Obituaries
Patty Crawford Gaillard MAR 17, 1914 - AUG 17, 2006
Savannah - Patty Crawford Gaillard, age 92, died Thursday, August 17, 2006, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. A Savannah native, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. William Barron Crawford, Sr., she attended the Knox School in Cooperstown, New York. She was a member of the Junior League of Savannah, St. John’s Episcopal Church and St. Andrew’s Reformed Episcopal Church. Mrs. Gaillard taught pre-school and the first grade at Hancock Day School for more than twenty years. She loved the challenge of teaching children and the excitement each student experienced when he or she caught ...
Edna Hazel Chapman SEP 01, 1927 - AUG 16, 2006
Savannah – Edna “Hazel” Chapman, age 78, died Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at Candler Hospital. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a member of The Salvation Army Church for most of her adult life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carnell Steven Chapman and a son, Michael Wayne Chapman. She is survived by two daughters, Kathy Smiley of Eden, GA and Beverly and “Jr.” Thompson of Midway; five sons, Frank S., III and Gloria Chapman of Eden, Ronnie Chapman, Dennis Chapman, Sr. and Charles Chapman, Sr., all of Savannah and Donald and Judy Chapman of Bloomingdale; a daughter-in- ...
Charles H. Godwin JAN 10, 1928 - AUG 15, 2006
Charles H. Godwin Charles Howell Godwin, 78, died Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. He was a native of Savannah and was raised at Bethesda Home for Boys. Mr. Godwin was a member of New Life Fellowship Church for many years and was a member of Gideons International. He served in the United States Army, serving in Japan at the end of WWII and also served in the National Guard for thirty-six years, retiring as a major. He was also a member of the Thirteenth Colony Barbershop Quartet. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ethel Godwin, and his father Claude ...
Harry Russell Carpenter SEP 28, 1922 - AUG 14, 2006
Harry Russell Carpenter, 83, died on August 14, 2006 at St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital after a long illness. Harry was born on September 28, 1922 in Way's Station now known as Richmond Hill, Georgia. He was the son of the late Erwin W. Carpenter and Winifred Sutton Carpenter and Addie P. Carpenter. After graduating from Richmond Hill High School, Harry taught sheet metal at Richmond Hill Trade School. He worked for the civil service in Pearl Harbor after the attack on December 7, 1941 as a sheet metal worker. He then joined the 31st Division of the U. S. Army and served in the Philippines. He ...
Donald Lawrence Rose NOV 11, 1956 - AUG 14, 2006
DONALD LAWRENCE ROSE Donald L. Rose 49, died Monday, August 14, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Newark, Ohio and grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana and had been a resident of Savannah for the past 29 years. He was presently employed with Philips Electronics. Surviving are, his mother, Katherine L. Rose of Valparaiso, Indiana, his sister, Anne Pollaksen of Porter, Indiana, his brother, David G. Rose of Indiana and a special friend, Kelli Rose. Memorial Services will be Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 7 p.m. at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel. FOX AND WEEKS FUENRAL DIRECTORS H ...
Hazel Muggridge Miller OCT 03, 1918 - AUG 14, 2006
HAZEL M. MILLER Savannah Hazel Muggridge Miller, 87, died Monday evening, August 14, 2006, at Savannah Square Retirement Community under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Cairo, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Will L. Muggridge and Mellie Lewis Muggridge. Mrs. Miller was a member of the Tennille United Methodist Church. She was a 1939 graduate of Georgia State Womans College, Valdosta, Georgia, and was a retired school teacher of the Washington County Public School System. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her grandson, Michael Scott Miller; three s ...
Joseph B. Kennedy AUG 13, 2006 - AUG 13, 2006
Joseph Bernard Kennedy, 84, died Saturday at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The native Savannahian attended Benedictine Military School and was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church. During World War II he served as a crew chief in the 790th bomber squadron of the Eighth Air Force where he was awarded a Bronze Star and the ETO service medal with six clusters. After the war he joined the Georgia Air National Guard and later graduated from Fort Rucker flight training school as a helicopter pilot. He served the State of Georgia as an airplane and helicopter pilot with the rank of Chief W ...
Ruth Sisson McKenzie NOV 20, 1914 - AUG 12, 2006
Ruth Elizabeth “Betty” Sisson McKenzie, age 91, died Saturday, August 12. 2006, at her home on Isle of Hope. The Fernandina Beach, Florida native was the daughter of the late Charles Leslie and Ruth Sharpe Sisson and lived in Savannah for most of her adult life. As the daughter of a light house keeper, she spent her early years at various lighthouses along the east coast of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. She was a communicant of St. James Catholic Church and a member of the Golden Age Club and Senior Citizens of Chatham County. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, ...
Hai Tran FEB 25, 1950 - AUG 10, 2006
Hai Van Tran Hai Van Tran, age 56, died Thursday, August 10, 2006 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. He was born in Vietnam on February 25, 1950, the oldest of six children. He moved to the United States in 1975. For over twenty years, he owned and operated Hong Tan Oriental Grocery Store. He was a member of Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Rhonda Tran; two daughters, Hong Tran and Diem Tran; son, Tan Tran, all of Savannah. Prayer Services will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, August 12, 2006 thru Monday, August 14, 2006 at the Island ...
Colin L. Kelly JUL 22, 1944 - AUG 10, 2006
Colin L. Kelly died Thursday, August 10, 2006, at Hospice House. The New England native had lived in Savannah for the past seventeen years. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, stationed in England during the Viet Nam Conflict. He graduated with a degree in Hotel Management from Paul Smith College in New York and had worked in the hotel industry for most of his life. Surviving are his brother and sister-in-law, Crosby and Linda Kelly of Mt. Pleasant, SC; nephews, Tim Kelly of Glastonbury, CT and Matt Kelly of Victor, ID; a niece, Penny Schlesinger of London, England; and many dear ...
Herman O. Meyers APR 09, 1946 - AUG 09, 2006
On August 7, 2006, our beloved Hermie, age 60, left this earth to forever be our guardian angel. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Herman, a native of Savannah and lifelong resident was the son of Mary Paxton Meyers and the late Henry Von Glahn Meyers. He was employed by Union Camp/International Paper for thirty-seven years as an electrical mechanic in the industrial truck shop before retiring in 2001. While at the same time he had a passion for repairing golf cars, he was chosen to become a Club Car dealer of the Southeast Region where he owned and operated Southern ...
Robert Eugene Clark FEB 16, 1930 - AUG 09, 2006
Robert Eugene “Bob” Clark Robert Eugene “Bob” Clark, 76, died Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah Inc. The native of Portland, OR, spent his early life in Modesto and Santa Cruz, CA, before entering the US Air Force. During his twenty years of service, Bob served in the 2nd Bomb Wing, the 96th Bomb Squadron of the Strategic Air Command and the Korean Conflict. Following his retirement as a CM/Sgt. in June 1967, he began a career with Gulfstream Aerospace in Savannah that lasted until his retirement in 1989. He was a member of the White Bluff UMC and a membe ...
Charlotte Anne Haslam AUG 08, 2006 - AUG 08, 2006
Charlotte Anne Haslam infant daughter of John and Laura Haslam of Savannah died Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at Candler Hospital. She is also survived by grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Forrest Gee III, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Sonny Petrea, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Haslam, Jr.; maternal great grandmother, Mrs. J. Forrest Gee; paternal great grandmother, Hilda E. Lee; paternal great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Haslam, Sr.; as well as aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan F. Haslam and Mr. Mark C. Haslam In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mary Telfair Women’s Hospital Fund in care of Th ...
Craig Daniel Bowen NOV 11, 1960 - AUG 07, 2006
Daniel Craig Bowen Daniel Craig Bowen, 45, went to be with our Heavenly Father on August 7, 2006. He was born in Savannah on November 11, 1960. Dan was a U. S. Army veteran and served with the 82nd Airborne Division in Kuwait and Panama. He was a registered nurse and worked in several area hospitals. At the time of his death he was employed by John Hodges Construction, Inc. as a carpenter’s assistant. Dan was featured as WTOC’s Hometown Hero on two occasions. Once when he saved the life of a woman, and the other, when he climbed a very tall tree to rescue a kitten that had been stranded for se ...
Darlene Caldwell JAN 21, 1945 - AUG 07, 2006
Darlene Caldwell, age 61, died Monday, August 7, 2006, at Candler Hospital. The Waco, Texas native was a graduate of Arlington Heights High School in Ft. Worth, Texas and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. She taught school and was in the Real Estate business in Texas and Massachusetts and moved with her husband from Sandwich, Massachusetts to The Landings on Skidaway Island in 2002. Surviving are her husband, Don Caldwell of Savannah; three children, Brian David Caldwell of Austin, Texas, James Curtis and Katie Caldwell of Savannah, and Shannon Leigh Martoccia of Greenville, South Carol ...
Michael G. Powers OCT 14, 1949 - AUG 07, 2006
Michael G. “Handiboe” Powers, age 56, died Monday, August 7, 2006 at Hospice House following a courageous battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a graduate of Benedictine Military School, Class of 1968, and was a Title Abstractor with Belford Land Title. He was a faithful member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a thirty-five year member of the Knights of Columbus, Council #631. He was also a member of the American Legion, Post 135. He was a member of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, serving on the Executive Committee as Membership Chai ...
Robert Kiley JUL 28, 1920 - AUG 06, 2006
Savannah - Robert Kiley, age 86, died Sunday, August 6, 2006, at Hospice House. The Savannah native graduated from Savannah High School before entering the United States Army and serving in World War II. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1950 and then to Chicago, Illinois before retiring to Bullhead City, Arizona. He was a member of the Senior Golf Blitz at Bacon Park, the Chatham Artillery, and American Legion Post #184. Surviving, all of Savannah, are a brother, Jack L. Kiley, a niece, Stephanie Kiley Smith, a nephew, Jack L. Kiley, Jr., and a loving friend, Eva Colson, as well as several ...
John C. Griffith MAR 18, 1925 - AUG 06, 2006
John C. Griffith, age 81, died Sunday, August 6, 2006, at Candler Hospital. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a member of Ardsley Park Baptist Church. He retired from the City of Savannah as a Building Superintendent. Surviving are his sister and brother-in-law, Mercer G. and James B. Blackburn of Savannah; sisters-in-law, Jennell Griffith of Savannah and Helen Kelley of Mobile, AL; a daughter-in-law, Anne Cornelius of Mobile, AL; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday at Fox & Weeks Funeral ...
Teresa Hendricks Morris JAN 02, 1926 - AUG 05, 2006
Savannah - Teresa Hendricks Morris lost her battle with Breast Cancer Saturday, August 5, 2006, at Savannah Square under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Wawa, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Martin E. and Madeline Scofield Hendricks, Teresa attended Chester Heights Grade School and graduated from Notre Dame High School in Moylan, Pennsylvania. She entered Naval Nursing Cadet Training at St. Agnes Hospital in South Philadelphia, graduating as a registered nurse in the class of 1947. Teresa worked as a nurse at St. Agnes and Germantown Hospitals in Philadelphia, and then became Supe ...
Newell Turner Parr MAY 07, 1927 - AUG 05, 2006
NEWELL TURNER PARR Mrs. Newell Turner Parr, 79, died Saturday, August 5, 2006 at Azalealand Nursing Home. The native and lifelong resident of Savannah was a retired educator, having worked with the Chatham County School System and the Royce Reading Center. She attended Pape School and graduated from Savannah High School and Agnes Scott College. She earned her Master’s degree in English from Armstrong State College. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a former Docent with the Flannery O’Connor House and a member of the Froebel Circle. She was a member of Wesley Monumen ...
Maggie T. Moore OCT 15, 1964 - AUG 05, 2006
Margaret Torras Moore, 41, along with her little dog Barney died Saturday, August 5, 2006 in a single car automobile accident near her home in Savannah. Maggie was born in Atlanta where she attended the Lovette School. Her education continued at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She later graduated from the University of Georgia where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She was a member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Church and the Landings Club where she was an A-1 Tennis player. She married James D. Moore, Jr. They resided at The Landings on Skidaway Island in Savan ...
Les S. Dunnells, Sr. OCT 05, 1942 - AUG 04, 2006
LES DUNNELLS Les Dunnells 64, died Friday, August 4, 2006 in Savannah from injuries received from an industrial accident. He was a native of Bristol Connecticut and resident of Savannah for the past 20 years. He was a member of the Savannah Korean Baptist Church and presently employed with MPW Industrial Services. Surviving are, his wife, Sun Cha Dunnells of Savannah, son, William F. Dunnells of Savannah, son, Leslie S. Dunnells Jr., of New Hampshire, daughter, Elizabeth Dunnells of New Hampshire, son, Christopher S. Dunnells of Vermont, brother, William F. Dunnells of Pennsylvania, sister, Ap ...
Edna Edwards FEB 07, 1928 - AUG 04, 2006
Edna Mae Edwards Edna Mae Edwards, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, passed away at Savannah Square Retirement Community on Friday, August 4, 2006. Edna was born February 7, 1928 in Watkinsville, GA to John Edwin and Mattie Marshall. She met and married a young soldier Novis Clark Edwards, her surviving husband of sixty years. The couple made their home in Savannah, GA. Edna was a devoted mother and loving example of compassion. She lived her life with integrity and grace, and she died with courage. She was a member of Isle of Hope United Methodist Ch ...
Darlene Kiernan SEP 28, 1929 - AUG 02, 2006
Darlene E. Kiernan "Vanden Berge" - Savannah -Darlene E. "Vanden Berge" Kiernan passed away peacefully at her home with her husband and children at her side on August 2, 2006. She was born on September 28, 1929 in Orange City, IA. She graduated from Northwestern College and taught the elementary grades in Orange City and LeMars, IA and Vermillion. SD. In later years she was active in the Jasper County Medical Auxiliary and Newton, IA YMCA boards. Darlene is survived by her husband of 55 years, Dr. Tom Kiernan, a daughter, Jane and husband James Kray and their two children, as well as a son J ...
Judith Young Philipp NOV 29, 1943 - JUL 30, 2006
JUDITH CLAIR PHILIPP Judith Clair Philipp died Sunday, July 30, 2006 after a brief illness. Mrs. Philipp, the daughter of Dorothy Virginia Orr and Oliver Frances Young, was born November 29, 1943 in Savannah, Georgia. She attended Savannah High School and was graduated from Armstrong State College as a Bachelor of Arts with a major in music. As a member of Chatham County 4-H clubs, she won awards at the local and district level. While employed at Hunter Army Airfield, Cobra Hall, she was chosen Employee of the Week. She attended Independent Presbyterian Church from childhood and was a member ...
Estelle Biendorf NOV 25, 1917 - JUL 27, 2006
Estelle Beindorf Estelle Beindorf, age 88, died Thursday, July 27, 2006, at Savannah Square Retirement Community. The Philadelphia native was a longtime resident of Vero Beach, Florida and had lived in Savannah since 1997. She was a member of St. Helen’s Catholic Church in Vero Beach and Beta Sigma Phi in Vero Beach. Surviving are a daughter, Peggy Boyden and her husband, Bill; a grandson, Robert Boyden and his wife, Libby; a granddaughter, Ms. Janet Boyden of Atlanta; and two great-granddaughters, Brittany Boyden and Megan Boyden. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Augus ...
Grace Naomi Martens JUL 12, 1912 - JUL 27, 2006
Savannah – Grace N. Martens, 94, peacefully passed away in her sleep early July 27, 2006 at Summer Breeze on Wilmington Island. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 2, 1912, she lived in Lima, Ohio, Stuart, Florida and Boone, North Carolina prior to coming to Savannah in 2000. Mrs. Martens attended Wesley Oaks Methodist Church in Thunderbolt, and was a member of the “S” chapter of the PEO sisterhood in Savannah. She had been a member of PEO since 1948. She was preceded in death by her husband, Forest M. Martens; and a son, Forest G. Martens. Surviving are a son, L. Scott Martens, and his wife Ba ...
Sandra G. White Sell Crummey MAR 09, 1956 - JUL 27, 2006
Sandra G. White Sell Crummey Sandra G. White Sell Crummey, 50, died Thursday July 27, 2006 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Sandra was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah. She was a loving mother, devoted wife, and caring family member. Sandra is survived by her mother, Pauline E. White of Savannah; husband, Rickey C. Crummey of Savannah and formerly of Glennville; son, Christopher D. Sell of Savannah; brother, Wayne D. “Skip” White of Savannah; and numerous other relatives. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. Sunday July 30, 2006 at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel. Fu ...