Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia

Lewis Augustus (Ted)Taylor

Lewis Augustus (Ted)Taylor

Oct 27, 2018

Early Saturday morning, Lewis Augustus (Ted) Taylor was ushered through the gates of heaven into the presence of His Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was born in Charleston, SC on December 27, 1921. He was predeceased by his mother Thelma Thweatt Taylor Fitzgerald, his father Lewis A. Taylor, and his stepfather William Fitzgerald He was raised in downtown Savannah...

Harold (Jaybird) Kaiser

Harold (Jaybird) Kaiser

Oct 27, 2018

Harold J. (JayBird) Kaiser, age 55, passed away unexpectedly after a short illness on Thursday morning, October 25, 2018 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. Born in Tawas City, MI, he was an Air Force brat who lived in a number of states before his father retired to Amarillo, TX, where he attended Tascosa High School.  A...

Ann Leonard Oglesby

Ann Leonard Oglesby

Oct 27, 2018

Ann Leonard "Sister" Oglesby passed away from this life on Friday, October 26, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Fred E. and Bessie Brown Leonard and sister to Joseph D. Leonard of St. Augustine, Florida; aunt to Joseph "Joey" Leonard and great aunt to her dear Charlye and her family. Mrs. Oglesby was preceded in death by her...

Tommie Fordham

Tommie Fordham

Oct 26, 2018

Family has entrusted Baker McCullough Funeral Home Hubert C. Baker Chapel for making arrangements.

Fran Waters Shuptrine

Fran Waters Shuptrine

Oct 26, 2018

Fran Waters Shuptrine, 54, of Savannah, GA passed away Friday October 26, 2018. Fran was a loving mother and grandmother and a great friend to any one she met. She enjoyed cooking and loved animals (including her pet Stella). She was preceded in death by her parents Wade and Mary Deak Waters; brother, Joe Waters. She is survived by her...

Skye Marie Gorlesky

Skye Marie Gorlesky

Oct 26, 2018

Skye Marie Gorlesky gained her Angel wings Saturday October 20, 2018. Baby girl we love and miss you so much. Not a day will go by that you will not be on our minds and in our hearts. We know your time on earth was short but now you are with your New Father. She was predeceased by her great-grandmother...

George Register Chapman

George Register Chapman

Oct 25, 2018

Family has entrusted Baker McCullough Funeral Home Huber C. Baker Chapel for making arrangements. Visitation: 10 - 11 AM Tuesday October 30, 2018  at Hubert C. Baker Chapel Graveside Service to follow at 11:30 AM at Greenwich Cemetery.

Sharon Deloach

Sharon Deloach

Oct 25, 2018

Sharon Deloach Sharon passed away after a short illness  Tuesday October 16, 2018 at Candler Hospital. She was born in 1946 and worked for Savannah Christian Prepatory School in Day Care. She is survived by a son, Richard Bacon (Wendy), daughter, Shellie Nicholson, daughter in law, Tracey Deloach and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and two pets who were the...

Annie Nease Brusie

Annie Nease Brusie

Oct 25, 2018

Annie R. Nease Brusie, passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at the age of 92.  She was born in Savannah, Ga, August 30, 1926. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert F. Nease and Nettie Kessler Nease; her brothers, Sergeant C. M. "Donald" Nease, Major Robert F. Nease, Jr., and Harold Ray Nease;...

Diane Lawhorn

Diane Lawhorn

Oct 25, 2018

Family has entrusted Baker McCullough Funeral Home Hubert C. Baker Chapel for making arrangements.

Lewis A. Schley

Lewis A. Schley

Oct 23, 2018

Lewis Schley passed away at Hospice of Savannah on October 20 after struggling with health issues for several years. He was born to John and Clara Schley in Cleveland Ohio on April 27, 1932. He graduated from Strongsville High School.  In his teen years, he built a small greenhouse behind his parents' home which grew into a family retail business....

Sonja Lynn Fields

Sonja Lynn Fields

Oct 21, 2018

Sonja Lynn Fields , age 57, died peacefully October 18  , 2018 after fighting brain cancer. Sonja is survived by husband Jamie of 35 years, son Justin , and daughter Mallory, and her husband Rich Poythress, granddaughter Reagan, father John D Jensen ,  two sisters Nancy, and her husband David Thomson, Dina Jensen, two brothers, Randy, Richard and their families,...

Melba Jones Burnett

Melba Jones Burnett

Oct 19, 2018

Melba Jones Burnett,79, left this world Sunday, October 7th, to meet her Lord and reunite in heaven with the husband she loved and lost 55 years ago, leaving her to raise their two little girls on her own at the age of 24. She did an amazing job raising those daughters and relished her role as grandmother to their five...

Doris Bullock Nash

Doris Bullock Nash

Oct 18, 2018

Doris Bullock Nash 84 of Savannah Georgia went peacefully  to her happy place with the Lord on October 15 2018. She was born in Oxford North Carolina on September 23 1934 to Hilary Milton Bullock and Pauline Johnson Bullock. Mrs. Nash graduated from Duke University School of Nursing. During her long career she held registration in nursing in North Carolina,...

Pravinbhai S. Patel

Pravinbhai S. Patel

Oct 16, 2018

Pravinbhai S. Patel,66, of Pooler passed away Monday, October 15th, 2018 at Hospice Savannah, Inc . Husband of Sarmistha Patel; Father of Arpita, Ashish and Avani Patel. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 18th, 2018 at the Funeral Home. Baker McCullough Funeral Home Garden City Chapel, 2794 West US Highway 80, Garden City, Georgia 31408  (912)964-2862

Clayton "Buzz" Swindler

Clayton "Buzz" Swindler

Oct 16, 2018

Clayton Forrest "Buzz" Swindler, 84, of Springfield, GA passed away Monday October 15, 2018 at his residence, surrounded by his family. Buzz was born October 1, 1934 at home in Buffalo, West Virginia. Music was his passion but family was his life. He was preceded in death by his parents James Clayton and Mildred Eloise Swindler; daughter, Sara Michelle Swindler....

William "Billy" Long

William "Billy" Long

Oct 16, 2018

William "Billy" Long, 82, of Guyton, GA passed away unexpectedly Sunday October 14, 2018. He was a loving husband of 61 years and a wonderful father and provider of his six children and grandchildren. He was a veteran of the US Air National Guard. He was a former member of Fellowship Assembly of God, where he was active in the...

Betty Jean Luke

Betty Jean Luke

Oct 15, 2018

Betty Jean Luke, 81, of Savannah passed away Monday, October 15th, 2018 at her residence under the care of Priutt Hospice Care. She was the daughter of the late Newbern and Thelma Sarah Aldridge Roberson. Betty was a homemaker and the co-owner of Luke's Auto Sales. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...

John B. Gooding

John B. Gooding

Oct 14, 2018

John Bernard Gooding Sr., 99 years, 7 months old, boarded the train for Heaven Sunday Morning 10-14-2018. John was born in Hampton County S.C. in the "Miley Section" on 3-27-1919 to the late Bennie Abraham and Corrie Elizabeth Thomas Gooding. John Left his beloved Hampton County as a young man seeking a better way of life and found it in...

Monica Louise Stokes

Monica Louise Stokes

Oct 11, 2018

Monica L. Stokes, 71, of Savannah, Ga passed away Monday October 8, 2018 under the care of Hospice. She was a successful business owner and entrepreneur. Monica and her husband owned and operated Cracker's Lounge and Checkered Flag restaurant. After retirement from her many businesses she could not sit idle, so she returned back to driving a school bus which...