Obituaries
Gregory Shaun Herndon MAY 13, 1967 - JAN 10, 2023
Gregory Shaun Herndon, passed away in Peekskill, NY on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 after a long illness. Shaun was born in Savannah on May 13, 1967. For many years, Shaun worked as a golf caddy in St. Simons and South Florida before moving to New York where he worked for Hudson National Golf Club. While in New York, Shaun met and married his wife, Phyllis Carr. Shaun was preceded in death by his father, William C. Herndon. In addition to his wife, he leaves behind his mother, Kathy Bragg Herndon of Savannah; two stepchildren, Dillon and Allison; step granddaughter, Madison; ...
Nell Portwood Izzo AUG 26, 1934 - JAN 10, 2023
Nell Portwood Izzo, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross, GA. Nell was born August 26, 1934, in Wadley, Georgia, to the late Mattie Green Portwood and Lawrence Elmo Portwood. The family moved to Savannah in 1941. Nell attended local schools and graduated from Commercial High School in 1952. Nell immediately went to work at the Central of Georgia Railroad Hospital, working there until the hospital closed in 1963. Nell went to work at Savannah Foods and Industries on January 2, 1964 and retired from there in a 1998 as Stockholder Relations Man ...
Mildred French Wallace NOV 16, 1923 - JAN 10, 2023
Mildred French Wallace 99, died peacefully on January 10, 2023 at Buckingham South in Savannah. Mildred was born on November 16th, 1923 in Jacksonville, Florida to Mildred and Theodore French. As a young lady working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC as a French interpreter, Mildred met and married Lester Hull Wallace. They were married for 71 years until his passing in 2012. Because of her love for children, Mildred founded Busy Bee Nursery School in Arlington in the early 1950’s. Later, she bought property in Alexandria, VA and founded Suburban School, where she was admin ...
Judith Parker "Betty" Lewis - JAN 09, 2023
Judith Parker "Betty" Lewis, 75, died peacefully, Monday, January 9, 2023 with her sister by her side. She was born February 28, 1947 in Columbia, SC to the late Clarence B. Parker, Sr. and Judith Crowson Parker. Betty was a graduate of St. Vincent’s Academy and Armstrong State College where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She retired from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Savannah after 30 years of service. She also taught school at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School and math in Chatham County Schools. She was a ...
Carole L. Tutan - JAN 08, 2023
Carole Lamoreaux Tutan, 88, widow of the late George W. Tutan, Jr., died Sunday, January 8, 2023, at her home. She was born in Schenectady, NY, and had been a resident of Savannah, GA since 1960. Mrs. Tutan graduated from Paris American High School in 1952. She furthered her education at several places including Georgetown School of Foreign Service and Marjorie Webster Junior College. While there, because of her high academic standing, she was chosen to escort President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a White House Conference. She escorted the President to the stage and assisted with se ...
Linda Pelli Harper AUG 02, 1944 - JAN 08, 2023
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Linda Pelli Harper born August 2, 1944, passed peacefully January 8, 2023 at St. Joseph’s Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born in the Old Fort section of Savannah and the family later moved to Gohler Avenue when her father built their family home. Linda attended St. James School, St. Vincent’s Academy, Armstrong State College finishing with a Bachelors degree in early childhood development, and later Georgia Southern University completing her Masters and 6 year certificate. She positively shaped many young lives and was selected as Savannah- Chatham ...
Ernest E Turner NOV 29, 1929 - JAN 07, 2023
Ernest E Turner, 93, passed away January 7, 2023, at his home in Savannah, GA. Ernest was born on November 29, 1929, to Exfer Turner and Rozzie Syloma Hodges Turner. He was a June, 1948 graduate of Savannah High School and he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served as an aviation mechanic in Helicopter Unit One and was stationed aboard the USS Manchester. Ernest was Honorably discharged from the US Navy in July 1954. After his discharge from the Navy, Ernest worked for Savannah Electric and Power Company and later for Air Liquide America, from ...
Sheila S. Noone - JAN 07, 2023
Sheila S Noone, 75 of Tybee Island GA passed away on January 7,2023 after a long courageous battle against multiple illnesses. Sheila lived a large part of her life in Atlanta GA where she was employed by Red Lobster before moving to Tybee Island. She settled in Tybee Island 38 years ago. She was employed by the Shrimp Factory until her retirement in 2007. Sheila was a shining light in this world. She loved her family and friends and enjoyed dancing, gardening, reading and taking care of animals. Sheila never failed to find happiness and positivity. She always made her friends and family fe ...
Freddie Bruce Arnsdorff - JAN 07, 2023
Freddie Bruce Arnsdorff, 79 died peacefully at home on Saturday, January 7, 2023. The lifelong resident of Savannah was the eldest son of the late Loyce and Evelyn Arnsdorff. After graduating from Savannah High School in 1961, Bruce started his career at the telephone company and enlisted in the GA Army National Guard. Bruce married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Peavy in 1965. They spent 55 years happily married and enjoyed a beautiful life together. Not only was Bruce a devoted husband, but he was also an incredible father to their four children, Scott, Hank, Becky, and Andy. Bruce ...
Louis G. Ambos, II JUL 31, 1939 - JAN 07, 2023
Louis Getz Ambos II, 83, ( Papa Lou) died Saturday January 7, 2023 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his loving wife, family and Labrador retrievers. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry F. Ambos, Sr., and Lena Semken Ambos; brother, Henry F. Ambos, Jr.; sister, Lillie Ambos Johnson, son, Louis G. Ambos III ( Dewey); step-mother, Mildred C. Ambos. Born July 31,1939 in Savannah, Georgia he graduated from Savannah High School and attended Georgia Southwestern College. He served in the Georgia Air National Guard. A leader in the seafood industry ...
Nancy Bannerman Sievers - JAN 06, 2023
Nancy Bannerman Sievers died peacefully at home on January 6, 2023. Nancy was born in Panama City, Florida March 16, 1936, to Charles and Pearl Bannerman. Her family moved to Savannah when she was a child. She was a 1953 graduate of Savannah High School. In 1962, she married her husband of 60 years, Michael Sievers and raised two daughters. She was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Church on Wilmington Island. Above all things Nancy loved her family. In addition to her parents, Nancy was predeceased by her husband, Michael, and her brother, Bill Bannerm ...
John August Gammert - JAN 06, 2023
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John August Gammert, 77, died Friday, January 6, 2023 in Waverly Hall, GA. Graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 in Greenwich Cemetery. ...
James ( Jim) W. Smart AUG 23, 1950 - JAN 05, 2023
James (Jim) W. Smart Jim passed away peacefully on January 5, 2023 in the company of his loving wife, Jan, and his dear friends while at Hospice of Savannah. Born to Shirley and Oliver Smart in 1950 in Cleveland, Jim only acknowledged being from The Ohio State University. (Go Bucks!) He is also ...
Helen Fair Andrew MAY 04, 1947 - JAN 05, 2023
Helen Fair Andrew, Savannah, GA - 1947-2022. Helen died at the age of 75 on January 5, 2023 in Savannah, Georgia - surrounded by her dear family and loved ones. Helen was born on May 14th, 1947 to Benjamin Warren Fair and Dorothy Fair in Jacksonville, Florida. She attended Robert E. Lee (now Riverside) High School at the same time as the Van Zant brothers of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. She later worked for Prudential Insurance Company in Jacksonville, relocating to Orange Park, Florida to work with the MONY Life Insurance Company. During this time Helen’s ...
C. Lee Butler SEP 03, 1926 - JAN 05, 2023
C. Lee Butler of Savannah died at home on January 5, 2023. Lee was born in Chicago in 1926, the son of Clifford Leroy Butler and Ethel Williams Butler. He graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL in 1944. Five days after his 18th birthday, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served on the Italian front in World War II. After two years of service, he was discharged as a sergeant. Following the war, he studied for a year and a half at the University of Lausanne. He completed a bachelor’s degree at Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He then attended Northweste ...
Lucille Dulohery Behr JUN 23, 1940 - JAN 05, 2023
Lucille “Lucy” Marie Dulohery Behr of Savannah, GA, died peacefully January 5, 2023, at the age of 82. Lucy was born June 23, 1940, to Cornelius Jerome and Mary Clare Dulohery. She lived her entire life in the beautiful city of Savannah, GA, where she graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic School, St. Vincent’s Academy, and the nursing program at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was a member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, founding member of the Daughters of Ireland Savannah, and an active member of St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church. As a re ...
Thurman Horace Howard AUG 23, 1938 - JAN 04, 2023
On January 4, 2023, Thurman H. “Sonny” Howard passed away peacefully at the age of 84. He was born on August 23, 1938 in Savannah, GA to Marcus H. and Ernestine B. Howard. They raised two sons, Marcus Jr. and Sonny. During his career, he worked in several capacities for the Central of Georgia, Southern, and Norfolk Southern Railroads. He was a member of the Georgia National Guard. On August 23,1956 Sonny married the former Ann Lee Whitehurst and they raised 3 children. In 1969, while serving as Trainmaster in Lexington, KY, he was commissioned a “Kentucky Colonel” ...
James Egleston Hungerpiller - JAN 03, 2023
James Egleston Hungerpiller said goodbye to this world on January 3, 2023, and in his words, “slipped out the back and began his journey home.” The following obituary was mostly put together by Jim years ago. Jim was born 3/14/1924, 4th child of the late Leland Segars Hungerpiller and John C Hungerpiller, in Kelleytown School district of Darlington County, S.C. He attended Hartsville, S.C. public schools, Clemson College from 1941 until 1943, and volunteered for flying school in the Army Air Corps just after Pearl Harbor, in December 1941. After training, Jim was ...
Eleanor Marie Horan Petrick SEP 09, 1922 - JAN 03, 2023
Eleanor Marie Horan Petrick passed January 3, 2023, after she celebrated her 100th Birthday in September. She was born in Chicago, Ill on September 9, 1922 to Eugene and Josephine Vercillo. She was preceded in death by her late husbands, Robert (Bob) Frances Horan and Joseph Petrick, her brother Frank Vercillo and her son Robert Stephen Horan.Eleanor, Bob and their two sons moved to Savannah in 1967 then after Bob’s death she moved to Lake San Marcos, CA to be with her mother and brother. While in California she met her 2nd husband and they moved back to Ga in 2002. S ...
Amanda Leigh Ferneau - JAN 03, 2023
Born on April 24, 1983, in Covington, KY, Amanda moved down to Land O Lakes , FL when she was only 5 where she remained for most of her life. Amanda was a truly unique soul who had been around the Universe enough to know she was on her last tour. People were naturally drawn to her... a blessing and curse as she would say... and her heart genuinely wanted to help others in need. She was extremely in tune with nature and a very spiritual person. She didn't just believe in an afterlife, she KNEW there was one. She was an avid reader, cherished music, and loved books more than almost anyt ...
Harry Hilton, Jr. FEB 11, 1943 - JAN 03, 2023
Harry Meadows Hilton, Jr., passed away January 3, 2023 at Candler Hospital. Harry was born in Vidalia, Georgia on Feb. 11,1943. He moved to Savannah, GA. at 11, where he lived the next 20 years, before spending the last 50 years in Midway, GA. He was a Brick Mason by trade, later transitioning into the Superintendent role. He left his mark all over the City of Savannah with the Beautiful buildings he built. He worked for many great companies but spent his last working days with Carson Construction helping SCAD transform Downtown. Upon moving to Midway, he fell in love with a lit ...
John Keith Latture - JAN 02, 2023
John Keith “Butch” Latture Sr.: a father, grandfather, and resident of Savannah, Georgia died surrounded by his family on January the second, 2023, at the age of seventy-five. Butch is survived by his wife, Mary Jennette “Jeannie” Latture; his daughter Terrance Latture and her son Carson Schlem; his son John Keith Jr. Latture and his children Evan and Olivia; his oldest brother, Charles Latture and his wife Becky; his brother James Latture and his wife Judy; his younger brother Tony Latture and his wife Debbie; his brother Mike Latture and his wife Konnie; as well as ...
Marilyn Frances Mazzanti Wheeler APR 29, 1944 - JAN 02, 2023
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Marilyn Frances Mazzanti Wheeler age 78 of Springfield, Ga left this world with grace and dignity to be with her Heavenly Father on January 1, 2023 after a very brief Illness. Mrs. Wheeler was born in Harnett County, N.C. on April 29, 1944 to the late Rudolph Francis Mazzanti and Myrtle Alma Brown Mazzanti. Mrs. Wheeler was a homemaker, avid gardener, animal lover, cook and baker. Her love for birds, blooms and bugs was what she enjoyed but her family was her prized possession. The leaves behind her devoted caretaker and beloved daughter Ann Marie Bell of Sprin ...
Gladys Estevez Diaz - JAN 01, 2023
Gladys Estevez Diaz, 95, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2023 at Buckingham South. She was born December 9, 1927 in Havana, Cuba. Mrs. Diaz attended the University of Havana where she met her husband, Amado Diaz. She worked alongside Amado in his architecture business. She was a communicant of St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church, and also volunteered at her children’s schools, Blessed Sacrament, Benedictine, and St. Vincent’s. Mrs. Diaz was proud of her Cuban heritage and held many events to celebrate her Cuban traditions. She was dedicated to her ...
Jacob Aaron Parrott MAR 25, 1990 - JAN 01, 2023
Jacob Parrot, 32, died Sunday, January 1, 2023 at home. Jacob was a native and longtime resident of Conyers, GA before moving to Wilmington Island five years ago. He was a graduate of Heritage High School in Conyers. Since moving to Savannah, Jacob worked as a bartender at several restaurants on Tybee Island. Jacob was preceded in death by his father, James Parrott. He leaves behind his mother, Nancy Lynn Parrott of Savannah; brother, Michael Parrott (Gretchen) of New York; nieces and nephews, Jonah, Emmie, Theo and Phoebe; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends that wi ...
Robert (Bob) August Bebon DEC 01, 1956 - JAN 01, 2023
Robert August Bebon (Bob), 66, of Tybee Island, GA, entered into peaceful rest on Sunday, January 1, 2023. Bob was born December 1, 1956 in Bridgeport, CT. Bob is survived and missed by his loving children. Heather Chappa and her husband, Michael, of Newtown, CT, and Nicholas Bebon and his wife, Alysha, of Ansonia, CT. Bob is also survived by his six grandchildren, who he adored more than anything, Jack, Emma, Sam, Austen, Jase and Evelyn. He is further survived by his siblings, Laura Razowski, Arthur Bebon, Donna Kostenko and Audra Correll, as well as his sister-in-law, Pamela Bebon and sever ...
Donald Paul Homar AUG 15, 1939 - DEC 31, 2022
Donald (affectionately known as “Don” or “Donnie”) Paul Homar, 83, died peacefully in his home on Saturday, December 31, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia. Don was born on August 15, 1939 in Winchester, Virginia to Orville Temple and Laura Virginia Ashley Homar. A proud graduate of Handley High School, Don went on to Campbell College. He returned to Winchester to start what would become his lifelong career in food sales working for Whitehouse Apple Sauce, Washington Beef, Rose Packing and then co-founding Global Military Marketing Agency to serve the U.S. Commissaries. Don w ...
Mike Stroud AUG 22, 1946 - DEC 30, 2022
Joel Michael Stroud (Mike) passed away peacefully on Friday December 30, 2022 in his home on Wilmington Island. He was born in Rome, Georgia, August 22,1946 to the late James Luther Stroud and to the late Flora Norman Stroud. In addition to his parents, Mike was preceded in death by his brothers Jimmy Van Stroud, William Norman Stroud, his sister Camilla Anne Masdon, and sister-in-law Judy Bass Stroud. Mike is survived by his wife Marsha Innecken Stroud, his sons Mark Innecken Stroud and his wife, Monica Nelson Stroud, Matthew Innecken Stroud and his wife Stephanie Scott Stroud; his brot ...
Betty Jane Kendrick Eady - DEC 29, 2022
Betty Jane Kendrick Eady, 93, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022. She was born in Center Hill, Florida to the late Gary and Essie Newsome Kendrick. Mrs. Eady was a member of Cresthill Baptist Church. Her Christian faith was very important to her. She enjoyed singing in the choir with her beautiful alto voice. She took pride in being a homemaker and will be remembered for her excellent southern cooking. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Eady was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Thomas Eady, and her son, Edwin Randolph Eady. Survivin ...
Elizabeth Elaine Williams AUG 13, 1963 - DEC 28, 2022
Elizabeth Elaine Williams, known to family and friends as Liz or Lainey was born August 12, 1963 to the late William David Moore, Sr. and Meardeen Webb in Jacksonville, FL. Liz passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She was raised in Valdosta, GA before relocating to Savannah in 1995. It was in Valdosta that Liz married the love of her life, Michael T. Williams, Sr., in 1980. Liz and Michael went on to have three children, Angel, Michael, Jr., and Jasmine. Liz was the sweetest, gentle-hearted, and kindest person you ...