Obituaries
Jane Wolf Turner Strelow SEP 06, 1931 - MAY 14, 2022
Jane Wolf Turner Strelow, 90, died peacefully on Saturday, May 14, 2022. The lifelong resident of Savannah was born on September 6, 1931. Jane was the only child of the late Allene and John W. Wolf, Jr. She was a 1949 graduate of Savannah High School and a former member of Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church. Jane attended the University of Kentucky, where she was a member of Chi Omega Fraternity. Jane’s legacy includes a love for the simple things in life. She was an incredibly devoted mother whose greatest joy was her daughters and her granddogs. She was an ...
Willa Rushing Hernandez SEP 19, 1943 - MAY 14, 2022
Willa Rushing Hernandez, 78, died peacefully of a short illness on Saturday, May 14, 2022 with her daughters by her side. The Savannah native was born on September 19, 1943 to the late Lucile and Willard Rushing. She was a 1961 graduate of H.V. Jenkins High School. In her early career, Willa worked as a secretary and took great pride in winning awards for her typing speed and accuracy. She later went to work for the US Postal Service where she retired as a manager. Willa was a loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, and friend. She will be dearly missed ...
George W. Yost, Jr. - MAY 14, 2022
George W Yost Sr. (1930- 2022 age 91) George Yost Sr. passed away peacefully on May 14, 2022, in Savannah Georgia following a 71-year marriage to his childhood sweetheart, Grace Stracuzzi. They were blessed with four children, nine grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. George was an all-conference baseball player at Kent State University where he was a four-year starter with a career batting average of .371. Despite invitations from several major league baseball teams, including the NY Yankees, he chose to be a high-school German and Spanish teacher and dedicate his life to other ...
Curtis Gene Borrett - MAY 13, 2022
Curtis Gene Borrett passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at the age of 93. Curtis was born in Mallory Township, Osterdock, Iowa on March 12, 1929 to Howard Leroy and Icie Irene Borrett. His early life was spent growing up with his 3 brothers and 3 sisters in rural Iowa where he attended a one room school house until high school. Upon entering high school, a neighboring county recruited him to play on their baseball team. Being in a different county, they could only do this if they hired him to drive the school bus, and so he did. He remained in contact with his Colesburg high school classmates his ...
Lana Bonnie Phillips JUN 17, 1943 - MAY 12, 2022
Lana Bonnie Phillips, 78, died peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 12, 2022 with her son, Jerald Phillips by her side. The Tattnall County, GA native lived most of her life in Savannah and Port Wentworth. Bonnie was a humble and warm person; she was deeply devoted to her family. Her most important role in life was as a mother, grandmother, and sister. Bonnie was predeceased by her husband, Jasper Leander Phillips; parents, Henry Calvin and Vincy Poppell Deal; and eight siblings. She is survived by her son, Jerald and his wife, Sha ...
Ned A. Smith - MAY 12, 2022
Ned A Smith, 93, of Savannah, GA, and formerly of Birmingham, MI, died peacefully at his home May 12, 2022. Mr. Smith was born in 1928 in Plymouth, IN, the son of Fayne and Dorothy Smith. He graduated from public school in Plymouth and was an Eagle Scout. Following service in the U.S.Navy at the end of World War II, he graduated with honors from DePauw University and then Northwestern University School of Law where he was an editor of the Law Review and President of Phi Delta Phi. He joined Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI as a staff attorney in 1955. For the next 37 years, he served Ford ...
William "Bill" Ohlis Plunkett, Jr. SEP 30, 1942 - MAY 12, 2022
William “Bill” Ohlis Plunkett Jr., of Savannah, GA, reached the shores of Heaven on May 12, 2022. Bill was born on September 30, 1942 to the late Roberta Finn Plunkett and William Ohlis Plunkett Sr. His parents were married for 9 years prior to his birth and were overjoyed at the arrival of their first child and only son. Roberta fondly referred to him as her lucky penny. The nickname stuck and to this day family and close friends still refer to him as “Penny” Bill graduated from Savannah High in 1960. Upon graduating high school, he continued his education at Clemso ...
Kristy Lea Patrick - MAY 11, 2022
Kristy Lea Patrick, 42, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at her home. She was born February 3, 1980 in Barton, MO. Kristy has lived in Savannah since she was 17 years old. She was a huge Green Bay Packers fan, and was considered the “Neighborhood Mom” to many of her children’s friends. Kristy was an avid volunteer at Gould Elementary School where her children attended. She loved to cook and enjoyed feeding anyone who would stop by her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Christopher Lowery. Surviving are her three children, Ta ...
Glenda Lee Mason AUG 08, 1936 - MAY 11, 2022
On May 11th, 2022, Glenda Mason, an avid reader and gardener, a lover of all animals, big and small departed this life with family by her side. She has left this world to become our Guardian Angel in Heaven. She is survived by her sister Kathy, along with her loving children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mom, you will always be a part of our hearts. We love you to the Moon and back. Terry, Jo, Laura, Cindy and Donna. ...
Richard Anchors - MAY 09, 2022
Richard Anchors passed away May 9, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. A graduate of Jenkins High School class of 1980, he subsequently attended the University of Georgia and Georgia State earning degrees from both. Although he was never a father, Richard loved children and doted on his nieces and nephews. His other love was animals, rescuing many. His favorite dog of all was the Georgia Bulldog. Richard was preceded by his parents John and Barbara Anchors, and his sister-in-law Brenda Anchors. He is survived by his brother Arthur Anchors; sister Dorothy Usher (Steve) their sons Tom (Jil ...
Margaret Ogden Hardy JUL 12, 1947 - MAY 09, 2022
Margaret Ogden Hardy of Savannah, Georgia, passed away on May 9, 2022, at the age of 74 after a long battle with cancer. Margaret was born on July 12, 1947, in Wilmington, Delaware to John Van Etten Hardy and Margaret Stubblefield Hardy. Margaret attended elementary schools in Delaware, Texas, West Virginia, and Japan, as her father traveled with his work for DuPont in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Margaret graduated from A.I. DuPont High School in 1967 and went on to graduate from Stetson University in Deland, Florida in 1971 with a BA degree in Music. She then received her Master ...
Emil Nathaniel Kemp MAY 28, 1957 - MAY 09, 2022
Emil Nathaniel Kemp, “Stoney”, was born on May 28, 1957 in Washington D.C., but was raised in Savannah, Georgia in the historic Sandfly Community by his parents, the late Laversa and Louis O’Neal. Stoney received his early childhood and middle school education in the segregated Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah in the early to late 1960s to the 1970s. He would later attend and graduate from Benedictine Military School in 1975. Here, Stoney was a member of the Cadet Football and Basketball teams. After graduating from Benedictine, Stoney attended the th ...
Sean Charles Adams JUL 15, 1994 - MAY 07, 2022
Sean Charles Adams went to be with our Lord on May 7, 2022. In his short life, he touched so many lives and was much loved. He will always be remembered for his love of family and for being a good friend to his many friends. Sean was born in Savannah, GA and was the only son of Charles and Dawn Adams. He gave his life to Christ, his Lord and Savior and had been a member of Compassion Church his entire life. He loved being outdoors and active. As a boy, he played soccer, basketball and baseball and later played football at Calvary Day School in high ...
Charles Jerry Burgio, III SEP 19, 1957 - MAY 06, 2022
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Charles Jerry Burgio III was born in Buffalo, New York to Charles Burgio Jr, and Arlene Terrano and was the oldest of five children. He spent his younger years in Rochester, New York and then relocated to California where he spent most of his teenage years, and graduated from Westmont High School in Campbell. It was during his high school days where Chuck met the love his life, Colleen, at a local church, and began to build numerous friendships that would last a lifetime. Chuck and Colleen eventually married and were blessed with 33 wonderful years of marriage. These ye ...
Joseph Patrick Moore JAN 01, 1960 - MAY 05, 2022
Joseph Patrick Moore, a lifelong resident of Savannah, GA, successful businessman, and beloved husband and father, died suddenly in a boating accident on May 5, 2022 near Wilmington Island. He was 62. Born January 1, 1960, he was the sixth of seven children of his late parents, Clayton Moore and Jane Redmond Moore. He grew up amongst many lifelong friends in the Fernwood neighborhood of Savannah, attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School and then graduating from Benedictine Military School in 1978 where he was a letterman in football. Joe also received his business degree from Savannah ...
Jack Morton MAY 01, 1932 - MAY 05, 2022
Mr. Jack Morton, 90, of Savannah, GA, passed away peacefully on Thursday May 5, 2022. Born in Albemarle, NC, he is the son of the late Claude Bryan and Bethie Almond Morton. Jack graduated from Albemarle High School and attended Duke University, earning a degree in economics. Jack served two years in the US Army at Fort Hood Texas, in the 4th Armored Division / 144th Army Signal Company before returning to North Carolina to attend Wake Forest. As he began attending Wake Forest School of Law, he married Jerrie Sue Moffitt of Asheboro, North Carolina. Taking a job with ...
Joyce Faye Young-Riggs - MAY 04, 2022
Joyce Faye Jefferson Young-Riggs December 21, 1928 - May 5, 2022 Faye was born in Lowndes County, Georgia in 1928 to parents Earl Ray Jefferson and Johnnie Dell Jefferson. She was one of four, having an older brother Earl, and sisters Pauline and Virginia. After high school, Faye went to secretary school in Atlanta where she met her beloved husband Sam. They were married in 1951 and had three children: Susan, Sammy, and Stephen. They loved camping, going on road trips, and simply spending time together. Faye was a member of Wilmington Island United Methodist Church where she ...
Neill Graham Stevens, III MAR 06, 1941 - MAY 03, 2022
Neill Graham Stevens, III, Loving father, devoted husband, successful businessman, died Tuesday, May 3, 2022 of Multiple Myeloma, surrounded by family, peacefully at home. A native Alabamian, Neill was born March 6, 1941 in Birmingham, AL to Neill G. Stevens, Jr. and Helen Freeman Stevens. A graduate of Bessemer (AL) High School, Livingston University. In his senior year at LU, he was named Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities. Neill was a U.S. Navy Veteran, having served on the aircraft carrier, USS Oriskany, CVA-34 in the South China Sea from 1960 to 1 ...
Louis Carson Boyd - MAY 03, 2022
We lost Lou May 3rd after a short illness. Lou was born August 29, 1944 to Penn and Anna Boyd in Statesboro, GA, both now deceased. He had two sisters, Charlotte Marsh (Bobby), and Penny Rhines (Clyde, also deceased). He was their baby brother that hung the moon. The family moved to Isle of Hope and opened a grocery store. Lou roamed the island with friend and his pet monkey very freely in those days. He attended Savannah High School and starred as their quarterback in football. He joined the Air Force and served four years. He returned home a ...
Francis (Barry) Lubeck - MAY 03, 2022
Francis “Barry” Lubeck died on May 3rd, 2022 at 87 years old. Barry was born in Chicago, IL to the late Dorothy Kelly and Roy Carlson Lubeck. He spent his youth in West Palm Beach, FL, where he attended St. Ann’s School and met some of his best and lifelong friends. He graduated from Florida State University in 1958 with a B.S. degree in Personnel Management and Economics. Barry served 8 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He started working as a paperboy when he was eight years old and completed his last job this February. His work ethic brought him great joy ...
Robert F. (Bob) Vollack - MAY 03, 2022
Robert F. (Bob) Vollack, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, passed away in Savannah, Georgia on May 3, 2022 at the age of 94 following a prolonged battle with dementia. He was predeceased by his parents Ferdinand and Pauline Vollack and his beloved daughter, Paula Vollack Holliday. Bob leaves behind his wife Carol; daughters Donna, Lisa, and Krista; grandchildren Lauren, Mary Ann, James, John, Annika and Kyle; and great-grandchildren Haley, Holly, Hadley, Harper, James, Cecilia, and Marley. Bob graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York in 1949, w ...
Harold F. Cannon - MAY 02, 2022
Harold Finley Cannon, 91, of Bloomingdale, GA, passed away Monday, May 2, 2022 at Candler Hospital. He was born December 3, 1930 in Doerun, GA to the late Robert B. and Ethel Tumblin Cannon. Harold retired from the U.S. Air Force where he was a boom operator, and also retired from Gulfstream Aerospace as a FAA Coordinator. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucille Cannon, his son, William “Billy” Cannon, and his daughter, Susan Annette Cannon. He is survived by ...
Betty Joy McGee Heitmann - MAY 02, 2022
Betty Joy McGee Heitmann December 30, 1944 –May 2, 2022 Joy Heitmann, beloved wife and mother, died peacefully at home with her loved ones by her side on May 2, 2022, after a short but aggressive battle with cancer. Joy was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on December 30, 1944, to Betty Jane and Norman Addison McGee, who was serving in the Air Force. On this day many are grieving her loss; her three siblings, John Heitmann, her husband of 55 years, daughter Kathryn, and longtime friends and caregiver, Janet Riley Clifton and Beth Maina. After WWII the McGee family moved ...
James A. Smith - MAY 01, 2022
James A. Smith, 85, passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at his residence. He was born in Savannah, son of Hoke and Beryl Bostwick Smith. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Commercial High School and a veteran of the United States Air Force serving during the Korean Conflict. After the war, he joined Western Electric and retired from AT&T after many years of service.. Mr. Smith was an avid golfer, an assist pro at Savannah Country Club and was a Caddy for Gene Sauers. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Paulina E. Smith of Tybee Island; two sisters, Suzanne and Tinka o ...
Stanley Eugene Strickland MAR 29, 1944 - MAY 01, 2022
Stanley Eugene Strickland, passed away peacefully at home after a short illness on Sunday May 1, with his loving family by his side. Born March 29, 1944 to Otis and Emily Wright Strickland in Woodbine, Georgia, Stan grew up in the family grocery business and developed an incredible and caring work ethic that defined his successful business life as founder of River Street Sweets with his children, Tim and Jennifer, and later, Savannah’s Candy Kitchen with his loving wife, Tonya Strickland, and their son Rhett. Together they built a Southern Candy empire that has spread throughout ...
Martha Elizabeth Furtado MAY 24, 1939 - MAY 01, 2022
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Furtado, age 82, passed away quietly Sunday May 1, 2022 at the Southeast Georgia Regional Health System in Brunswick, GA after an extended period of health issues. Martha was born May 24, 1939 in Savannah, GA to William Gardner Perry and Helen Ruth Williams Perry. She met Daniel C. Furtado who was stationed at Hunter Army/Air Force Airfield in 1954 and they soon married and began the Journey of Life together. They had the adventure of living in various locations while Dan was stationed in Savannah, GA, Vacaville, CA (Travis Air Force Base), Bangor, ME (Dow Air Force Ba ...
Bobbie Vance Henderson MAY 13, 1930 - APR 30, 2022
SAVANNAH - Bobbie Vance Henderson, 92, died peacefully on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Bobbie was born on May 13, 1930 in Buford, GA to the late Robert G. and Mamie Neil Elam Vance. The family moved to Gainesville, GA in 1946 where she graduated from Gainesville High School in 1947. Bobbie attended GSCW (GA State College for Women) in Milledgeville and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1951 where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. Bobbie taught school in Atlanta, Moultrie, and Savannah. She was a member of Independent Presbyterian Church for over 60 years and a memb ...
Daniel Joseph (Danny/Doc) O'Connor, III DEC 16, 1953 - APR 30, 2022
It's with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Danny/Doc O'Connor on April 30th at Memorial Medical Center with his loving family at his side. Danny was born December 16th, 1953, at St. Joseph's Hospital and as a young child grew up in Pinckney Colony, Bluffton SC. The family soon moved to 48th Street in Savannah where lifelong friendships were formed, and many memories made. Danny graduated from Blessed Sacrament School in 1967 and Benedictine Military School in 1971. He attended the University of Georgia for a short period and continued on, ...
Giorgio Magliulo JAN 12, 1942 - APR 29, 2022
Giorgio Magliulo, 80, of Savannah, GA passed away on April 29, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Giorgio was born on January 12, 1942 in Pola, Italy to his parents, Salvatore and Liliana Magliulo. Giorgio graduated as a naval officer from the Italian Naval Academy where he also earned his doctorate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture. Giorgio served in the Italian Navy as a submarine chief engineer. Upon retirement from the Italian Navy, Giorgio continued to cultivate his passion for ships and submarines by working in the shipbuilding industry in Italy a ...