becton of Savannah; devoted so ...
Helen Mercier Huff MAY 02, 1926 - MAR 30, 2008
Helen Mercier Huff, 81 died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital. She was a native of Commerce, GA. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Richmond Hill and was an honorary member of The Red Hat Society. Helen was retired from St. Joseph Hospital as a Registered Nurse where she worked in the operating room. As well as Georgia she was also licensed in South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey. She was a loving wife and mother and is survived by her husband of 61 years, Charles E. Huff, Jr., of Savannah, two daughters, Susan Barnes, of Savannah, and Marg ...
Michael William Barthelmess AUG 09, 1948 - MAR 28, 2008
MICHAEL WILLIAM "MIKE' BARTHELMESS Michael William "Mike" Barthelmess, 59, a loving husband, father and grandfather died Friday, March 28, 2008 in Augusta, Georgia. Mike was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah. He was a communicant of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Mike was a strong supporter of the Democratic Party. He was the Business Agent and Financial Secretary for the Local 188 Pipe Fitters and Steam Fitters Union from 1989 until 2000. He was the International Representative for the United Association for 8 years and presently presiding over the United Association training ...
Carolyn Flood JUN 28, 1921 - MAR 28, 2008
Carolyn Williams Flood, 86, died Friday, March 28, 2008 at Hospice Savannah. She was born June 28, 1921 and was the daughter of John B. Williams and Thelma D. Williams, of Savannah. Her husband Dan J. Flood preceded her in death. She was an exercise instructor at the Y.M.C.A. and the J.E.A. and was the President of the P.T.A.'s at Blessed Sacrament and Benedictine Military School of Savannah. She is survived by two sons, Dan J. Flood, Jr. and his wife, Nancy, of Savannah, and John W. Flood and his wife, Mary, of Hilton Head and one sister, Elizabeth Kilroy, of Atlanta. She is also survived by ...
Elizabeth Ringwald Moseley OCT 04, 1932 - MAR 28, 2008
Tybee Island - Elizabeth Ringwald Moseley, 75, died March 28, 2008 at Oceanside Nursing Home under the care of Odyssey Healthcare. She was born in Savannah, daughter of the late Edward and Earline Summerlin Ringwald. Mrs. Moseley was a graduate of Savannah Technical Institute School of Nursing. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse at Candler Hospital Emergency Room for many years and retired as Director of Nursing at Oceanside Nursing Home. She was a communicant of St. Michael's Catholic Church and an EMT volunteer with the Tybee Island Fire Department. Her first husband, Bruce Gaskin and her se ...
Kathleen F. Lee MAR 26, 1942 - MAR 27, 2008
Savannah- Mrs. Kathleen F. Lee, 66, passed away Thursday morning, March 27, 2008 at Candler Hospital. She was a native of Savannah and a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church where she was on the Women's Council. Kathleen was a member of the first graduating class of Nativity School in Thunderbolt and a graduate of St. Vincent's Academy, class of 1960. She was a member of American Legion Post 36 Auxiliary, the Savannah Women's Club and past member of the Daughters of Ireland and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. Kathleen volunteered for the USO where she helped staff the l ...
Mary F. Dipman JUN 04, 1923 - MAR 27, 2008
Mary F. Dipman, 84, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 in Savannah. Born in Lakewood, OH on June 4, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Katherine Farquhar. She was a 1941 graduate of Oberlin High School in Ohio and received her formal education at Oberlin College where she earned her degree in English. During World War II, when many US soldiers were at war, she worked as a Systems Service Representative for IBM. After her tenure with IBM she married Mr. William W. Dipman in 1947 who she traveled with extensively during his career. In 1981 she moved to Savannah and was very active as a ...
Mary E. Hart MAY 07, 1971 - MAR 27, 2008
Mary Elliott "Ellie" Hart May 7, 1971 – March 26, 2008 Mary Elliott "Ellie" Hart passed away on March 26, 2008. Ellie was born May 7, 1971 in Wilmington, NC, and grew up in Durham, NC. She graduated from Northern Durham High School in 1989. She graduated from University of North Carolina-Wilmington in 1995 with a degree in criminal justice. She proudly served on the Winston Salem Police Department, then moved into Probation and Parole, working for the states of North Carolina and Georgia. She was a gifted artist and loved animals. She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Emily and son, Ryan A ...
Margaret E. Heidt NOV 13, 1917 - MAR 26, 2008
Margaret Egloff Heidt, 90, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Effingham Extended Care Center, Springfield, Georgia, after an extended illness. Born in Wichita, Kansas, she was the youngest child of George Eugene Egloff, M.D. and Emma Blanchaine Egloff. The family moved to Savannah after WWI, settling in Thunderbolt where her father was the small town's only doctor, and where she spent some of the happiest days of her life, crabbing, fishing, and swimming in the river. She was a graduate of Savannah High School, and was a member of the first graduating class of the new Armstrong Junior College. ...
Susan Wall Bumgarner JUN 22, 1951 - MAR 26, 2008
Susan Wall Bumgarner, 56, of Granite Falls, North Carolina passed away March 26 2008 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. After an almost continuous battle against Inflammatory Breast Cancer, she now has peace with God. Mrs. Bumgarner was born June 22, 1951 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She returned to her ancestral south, and graduated Sylacauga High School in Sylacauga, Alabama, and the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama. Mrs. Bumgarner was a public school teacher and a weekly newspaper editor. In later years she was primarily a homemaker in Mount Pleasant, South Ca ...
Judge Frank S. Cheatham JAN 11, 1924 - MAR 26, 2008
JUDGE FRANK S. CHEATHAM, JR. Judge Frank S. Cheatham, Jr., died Wednesday, March 26, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret Caldwell Cheatham and Frank S. Cheatham, Sr. He was born in Savannah on January 11, 1924, and graduated from Savannah High School in June 1942, Armstrong Junior College in June 1944, and the University of Georgia in June 1948, where he obtained an undergraduate A.B. degree and a graduate LLB law degree. He was president of the freshman and sophomore classes at Armstrong and the senior class of 1946, at the University of Georgia. He was a member of the var ...
Edward John Staab SEP 01, 1924 - MAR 24, 2008
EDWARD JOHN STAAB Mr. Edward John Staab 83, died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Azalealand Nursing Home. Mr. Staab was a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania living most of life in Pompano Beach, Florida. Mr. Staab has been a resident of Savannah for the past 3 years. He was a veteran o f the United States Army serving in WWII and was a member of St. James Catholic Church. Mr. Staab was retired. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret R. Staab, his brother, Robert Joseph Staab, his sisters, Anna Marie Hlavsa and Sister Celesta Staab. Surviving is his sister, Janet Carol Bergmann of Savannah, a ...