Obituaries
Virginia Hall Graves DEC 20, 1935 - FEB 09, 2007
Virginia Hall Graves Savannah, GA- Virginia Hall Graves, age 71, died Friday, February 9, 2007, at her home under the care of Odessey Healthcare Hospice and surrounded by her loving family. The Savannah native attended St. John’s Episcopal Church and a daughter of the late John and Gertrude Warren Hall. After marrying and moving to Detroit, MI, she taught for many years in the Dearborn, MI School System. After returning to Savannah she worked for several years with her mother, the late Gertrude Hall, in the family business, John Hall Florist and Nursery. Mrs. Graves was also a writer of short ...
Margie Wilkes Martin SEP 04, 1925 - FEB 08, 2007
Margie Wilkes Martin Margie Wilkes Martin, 81, died Thursday, February 8, 2007 at Candler Hospital. Mrs. Martin was a native of Vidalia and was a longtime resident of Savannah. She was a member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, the Fellowship Sunday School Class and the Jane Shirah Circle. Mrs. Martin retired from Savannah Electric and Power Company’s Credit department in 1986 after 36 years of service. Upon retirement Margie along with her mother, Sema M. Wilkes released the first edition of a self-published cookbook “Famous Recipes” for Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. Mrs. Martin was ...
Francis Lakey Wooten, Jr. JAN 23, 1922 - FEB 07, 2007
Savannah Morning News Francis Lakey “Frank” Wooten, Jr. Honored in life as one of Savannah’s most tireless community leaders, Frank Wooten died peacefully at home on February 7, 2007 - surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Wooten was perhaps best known to the public for his service on the Chatham County Commission, to which he was elected in 1984. That role and countless others earned him admiration and praise, stated openly and often. “A straight arrow – a square shooter – a good man” he was called upon his induction into the Savannah Business Hall of Fame. His pastor described Frank’s “extr ...
Vollie Bean Jeffords JUN 15, 1904 - FEB 07, 2007
Vollie Bean Jeffords Vollie Bean Jeffords at age, 102 years and seven months departed this earth for a joyful reunion with her beloved husband, George Armand Jeffords and daughter, Geraldine Jeffords Lowenkopf. A native of St. Augustine, Florida, she lived in Savannah for more than 60 years. She is survived by her grandchildren Judie, Nancy, David and Karen; great grandchildren Katey, Christopher, Sarah, Charles, Andrew, Robert and Hannah. She is also survived by her nephew Tim and her beloved grandchildren by marriage John and Barbara. A remarkable lady, Mrs. Jeffords lived independently unti ...
Terry A Freeman MAR 26, 1947 - FEB 06, 2007
TERRALEEN “TERRY” ALBRITTON FREEMAN London, Kentucky- Terraleen “Terry” Albritton Freeman was born March 26, 1947 and passed away February 6, 2007 at Merry Mount Hospital in London, Kentucky after a brief illness. Terry was born in Savannah and lived there for many years. She was a graduate of Savannah High School and the first Nursing Program at Armstrong State College. She was a dedicated nurse who loved her profession. She was a member of Thunderbolt Baptist Church for many years. Terry was preceded by her parents, Bob and Louise Albritton. Surviving are, her husband of 23 years Charles Dan ...
John Wesley Witt, Sr. FEB 22, 1922 - FEB 04, 2007
JOHN WESLEY WITT SR. John Wesley Witt Sr., 84, died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Witt was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah. He was retired from Colonial Oil after 35 years of service. Mr. Witt was a member of the Old Timers Softball League and was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during WWII. He was preceded in death by his brothers, J.L. “Chick” Witt and Richard Witt. Surviving are, his wife of 54 years, Joyce G. Witt, a son , John Wesley Witt Jr., and wife Monica, a daughter, Nancy W. Stone and husband Brett, two sisters, Mi ...
Ann Marshall JUL 20, 1916 - FEB 03, 2007
Ann MacGregor Stewart Gibson Marshall Ann MacGregor Stewart Gibson Marshall died after a brief illness on Saturday evening, February 3, 2007, at home with her family. Born in Savannah on July 20, 1916, to Josephine Stewart and Freeman Irby Gibson, she was the first grandchild of former Savannah Mayor Murray MacGregor Stewart. Although she lost her hearing at the age of 5, she was an accomplished equestrian, attended Fermata School for Girls in Aiken, S.C., and Pape School in Savannah, and graduated from Ashley Hall in Charleston. A graduate in the first class of Armstrong Junior College, she ...
Henry Butterbean Parrish AUG 08, 1924 - FEB 02, 2007
HENRY G. “BUTTERBEAN” PARRISH Henry G. “Butterbean” Parrish 82, died Friday, February 2, 2007 at Hospice Savannah. He was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah. Mr. Parrish was a WWII veteran serving in the United States Navy and later retired from the Naval Reserves. He also retired from Union Camp. Mr. Parrish was a member of the Wood Crafters Association on Tybee Island, the Steam and Pipefitters Local 188, Wildwood United Methodist Church, the Elks Club and volunteered with 7th district volunteer fire department. Surviving are, his wife, Lillian H. Parrish of Savannah, his daughters, ...
Carlton Mackenzie Parker Sr. MAR 03, 1910 - FEB 01, 2007
CARLTON MCKENZIE PARKER, SR. Carlton McKenzie Parker, Sr., 96, died Thursday, February 1, 2007 at home after a short illness. He was a native of Wilmington, North Carolina. He subsequently moved to Brevard, North Carolina, where he graduated from Brevard High School. He then attended Duke University and completed his education at North Carolina State University with a degree in Textiles. He began his career as an interior designer with W&J Sloane in Washington, DC. He then relocated to Savannah and founded Parker & Klug Furniture, Carlton Parker Furniture and Tailor-Made Draperies, Inc ...
Cordia Lamar Middleton SEP 09, 1911 - FEB 01, 2007
CORDIA LAMAR MIDDLETON Cordia Lamar Middleton of Savannah, died on February 1, 2007 at the age of 95 after a brief illness. He was the son of John Mackenzie Middleton of Aberdeen Scotland and Edna Nasworthy of Savannah. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth Pierpont Middleton of Savannah. Mr. Middleton had a long career in the newspaper and advertising business. He began his in the newspaper business at the Savannah Morning News. He moved to Atlanta in the late 70’s and joined the North Side News as an advertising director. After working with several other Atlanta publishers he found ...
James Albert Mackin JUL 19, 1920 - JAN 31, 2007
. SM/Sgt. James Albert Mackin, Ret. Savannah- James Albert Mackin, 86, 165th Airlift Wing at the Georgia Air National Guard, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 after a short illness. Mr. Mackin, best known as “Mack”, served as the Mess Sergeant at Travis Field and was awarded a Commendation Medal for his outstanding achievement as Food Service Superintendent with over 26 years of service from March 1, 1954 to July 17, 1980. Survivors include his wife, Mary Alice Mackin of Savannah; daughter, Mary A. Reese of Bloomingdale; two granddaughters, Donna Reese Pappas of Charleston, SC and Deborah Reese ...
Johnny A. O'Quinn, Jr. DEC 07, 1928 - JAN 30, 2007
Johnny A. O’Quinn, Jr. Savannah- Johnny A. O’Quinn, Jr., 78, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at his home on Wilmington Island. He was a life long resident of Savannah who proudly served in the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corp. While serving in the Marines, he was part of “Savannah’s Dog Company”. He retired from Savannah Gas Company after 38 years of service. Johnny was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Helen Jeanette O’Quinn. Survivors include two daughters, Shelly O’Quinn Bevill and Vivian O’Quinn Woods; son, Johnny A. O’Quinn, III; seven grandchildren, Michelle S ...
Patricia A. Lewellyn SEP 27, 1944 - JAN 30, 2007
Patricia Ann Lewellyn Savannah- Patricia Ann Lewellyn, 62, died Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at Hospice Savannah. Patricia grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and moved to Savannah thirty years ago. She was an Assistant Vice President with Bank of America for over twenty-five years and attended Bull Street Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of forty-five years, James E. Lewellyn, Sr.; two wonderful sons, James E. Lewellyn, Jr. and his wife, Julie and Steven Wayne Lewellyn, all of Savannah; sister, Betty Currier; two brothers, Malcolm Currier, Jr. and Michael Currier, all of Lynchburg, TN ...
Betty Jean Dixon APR 24, 1926 - JAN 29, 2007
Betty J. Dixon 1926-2007 Tybee Island- Betty J. Dixon died Monday, January 29, 2007 at Hospice Savannah after a long illness. Ms. Dixon is survived by her companion of 23 years, Fred Griesbach of Tybee Island; two sons, David Beaver of Savannah and Daniel Beaver of Cape Girardeau, MO; daughter, Leah Beaver Becker of Laguna Beach, CA; grandson, Hunter Beaver of Savannah; four sisters, Elizabeth Meyer of Tybee Island, Mildred Evans of McIntosh County, Willie Steele of Hinesville, Catherine Cato of Augusta and one brother, Bill Jones of Augusta. A memorial service has been planned for 2:00 p.m., ...
Elizabeth G. Layton NOV 22, 1911 - JAN 29, 2007
Elizabeth Groover Layton Elizabeth Groover Layton, 95, died Monday, November 29, 2007 at Buckingham South. Mrs. Layton was a member of Calvary Baptist Temple and was co-founder of Coastal Paper – Sail Chemical Company with her husband Wade Lamar Layton who preceded her in death. She was also a member of the Chatham Club. Survivors include a cousin, Mrs. Louise Watson of Red Springs, NC and friend, Bennie Faulk of Savannah. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Calvary Baptist Temple. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at ...
Wiley H. Howell NOV 25, 1948 - JAN 29, 2007
Wiley H. Howell Wiley Henry Howell, 58, died Monday, January 29, 2007 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. He was a native of Blackshear, Ga. and was of the Baptist faith. He retired from the United States Navy after twenty years of service and was a Past Commander of the American Legion Post #36. He was also retired from the Savannah–Hilton Head International Airport. He is survived by his wife, Gloria S. Howell, of Savannah, daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Robert Holland, of Charlotte, N.C., three grandchildren, Skylar, Maci, and R.J., all of Charlotte, N.C., one brother, Wayn ...
Gary Ross Jacobs SEP 14, 1949 - JAN 28, 2007
Gary Ross Jacobs Savannah- Mr. Gary Ross Jacobs, 57, died Monday, January 29, 2007 at Hospice Savannah. Gary was a native of Durham, North Carolina and lived in Savannah for the past 18 years. He served in the United States Army for 10 years where he was an EENT Specialist. For the past 34 years he has worked as a surgical technician. He was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and a member of VFW Post 4392 on Tybee Island. He was preceded in death by his parents, Catherine Jacobs Bissette and Edgar Jacobs of Durham, NC; his step-father, Charles “Hank” Bissette a baby brother ...
Claude Richard Monlux - JAN 27, 2007
Claude Richard "Dick" Monlux Claude Richard "Dick" Monlux, 81, died peacefully at home on January 27, 2007. After serving four years as a naval officer during World War II, he graduated from Yale University with degrees in metallurgy and naval engineering. He was an avid golfer, skier, and national swimming champion. He was president of Monlux Company in Seattle, WA, for 30 years before retiring to The Landings in 1992. His ability to fix and improve objects was both creative and astounding. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Kathryn Laub Monlux, three daughters, five grandchildren, and f ...
Robert Lewis MAR 06, 1961 - JAN 26, 2007
Robert T. Lewis Robert T. Lewis, age 45, died Friday. Raised in Savannah, he was a graduate of Windsor Forest High School and was a member of Faith Lutheran Church. Surviving are his parents, Jack and Shirley Lewis and his brother, Mike Lewis, all of Savannah; as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel with Pastor Donald W. Lunick officiating Burial will be priva ...
Susan Ritter Cohen JUL 11, 1960 - JAN 26, 2007
Savannah- Susan Ritter Cohen, 46, of Savannah, Georgia, died on January 26, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Fayettville, North Carolina, she was raised in Darlington, South Carolina. Susan graduated from Presbyterian College with a BS degree in accounting. She was a licensed CPA in Georgia and South Carolina. After moving to Savannah with her husband in 1985, she began work with the accounting firm of Spillane, Rhodes Lebey & Seig, later King and Spalding. For the last 5 years, Susan was employed as a 5th grade teacher at Savannah Country Day School. As a longtime membe ...
Joseph Eugene Lambright APR 26, 1914 - JAN 26, 2007
Joseph Eugene Lambright Joe E. Lambright died on Friday, January 26, 2007 at the age of 92. He was born on April 26, 1914 in Brunswick, Georgia. As a youth in coastal Georgia, he developed a lifelong love of sailing and Georgia’s tidal marshes. A graduate of South Georgia Teacher’s College now Georgia Southern in 1937, he taught high school briefly. He then began working as a newspaper reporter, first with the Savannah Morning News and then the Brunswick News. During World War II he served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. San Juan and the U.S.S. Kingman. He then resumed his newspaper career in S ...
George Young OCT 26, 1927 - JAN 26, 2007
George G. “Jerry” Young Savannah, GA- George G. “Jerry” Young, age 79, died Friday, January 26, 2007, at his home. The Corning, NY native attended school and lived for most of his life in Cleveland, OH, where he operated a jewelry store for many years. In 1974 Mr. Young moved to Brunswick, GA where he opened and operated a Hallmark Card Shop until moving to Savannah in 1983. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Cetinich Young. Surviving are six children, Patricia Sidebotham and her husband, Thomas, of Savannah, Kathleen Morris of Sebastian, FL, James Young and his wife, Denise, of Dar ...
Amanda Morris Bell SEP 27, 1938 - JAN 26, 2007
Amanda Hancock Morris Bell Savannah- Amanda Hancock Morris Bell died peacefully at home surrounded by her beloved family on January 26, 2007. Mrs. Bell was born on September 27, 1938 and raised in Sanford, North Carolina. She was the daughter of George Edward and Daisy Gilmore Morris. Mrs. Bell graduated from Sanford Central High School in Sanford, North Carolina where she was a varsity cheerleader her junior and senior years. She attended St. Mary’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the University of South Carolina in Col ...
June Jackson Moore MAY 07, 1919 - JAN 25, 2007
Mr. June “J.J.” Jackson Moore Savannah- June Jackson “J.J.” Moore, 87, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at Hospice Savannah. He grew up in Adel, Georgia and had lived in Savannah for the last 60 years. He served in the U.S. Army as a Platoon Sergeant in the 7th Armored Division during WWII. He was employed by Derst Baking Company for 36 years where he retired as Route Superintendent. He is survived by one son, Michael J. Moore of Savannah: two daughters, Cathy Moore Smith of Savannah and Sandy Moore Robinson of Potomac Falls, VA; one sister, Clarice Malone of Savannah; one brother, Raymond Moo ...
Thomas Pendleton JUL 06, 1910 - JAN 25, 2007
Thomas Franklin Pendleton Thomas Franklin Pendleton III, 96, died peacefully on January 25, 2006. He is survived by his wife of seventy years, Beulah; daughter Elaine Montgomery of New York City; son Thomas F. Pendleton IV of San Francisco, CA and grandson Kaiyo Pendleton. He was a native of New Haven, CT and had resided in Savannah for forty-nine years. He graduated from Yale University in 1931. While a student at Yale he worked for the American Auto Association AAA and continued with that organization, retiring as manager of the Savannah Motor Club. Tom was a member of Rotary for over fifty ...
Aloysius Henry McCarthy, Jr. DEC 12, 1939 - JAN 23, 2007
Aloysius Henry “Al” McCarthy, Jr. Savannah- Mr. Aloysius Henry McCarthy, Jr. 67, died Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at Candler Hospital. He was a native of Savannah and attended Benedictine Military School. After serving three years in the United States Marine Corps, he returned to Savannah where he was employed for the next seventeen years with the United States Postal Service. Al was very athletic and enjoyed all sports, especially softball, half rubber, golf, and fishing. He was a very fun loving person and will be deeply missed by those who knew him. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Wade McC ...