Obituaries
Mr. Hazel C. Kirby JUL 04, 1923 - JAN 14, 2007
H.C. Kirby Hazel C. Kirby, 83, died Sunday, January 14, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Savannah and was retired as a baker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Bertha Kirby, of Claxton. He is survived by two sons, Samuel C. Kirby and his wife, Debbie, of Rincon, and Joseph L. Kirby, of Alabama, one daughter, Becky K. Sellars, and her husband, Larry, of Brooklet, three sisters, Bessie K. Yentzer, of Savannah, Elaine K. Doak, of Savannah, and Gladys K. McDonald, of Statesboro, two brothers, John Raymond Kirby, of Savannah and George Franklin Kirby, of F ...
Madeline Lex Stephens AUG 05, 1922 - JAN 11, 2007
MADELINE LUX STEPHENS Madeline Lux Stephens, born August 5, 1922 in Logansport, Indiana the daughter of Carl Lux and Mary Dunn Lux, died January 11, 2007 at Hospice Savannah. Mrs. Stephens the youngest of three children known as “Dixie” moved to Florida in 1923 with her family. She was a graduate of the Logansport High School and attended Purdue and the University of Delaware. Mrs. Stephens was a member and Deacon of the United Community Church in Sun City Center Florida and was an avid golfer, tennis player and loved to play bridge and poker. Mrs. Stephens was predeceased by her husband of ...
Nancy H. Page NOV 24, 1922 - JAN 08, 2007
Nancy H. Page Nancy H. Page, 84, died Monday, January 8, 2007, at Marshview Inn. The Hinsdale, IL, native was a graduate of Pembroke College, Brown University. She entered the United Sates Marine Corps in Quantico, VA and met her husband to be, Theodore W. Page. After their marriage, the Pages lived for many years and raised their family in Duxbury, MA and Carlisle, MA. In 1980 they moved to Savannah and settled at The Landings on Skidaway Island. Mrs. Page was a member of Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, The Landings Club and the Marshwood Club and was secretary of The Settlement Associat ...
Bette Sinclair Clarke MAR 25, 1924 - JAN 08, 2007
Bette Sinclair Clarke Savannah- Bette Sinclair Clarke 82, died Monday, January 8, 2007 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Mrs. Clarke was a native and life long resident of Savannah. She was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the Savannah Golf Club. Mrs. Clarke was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Gilbert Clarke Sr. Surviving are, her daughter, Barbara Clarke Jones Peter of Spanish Fort, Alabama, her son, Eugene Gilbert Clarke Jr. Sharon, of Rincon, four grandchildren, Screven Jones of Jacksonville, FL, Wylly Sinclair Jones of Lawrenceville, Elisabeth Ann Clarke of Rincon, Catherine ...
George William Cosper, Jr. SEP 18, 1915 - JAN 07, 2007
George W. Cosper George W. Cosper, died Sunday, January 7, 2007 at St. Joseph Hospital at the age of 91, after a fall. He was a native of Detroit, Michigan. He had retired in 1980 to live at The Landings in Savannah and had recently moved to Savannah Square Retirement Center. He graduated from the University of Michigan and was a lifelong member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Mr. Cosper retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain after serving from 1939 from World War II through the Korean Conflict. He remained in the U.S. Navy Reserves until 1975. After his active duty service, he worked for General Se ...
Dewey L. Morgan SEP 07, 1926 - JAN 07, 2007
DEWEY LAGRANDE MORGAN, SR Dewey LaGrande Morgan, Sr. 80 of Savannah went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2007. Although he battled the affects of heart disease and diabetes for years, he was determined to stay involved in his Air National Guard SAFANG monthly and annual reunion meetings. His days to the end were spent with family and among the lasting friendships he had acquired throughout his lifetime. Whether you had become “part of the family” by being one of his “Guard” buddies, someone he had met while putting his engineering abilities to work on automobiles, or through other avenues, h ...
Dorothy Sterne Hendry NOV 26, 1916 - JAN 06, 2007
DOROTHY STERNE HENDRY Dorothy Sterne Hendry 90, died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at Candler Hospital. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina living most of her life in Savannah. She was a former member of Epworth United Methodist Church and currently a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Mrs. Hendry was a member of the Alee Patrol Unit Auxiliary, the Wednesday Morning Reading Club, Christian Women’s Club, Savannah Woman’s Club and various garden clubs including the Mayfair Garden Club and the Fragrance Garden for the Blind in Forsyth Park. Mrs. Hendry was one of the first student’s to ...
Harriett Johnson Haines JUL 05, 1923 - JAN 06, 2007
Harriett J. Haines Harriett Owens Johnson Haines, 83, died Saturday, January 06, 2007 at her residence. She was a 1942 graduate of the Pape School and was a member of the Colonial Dames. She was a former member of the Junior League of Savannah and was a member of Christ Church. Mrs. Haines was a member of the Oglethorpe Club and was a former member of the Board of Directors of Bethesda. She was a very knowledgable collector of antiques and was an excellent interior decorator. She loved to travel the world and was a gracious hostess at many parties where she was always beautifully dressed. She ...
Kathryn Ann Hadsell SEP 20, 1927 - JAN 06, 2007
Kathryn Ann M. Hadsell Kathryn Ann McGillicuddy Hadsell, 79 a devoted mother and grandmother died Saturday, January 06, 2007 at Candler Hospital. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Mrs. Hadsell dedicated her life and achieved her greatest accomplishment, raising her six children. She was predeceased by her parents, John McGillicuddy and Minnie Purcell Campbell, and a grandson, Warren F. Kent, III. Surviving are her children, William “Billy” V. Hadsell, III and his wife, Peggy, of Lawrenceville, GA, Dr. Nancy A. Hadsell of Denton, TX ...
Henry R Overstreet MAR 04, 1925 - JAN 06, 2007
HENRY R. OVERSTREET Henry R. Overstreet 81, died Saturday, January 06, 2007 in Orange Park, Florida. Mr. Overstreet was a native of Swainsboro, Georgia living most of his life in Savannah. He was retired from Union Camp and was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in WWII. Mr. Overstreet was a member of Wesley Oak United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janie Ruth Overstreet. Surviving are, his son, Ronnie Overstreet of Orange Park, FL, his daughter, Shelia Lucas of Turnersville, New Jersey, two brothers, Bobby Overstreet of South Carolina, Jim Overstreet of Swain ...
Angela Chang Su JUL 19, 1933 - JAN 04, 2007
ANGELA CHANG SU Angela Chang Su 73, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2007 at her home after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Shaw Cheng-Tsuau Su, in October 2004. She is survived by her son, Dr. Claude T. Su and his wife Susan A. Su of Savannah, her daughter, Adela Su Karoliussen and her husband Eddie Karoliussen of Charlottesville, VA, her daughter, Andrea C. Su of Rutherford, NJ and three grandchildren, Laura Ling Su, Catherine Mei Su and Ryan Claude Su of Savannah. A private interment for the family will take place in the ...
Malcolm W Clark MAY 15, 1918 - JAN 04, 2007
MALCOLM WASNINGTON CLARK Malcolm Washington Clark passed away January 4, 2007 at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Savannah in 1918, the son of Marvin F. Clark and Mary Elizabeth Burnley Clark. Malcolm grew up in Liberty County. He served in the United States Army in the 101st Coast Artillery in Papua Guinea during WWII. As staff Sergeant under combat conditions, he received the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the Distinguished Unit Badge and the Asiatic Pacific Medal. After WWII, his career was spent as a printer with various newspapers, includ ...
Stephen Russell Barton SEP 09, 1957 - JAN 03, 2007
Stephen Russell Barton Stephen Russell Barton, 49, died suddenly on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at home. He was born in Bermuda on September 9, 1957. After moving to Savannah at age six he was educated in the Savannah/Chatham County Public Schools. Stephen later worked for Occidental Oil Company in Savannah and in Houston, TX. He also worked as a computer operator for ZUD Resources Inc. He was preceded in death by his father, Cardell F. Barton, Jr. and his nephew, John Ayala. Survivors include his mother, Edith M. Barton of Savannah; one son, Taylor Matthew Barton of League City, TX; one brothe ...
Susye Fall Binford DEC 21, 1917 - JAN 03, 2007
SUSYE FALL BINFORD Susye Fall Binford died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Binford was born in Fulton, Kentucky on December 21, 1917. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Hopson Binford. She attended Sullins College and was a member of the Isle of Hope United Methodist Church. Surviving are her two daughters, Fall Binford Quattlebaum of Savannah and Jane Binford Quinn of Birmingham, Alabama. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Memorial Services will be Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 4 p.m. at Isle of ...
Corean Blackwell Galbreath JUL 30, 1913 - JAN 03, 2007
Corean Blackwell Galbreath Corean Blackwell Galbreath, 93, died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at Azalealand Nursing Home under the care of Hospice Savannah Inc. She was a native of Franklinton, Louisiana and had lived in Savannah since 1936. Mrs. Galbreath worked at Union Camp and was a member of Southside Baptist for over fifty years. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-eight years, Emory Wilson Galbreath. Survivors include two sons, Ronald Wayne Galbreath of Mauldin, SC and Rick D. Galbreath of Columbus, GA; one daughter, Judith Lynn Galbreath of Savannah; two brothers, Joe and F ...
Helen M. Clanton DEC 22, 1927 - JAN 01, 2007
Helen M. Clanton Helen McQuillan Clanton, 79 died Monday, January 1, 2007 at her residence. The Savannah native was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and was a 1945 graduate of St. Vincent’s Academy. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Colonel Charles C. Clanton, Jr Retired USAF. She is survived by her son, Charles C. Clanton, III, of Savannah, son and daughter-in-law, David W. and Marcia Clanton, of Savannah, daughter and son-in-law, Lynn C. and Larry Palmer, of Savannah. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Jennifer Lucille Clanton, Ch ...
Dr. Robert B. Quattlebaum MAR 06, 1933 - JAN 01, 2007
Dr. Robert B. Quattlebaum, Jr. Dr. Robert B. Quattlebaum, Jr., died Monday, January 1, 2007 at Candler Hospital. He was born Robert Baskin Quattlebaum, Jr., son of Lucy Mathews and Robert B. Quattlebaum, Sr. Robyn on March 6, 1933 in Roanoke, Alabama. He graduated from Taft Prep School in Watertown, CT. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout before the age of 18. He attended Vanderbilt University graduating with his B.A. Degree. He then entered the Air Force to proudly serve our country for 2 years. He was then accepted to the University of Alabama Medical School and graduated in 1961. After inte ...
Lamar W. Davis, Sr. APR 10, 1922 - DEC 30, 2006
Lamar W. Davis, Sr. Savannah, GA- Lamar W. Davis, 84, died Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Spanish Oaks Retreat for Alzheimer’s Care. A native of Toccoa, Georgia, he was a veteran of World War II, serving as a flight instructor and combat glider pilot. He attended Spartanburg Junior College and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Business Administration. Moving to Savannah in 1947, Mr. Davis taught at the University of Georgia Campus at Hunter Army Airfield and later served as professor at Armstrong State College for twenty-nine years. For m ...
Mary C. Bowdle OCT 22, 1933 - DEC 30, 2006
Mary C. Bowdle Mary C. Diamond Bowdle, 83, died Saturday, December 30, 2006 at Savannah Square Retirement Community. Mrs. Bowdle was a native of Hurlock, Maryland and had lived in Savannah since 1945. She received a nursing degree from Armstrong College and later retired from Candler Hospital after many years of service as a registered nurse. Mrs. Bowdle loved golfing, crabbing, and fishing and was a long time member of Savannah Golf Club. She was past president of the Savannah Women’s Golf Association and spent countless hours volunteering at Hospice Savannah and the Ronald McDonald House. Sh ...
Udell Hackle Thigpen JUN 30, 1917 - DEC 30, 2006
Udell Hackle Thigpen Savannah- Udell Hackle Thigpen, 89, died on Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Hospice House of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Born in Toombs County, Georgia, she lived most of her life in Savannah, most recently at Summer Breeze Assisted Living Community on Wilmington Island. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and a member of the Clara Knight Circle. Mrs. Thigpen was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven years, William Zirkle Thigpen and a daughter, Gail Thigpen Carter. She is survived by two daughters, Sharon Thigpen Deal and her husband, Billy, and Loxie Thig ...
LaVerne B. Moulik MAR 01, 1919 - DEC 30, 2006
LaVerne Moulik Savannah, GA- LaVerne Moulik, 87, died Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Tara Nursing Home in Savannah.. Born March 1, 1925 in Cicero, IL, she was the daughter of the late John and Frances Beranek. She lived in New Buffalo, MI for many years where, along with her husband, she operated the family business as well as serving as a Justice of the Peace. After many years in Little Buffalo, she moved with her husband to St. Petersburg, FL where she has spent the last thirty years. She was a member of the Sweet Adelines. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothe ...
Lonnie Taylor Howard APR 17, 1931 - DEC 29, 2006
Lieutenant Colonel Lonnie T. Howard, US Army Ret. Savannah – Lieutenant Colonel Lonnie Taylor Howard known as Howie, died at Hospice House on December 29, 2006 following a long illness. Born in Fort Mill, SC in 1931 to Lonnie A. and Emma Lee Howard, he grew up there and then attended Clemson University. Graduating in 1953 with a degree in Textile Chemistry, he was commissioned as a Chemical Officer and entered active duty with the United States Army. Following a branch transfer to the Infantry, he attended flight school becoming an Army aviator qualified in both fixed wing and rotary wing airc ...
Gerald R. Ford JUL 13, 1913 - DEC 26, 2006
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. Ford was originally named after his biological father, Leslie Lynch King. When his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, remarried, Ford was renamed after his stepfather. Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was a gifted athlete and scholar. After college, he received offers from two professional football teams, but declined. Instead, Ford took a position as a boxing coach and assistant varsity football coach at Yale. While coaching at Yale, he earned his law degree. Ford�s first foray into po ...
Frances Black Bradley DEC 26, 2006 - DEC 26, 2006
Frances Black Bradley Savannah- Frances Black Bradley, 92, died Tuesday, December 26 under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was the daughter of Frank Oscar and Lillian Hill Black of Columbia, SC. She was born in Bainbridge, GA and resided in Columbia before moving to Savannah in 1950. Mrs. Bradley was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Jordan Bradley, her brother, Frank O. Black, Jr., and two sons, Renwick Francis Bradley and John Lyon Bradley. Survivors include two sisters, Lucy Black Whitehurst and Susan Black Crewz, a daughter, Marsha Bradley Brannen Perry of Savannah, a son, Dr. Tho ...
Margaret Mary Logan APR 29, 1913 - DEC 23, 2006
MARGARET MARY LOGAN Margaret Mary Logan 93, died Saturday, December 23, 2006 at her residence. A lifelong resident of Savannah, the daughter of William Gordon and Norma O’Connor Logan. She was educated at Sacred Heart School and graduated from Savannah High School in 1931. An honor graduate of the 1935 class of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore she received a baccalaureate degree with major in education and a minor in History. She taught in the Savannah Chatham County School System for 38 years starting her career at Chatham and ending it at Wilder Junior High School. She is f ...
William Brinkerhoff - DEC 23, 2006
William M. Brinkerhoff William Michael Brinkerhoff, 79, died Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Hospice Savannah. He was a native of New York City and lived in Savannah for the past twenty years. He served in Korea for two years and retired from Grumman Aircraft Corporation in 1986. He is survived by his companion of twenty years, Dorothy Trombecky; son, William Brinkerhoff and his wife Barbara; daughter, Genevieve Cupolo and her husband Tom; brother, Leslie Brinkerhoff; sister, Edith Childs, and five grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors ...
Lilla L Blitch MAR 03, 1950 - DEC 23, 2006
LILLA L. BLITCH Lilla L. Blitch 56, died Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Hospice Savannah. She was a native and life long resident of Savannah and was a former employee of Bell South. She was preceded in death by her brother, Frank Jordan, her sister’s, Peggy Sinus and Joann Marshbanks. Surviving are, her husband, Wesley Blitch of Savannah, daughter, Shelia Sanchez of Bloomingdale, son, James Dale Walker Jr., of Savannah, brother, Thomas Jordan, sister’s, Ann Edmund, Esther Bunn, Veddie Puthsley, her grandchildren, Tony Sanchez, Adriana Sanchez, T.J. Sanchez, Kirsten Edens and Elaina Edens. Vis ...
Charles Francis McNerney JUN 11, 1936 - DEC 23, 2006
CHARLES FRANCIS “CHUCK” MCNERNEY Charles Francis “Chuck” McNerney died Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Hospice Savannah. He was born June 11, 1936 in Renovo, Pennsylvania and grew up in the greater Pittsburgh area. He graduated from McKeesport High School and attended Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from the Pittsburgh School of Aeronautics. In 1967, he opened the first Pizza Hut in Atlanta and was part owner of several Taco Kids. In 1972, he bought the “Italian Kitchen” in Marietta, and owned and operated on that site for 32 years. He was an avid fisherman and retired to Sa ...
Magaret J. Blake DEC 28, 1927 - DEC 22, 2006
MARGARET J. “MARGIE” BLAKE Margaret J. “Margie” Blake 78, went to be with the Lord on December 22, 2006 after a long illness at her home. She was born in Mabscott, West Virginia and lived in Savannah for the last 38 years. She was a retired School teacher from the Chatham County Board of Education, where she touched many lives. She was a very strong willed person, a loving and devoted wife, mother and friend. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert E. “Bobby” Blake, her sister, Frances Pisegna and her brother in law, Victor Pisegna, her brot ...