Obituaries
Marguerite Bleichner AUG 03, 1921 - SEP 03, 2007
Marguerite Griffith Bleichner, 86, died September 3, 2007 at Tara at Thunderbolt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, daughter of the late Edward Castle and Mary Bartlett Griffith. She was educated in Tampa, Florida and Altamont, New York Schools. She worked for Todd Shipbuilders in Tampa during World War II. She married Charles W. Bleichner in 1946 in Scotia, New York. Mrs. Bleichner lived briefly in Royston, Georgia and Warner Robins, Georgia prior to moving to Savannah. Through the years of residing in different states, Mrs. Bleichner was in strong dema ...
Marie Rose Smith JUL 21, 1937 - SEP 03, 2007
MARIE ROSE SMITH Marie Rose Smith 70, died Monday, September 3, 2007 at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the daughter of Julius DiFiori and Phyllis Cerillo DiFiori. She was a native and longtime resident of Brockton, Massachusetts. Marie was a member of the St. Edward’s Catholic Church and was a graduate of Brockton High School. Surviving are her two sons, William Smith of Savannah, Brian Smith of Richmond Hill, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. ...
Elena G. Kvedaras JUN 09, 1915 - SEP 02, 2007
Elena Cervydas Kvedaras Elena Cervydas Kvedaras, 92, born June 9, 1915 passed peacefully into eternal life at her home Sunday, September 2, 2007. She was a native of Lithuania. She graduated as a Doctor of Dental Surgery DDS in 1940. Her practice of dentistry was interrupted by World War II. Elena was married for 64 years to Antanas Kvedaras who predeceased her November 2006. The couple moved to Savannah in 1982 where they were members of St. James Catholic Church. Elena is survived by her brother, Antanas Cervydas, daughter, Julita Dr. John Shallal, of Savannah, and daughter, Virginia Dr. Law ...
Harry C Foster JUL 28, 1916 - AUG 31, 2007
HARRY CECIL FOSTER, SR Harry Cecil Foster, Sr., of The Landings, died peacefully on August 31, 2007 at Spanish Oaks Retreat. He joins his loving wife, Marie who preceded him in death this past May. Harry was born on July 28, 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Priscilla and William Foster. He served honorably as a Captain in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a B-26 pilot in North Africa and Italy. Harry had a distinguished career with Ciba Pharmaceuticals, retiring in 1984 to dedicate more time to his favorite pastime and passion, golf. He was loved and admired by his famil ...
Jack L. Barrand JUN 30, 1936 - AUG 31, 2007
Jack L. Barrand, 71, died August 31, 2007 after a long illness. He was born in Kansas, son of the late Alvin and Faye Richards Barrand. Mr. Barrand lived most of his life in Savannah and was a veteran of United States Air Force. He was retired after 49 ½ years as a pipe fitter with Union Camp Corporation. He attended Southside Church of God and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Surviving are his wife of 49 ½ years, Anita E. Barrand of Reidsville; daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Michael Tibbs of Bloomingdale; brothers, Gene and Larry Barrand of Topeka, KS; sisters, Pat Lierz and Linda Samps ...
Jack L. Barrand JUN 30, 1936 - AUG 31, 2007
Jack L. Barrand, 71, died August 31, 2007 after a long illness. He was born in Kansas, son of the late Alvin and Faye Richards Barrand. Mr. Barrand lived most of his life in Savannah and was a veteran of United States Air Force. He was retired after 49 ½ years as a pipe fitter with Union Camp Corporation. He attended Southside Church of God and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Surviving are his wife of 49 ½ years, Anita E. Barrand of Reidsville; daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Michael Tibbs of Bloomingdale; brothers, Gene and Larry Barrand of Topeka, KS; sisters, Pat Lierz and Linda Samps ...
Annette H. Gompels SEP 23, 1927 - AUG 28, 2007
Annette Elizabeth Hamlyn Gompels SAVANNAH - Annette Elizabeth Hamlyn Gompels passed away peacefully at Hospice Savannah on August 28th at 79 years of age. She was born in Durban, Natal, South Africa on September 23, 1927, the only daughter of Ernest Augustus Charles and Hillirie Hamlyn Harding of Clovelly, Mooi River, Natal. She studied microbiology at Natal University and embarked on a career as a medical research scientist. Starting at the South African Institute for Medical Research under Dr. James Gear, she proceeded to the National Institute for Medical Research in the UK where, under Sir ...
Richard H. Gates AUG 25, 1928 - AUG 25, 2007
SAVANNAH – Dr. Richard H. Gates, Sr. died August 25, 2007 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. Richard was born August 25, 1928 to Dr. Howard B. Gates and Dorothy Hiteman Gates in West Winfield, New York. He attended local schools in Utica and New Hartford, graduated from Colgate University and received his DDS from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry in 1953. He entered the US Navy, served as Assistant Dental Officer on the USS Bennington CVA 20. His tour of duty ended in 1955 with the rank of Lieutenant. He entered dental practice with his father, Howard, and had a very ...
Cornelia Morris Haile DEC 17, 1928 - AUG 24, 2007
SAVANNAH - Cornelia Morris Haile, age 78, died Friday, August 24, 2007, at Hospice House. Born December 17, 1928 in Telfair Hospital, the lifelong Savannah resident was the daughter of the late Romeo Basil Morris and Elmer Bernice Hart. Employed by Haile Company, wholesale distributors, from 1975 until 1990, she was Vice-President and Corporate Secretary, Accounting Supervisor and Payroll Coordinator. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, serving on the Prayer Chain Committee since 1984. She had been Chairman of the Prayer Chain Committee and Co-Chairman of the Savannah Tour of Homes, a ...
Howard Lee Moore, Sr. JUL 26, 1925 - AUG 24, 2007
Howard Lee Moore, Sr. SAVANNAH - Mr. Howard Lee Moore, Sr. 82, passed away August 24th at Hospice Savannah. He was born July 26, 1925 in Screven County Georgia to Josiah and Oppie Lee Virginia Moore. The family moved to Savannah when Howard was a child and he lived there the remainder of his life. He was a veteran of World War II, enlisting in 1940 at age 15 upon the mobilization of the 118th Field Artillery of the Georgia National Guard. He served in the South Pacific with the 503rd Parachute Infantry and was discharged in 1946 while serving as a medic with the 158th Infantry. After the war h ...
Jean Gilchrist Miller JUN 06, 1922 - AUG 23, 2007
Jean Gilchrist Miller SAVANNAH- Jean Gilchrist Miller died Thursday, August 23, 2007, under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah on June 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Robert James and Marguerite Claghorn Gilchrist. Mrs. Miller graduated from Pape School and Armstrong Junior College. An avid reader and Bridge player, she was also a member of The Junior League and the Colonial Dames in the State of Georgia. She served as a volunteer and was on the board of the Gould Cottage and the Crittendon Home. A member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, she loved her family and friends a ...
Jane Gaynell Neikirk AUG 18, 1918 - AUG 23, 2007
Jane Gaynell Mowen Neikirk Jane Gaynell Mowen Neikirk, 89, died Thursday, August 23, 2007 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Mrs. Neikirk was born in Hagerstown, Maryland on August 18, 1918 and has lived in Savannah since 1946. She was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church for over sixty years. Mrs. Neikirk served on the church council and founded St. Paul’s Lutheran Day School. She taught Sunday school for twenty-five years and was a member of Circle # 8 W.E.L.C.A. Mrs. Neikirk also served as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and was a member of Savannah Golf Club. She was prece ...
Steve Pickering APR 26, 1971 - AUG 22, 2007
Steve Pickering SAVANNAH - Randolph Stephen Pickering, age 33, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007. The White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia native moved to Savannah seven years ago to work with Weyerhaeuser. He was an avid football fan and attended St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Katie Pickering and daughter, Hannah Pickering both of Savannah; his father, Randy Pickering, brothers, Adam and Matt Pickering, sisters, Debbie DePriest and Maggie Pickering, and a cousin, Sarah Gillespie, all of White Sulphur Springs, W VA; his father-in-law and mother-in-law Gil and Sandy ...
Claudine Todd Hendricks JUL 31, 1913 - AUG 22, 2007
Claudine Todd Hendricks SAVANNAH – Claudine Todd Hendricks, age 94, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at her home surrounded by her family and friends and under the care of Hospice Savannah. The Glennville, GA native had lived in Savannah for most of her life and was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Hendricks was a member the Savannah Board of Realtors and had been a real estate agent in Savannah for forty-five years. Surviving are a daughter, Marsha Hendricks Neville and her husband, Dr. Lester Neville, of Columbia, SC; two granddaughters, Kim Youmans Hubbard of Columbia, SC and Mi ...
Oleta Mae Thompson MAY 27, 1963 - AUG 21, 2007
Oleta Mae Thompson Oleta Mae Thompson, 44, died Tuesday August 21, 2007 at her residence under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was a native of Arkansas and had lived in Savannah since 1978. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, Paul A. Thompson, Jr. of Ellabell; three sisters, Debra Lewis of Savannah, Barbara Walker of Thomasville and Crystal Sikes of Savannah; two daughters, Barbara Jean Kreiss and Jacqueline Marie Stokes of Savannah; one son, John Eugene Tilton of Ellabell; nine step children; thirteen step grandchildren and numerous nieces a ...
Mary Anne Gillikin NOV 08, 1909 - AUG 20, 2007
Mary Anne Gillikin Mary Anne Gillikin, 97, died Monday, August 20, 2007 at Azalealand Nursing Home under the care of Hospice. She was a born in Norfolk, Virginia, November 8, 1909. Was married October 12, 1929 in North Carolina, living there for several years before moving to Savannah in 1939 where she lived on Wilmington Island for 66 years. She was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Burford and John Franklin Barrett of Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Clemmie Gray Gillikin. Mary was a kind and loving mother to her 8 children, Mary Gray Klees, Clemmie W. Gillikin, R ...
Irene O'Neill AUG 02, 2007 - AUG 18, 2007
Irene Jankowski O’Neill, 72, died August 17, 2007 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. She was born in Elmira Heights, New York and was retired from her duties as an Air Force wife in 1973 and settled with her husband and children in Savannah. Her gift to this world was her children, grandchildren and great grandson that she deeply loved. Her life was to take care of her family, putting their needs first. She loved sports and going to Benedictine and Wofford games. She loved those “BC Boys” Mrs. O’Neill was past president of Knights of Columbus No. 5588 Women’s Auxiliary, communicant of St. James Catholi ...
William Henry Woods, Sr. MAR 17, 1927 - AUG 17, 2007
William Henry “Hank” Woods, Sr. SAVANNAH - William Henry “Hank” Woods, Sr., age 80, passed away Friday, August 17, 2007 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The native of Wadley, GA moved to Savannah at an early age. He was a 1945 graduate of Commercial High School and also a graduate of Armstrong Junior College. He was a veteran of the United States Navy during World War II, serving aboard the U.S.S. Wisconsin as a Machinist Mate. He was employed with Union Camp Corporation for forty-three years, serving the majority of that time in the Power Maintenance Group and the last eighteen years in the Arizona ...
John C Calhoun AUG 17, 2007 - AUG 17, 2007
JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN John Caldwell Calhoun, son of Patrick Noble and Katharine Miller Calhoun, died on Thursday, August 16, 2007. He was born in Macon, Georgia on February 4, 1921, later moving to Savannah with his family as a young boy. He attended school and lived with his aunts in Clemson, South Carolina for several years prior to attending the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Calhoun proudly served his country in World War II in the Navy as a torpedo bomber pilot. Returning safely from the War, he attended Princeton University. He came home to Savannah and became very active in the ...
Cecil Lee Adams JUL 13, 1929 - AUG 17, 2007
CECIL L. ADAMS Cecil L. Adams 78, died Friday, August 17, 2007 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Mr. Adams was a native of Ranger, Texas and a longtime resident of Savannah. He was a member of the Savannah Bowling Association and is in the Bowling Hall of Fame for bowling a perfect game. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 25 years of service and also retired from the CSX Railroad after 12 years of service. Mr. Adams was a member of Central Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Thelma Adams, his sister, Lois Adams , his brother, James C. Adams, Jr. and ...
Gertrude Harvey Leonard NOV 09, 1911 - AUG 16, 2007
GERTRUDE HARVEY LEONARD Gertrude Harvey Leonard died August 16, 2007 at home with her family by her side. She was born in Gray’s, South Carolina on November 9, 1911. Her parents were Julius Parker and Mary Jane Gray. Mrs. Leonard was a member of Calvary Baptist Temple and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Laurel Chapter #51. She served on the Board for Southern Bank & Trust Company and was the wife of the late Leroy Everett Harvey, Sr., the founder of Hargray Communications of which she played an active role in the business for many years. In addition to her first husband, LeRoy E. ...
Joan Bain AUG 15, 2007 - AUG 15, 2007
Savannah, Georgia - Joan Ayres Gardner Bain, died August 14, 2007 at Hospice Savannah, Inc after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Glenridge, New Jersey, daughter of the late George Southard and Bernice Getchius Gardner. She was a graduate of Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey. Prior to moving to Savannah in 1990 with her late husband, H.Y. “Bud” Bain, she resided in Glens Falls, NY and owned Glens Falls Travel and was also employed for many years with Hildreth Travel. Mrs. Bain was a travel specialist with Four Seasons Travel in Savannah, having marketed and escort ...
James Sullivan NOV 15, 1919 - AUG 14, 2007
Mr. James Michael “Buddy” Sullivan, Jr., died August 14, 2007 under the care of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Buddy was born in Savannah, November 15, 1919. He was the son of Margaret Mulligan Sullivan and James Michael Sullivan. He graduated from Georgia Military College and attended George Washington University, and Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. He was president of the Inter-Panhellenic Council representing Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at George Washington University. Buddy served in the US Navy during World War II as a Senior Aviator on the Cruiser Atlanta. He married Anne Martina Roberts on S ...
Dewey West AUG 29, 1924 - AUG 13, 2007
DEWEY WADE WEST - Savannah- Dewey Wade West, 82, passed away August 13, 2007 at Candler Hospital after a short illness, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born in Savannah, GA on August 29, 1924. He was the son of the late Lorenzo and Letha West of Savannah, GA. He was a WW II veteran from the United States Navy. He worked for Coastal Paper Company for 25 years and then became co-owner of Morrison Chemical Company for the last 25 years in Savannah and also was a charter member and Deacon of the Ephesus Baptist Church in Rincon. He was preceded in death by two brothers; Wilbur E ...