Obituaries
Hunter Leaf, Jr. JUL 20, 1926 - APR 10, 2008
Hunter Leaf, Jr., 81, died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Staten Island, New York and lived most of his adult life in Savannah. He was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church where he was a member of the Adult Choir for many years. He was the former owner of Beverage Sales Co, Inc. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Joanne K. Leaf, and his sister, Nancy Wolfe, other family members include his children Hunter Leaf, III, Joyce Ann, Jan Jenkins, late husband, Randy, Harry Leaf, late wife, Cathy, Kathy Leaf, and Karen Otto, Terry. His grandchildren, Chris Jenki ...
Martha P. Horst AUG 15, 1933 - APR 10, 2008
Martha Parker Horst SAVANNAH – Mrs. Martha Parker Horst, 74, of Savannah, Georgia, formerly of Birmingham, Alabama, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2008, at her home. Martha was born on August 15, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama and moved to Savannah in 1956 where she was a loving, caring and supportive mother to her children and grandchildren. Her greatest loves were her family, playing cards, great jokes and college football, especially Alabama and Georgia. The words "Roll Tide" and "Go Dawgs" were frequently heard in Martha's home during football season. Martha was preceded in death by her pare ...
James P. Horn AUG 17, 1928 - APR 09, 2008
Savannah-James Paul Horn, 79, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 under the care of Hospice Savannah. Mr. Horn was born in Johnston, PA on August 17, 1928, the son of the late James A. and Catherine Horn. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He graduated in 1951 from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Accounting. In 1955 he received his certification as a C.P.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Horn dedicated 29 years to his career with the shipping industry, retiring in 1991 from Reefer Express Lines as its President and C.E.O. Mr. Horn is survived by his loving ...
William A. Binns JUL 21, 1927 - APR 09, 2008
William Arthur Binns SAVANNAH – William Arthur Binns, 80, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at his home on Isle of Hope. Mr. Binns was a native and longtime resident of Savannah. He graduated from Georgia Tech after serving in the Navy and retired from Union Camp Corporation after forty-one years of service. Mr. Binns was recognized as a leader in the Savannah community and as a volunteer both at the state and local levels. He served as president of the Georgia Forestry Association, the Exchange Club of Savannah and the Coastal Empire Fair; was a member of the board of directors of the Jenkins' B ...
Frank Howard Stephens, Sr. OCT 31, 1930 - APR 09, 2008
Frank Howard Stephens, Sr. SAVANNAH – Frank Howard Stephens, Sr. died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at Hospice House. He served his country with the 117th Air National Guard during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Stephens retired from Southern Bell after thirty-nine years of service. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church for many years. Frank is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Vera Davis Stephens; two sons, Frank H. Stephens, Jr. and his wife, Bobbie, of Thunderbolt, GA and C. Barry Stephens of Macon, GA; and a daughter, Nancy S. Heath and her husband, Herbert, of Bluffton, SC. He has sev ...
Carolyn Bowden Mueller APR 04, 1921 - APR 08, 2008
Savannah, Georgia - Carolyn Bowden Mueller, 87, died April 8, 2008 at Summer Breeze on Wilmington Island. She was born in Union City, Tennessee, daughter of the late Jefferson and Rose Bryson Bowden. After completing high school, she graduated from secretarial school and worked in civil service with the United States Air Force Europe USAFE as executive secretary, retiring with over 50 years of service. She was a world traveler and Bronze Life Master Bridge Player and currently working on her Silver Life Master. Surviving are her brother, Hugh Bowden of Newton, AL; sister, Helen Rose Merryman o ...
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 ...