Mrs. Cynthia Christine Carter Santos, age 78, of Jesup passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

"Chris" was born on September 5, 1947 in Savannah, GA to the late Willie Howard Carter and the late Bertha Burkhalter Carter. She grew up in Savannah and attended Richard Arnold, Savannah HS, and Groves HS. She graduated from high school in Jacksonville, FL in 1969. She married Roger Godbee in 1965 and together they moved to Jacksonville where she later had a son, Jeffrey Roger Godbee. Chris worked as an insurance underwriter for Chase Manhattan in FL. After a divorce from Roger she transferred in 1982 to Chase Manhattan in Pennsylvania, where she met Efrain Santos. After a short courtship they married and in 1985 she gave birth to her daughter, Christina Eleanor Santos. After Efrain's tragic death in 1999 the family moved back to Jacksonville where they resided until Chris' retirement in 2009. After her retirement, she became a devoted grandmother to her several grandkids until her health declined. Chris loved to read, cook, dance and play with the grandchildren. She went home to be with the Lord after a long illness in Hospice of Savannah.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Efrain Santos; her son, Jeffrey Godbee; sisters and (brothers-in-law) BertaLee Cowart (Douglas), Eloise Love (Lonnie), and Willie Dale Dyer (Donald); and two other brothers-in-law, Rocky Stokes and Ted Dixon.

Survivors include her daughter, Christina Francis (Richard); daughter in law, Penny Godbee; sisters, Diane Stokes, Marilyn Dixon, and Brenda Waters (James); grandchildren, Jeffery Godbee, Ashton Godbee, Nicholas Santos, Matthew Santos, Nathan Francis and Ethan Francis; and numerous great grandchildren, neices nephews, grand neices and grand nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, May 18, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at Baker McCullough Funeral Home, Hodgson Memorial Chapel (7415 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah, GA 31406).

Interment will follow in Hillcrest Abbey West.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Hospice of Savannah, American Heart Association, or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.