Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia

Cathryn Rountree Smoak

Cathryn Rountree Smoak

Oct 12, 2015

SAVANNAH - Cathryn Rountree Smoak, 84, of Savannah and widow of Roy W. Smoak, Sr., died Monday at Pruitt-Health-Savannah. She was born on June 25, 1931 in Sylvania, Georgia, the daughter of the late Jud and Bertie Hines Rountree.  She worked in retail sales at Sears Roebuck for many years.  After she retired from Sears, she was able to follow...

Annie Mckenzie Allen

Annie Mckenzie Allen

Oct 12, 2015

Annie Daphene Spell McKenzie Allen, 94, of Metter, Ga., died Monday, October 12, 2015 at Azalea Health and Rehab in Metter, Ga. She was born July 14, 1921, in Manassas, Georgia to the late Augustus Green Spell and Annie Strong Jones Spell. Her family lived in the rural areas of Toombs, Tattnall, and Bryan Counties. She was also predeceased by...

Janet Hughes Cameron

Janet Hughes Cameron

Oct 12, 2015

SAVANNAH - Janet Arlene Hughes Cameron, 62, of Savannah and wife of Gerald O. Cameron, Jr., died Monday October 12, 2015 at Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 10, 1953 in Colcord, Oklahoma the daughter of the late Leonard Hughes and Juanita Caywood. Survivors include her husband, Gerald O. Cameron, Jr.; Son, David V. Cameron; daughter Katherine C. Lavender;...

John B. Felder

John B. Felder

Oct 11, 2015

Memorial Service will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Central Baptist Church, 4010 Old Louisville Road, Garden City, GA 31408.

Shelley S. Williams

Shelley S. Williams

Oct 10, 2015

SAVANNAH - Shelley S. Williwms, Jr., 91, of Savannah and husband of Barbara J. Williams, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 in Bluffton, South Carolina. A graveside service will be held at 11:30am, Friday, October 16, at Willow Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, 1956 Willow Swamp Road, Norway, South Carolina. Friends invited.

Sara Mock Young

Sara Mock Young

Oct 10, 2015

Sara Mock Young, 89, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, October 10, 2015 following a long illness.  Born in Screven County, Georgia on March 4, 1926, to the late Lee Holmes Mock and Ruby Lee Hutchinson, she lived most of her life in Pooler. Mrs. Young was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and was a devoted...

Lorraine Barras Johnson

Lorraine Barras Johnson

Oct 10, 2015

SAVANNAH - Lorraine Barras Johnson entered into eternal peace on October 10, 2015 at the age of 91. She was born in Jeanerette, Louisiana and moved to Port Wentworth, Georgia with her parents and relatives at the age of three to join a group of Cajuns from Louisiana who helped staff the Savannah Sugar Refinery. She was an original member...

Mills Brinson Lane

Mills Brinson Lane

Oct 7, 2015

Mills B. Lane, 79, of Savannah, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015. He went home to his wife of 57 years, who passed last year. He is survived by his two sons, Mills E. Lane and Marty Lane; two granddaughters, Christy Lane and Tiffany Lane; one great granddaughter, Katriana Burgess. He lived for the church and devoted himself to his...

Amber Denise Klein

Amber Denise Klein

Oct 7, 2015

Amber Denise Klein, 30 of Tampa, FL passed away on Oct. 7, 2015. She is survived by her husband, John; daughter, Kaylin; and 2 sons Abram and Aiden. Surviving parents include mother, Angela Davis Arnold of TN; Gary and Terri (Tibbs) Silcox of Savannah, GA. She was preceded in passing by father, Donald West of Tennessee. Siblings include 3 brothers...

Gerald Strickland

Gerald Strickland

Oct 5, 2015

Gerald Strickland, 75, passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 at Medical University of South Carolina after a short illness. He was born in Bulloch County, Georgia, and the son of deceased John E. and Florence Nell Strickland. He lived in Savannah, Georgia, for most of his adult life and was married to the love of his life, Myrna Taylor Strickland....

Fay A. Flowers

Fay A. Flowers

Oct 4, 2015

SAVANNAH - Mrs. Fay Anderson Flowers, age 86, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, October 4, 2015 at Thunderbolt Transitional Care and Rehabilitation after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Mrs. Flowers was a native of Tattnall County and spent most of her life in Chatham County. She was a faithful and active member of Burkhalter Baptist Church for over...

Inez C. Davis

Inez C. Davis

Oct 3, 2015

SAVANNAH - Inez C. Davis, 77, of Savannah, passed away Saturday surrounded by family. Ms. Davis was a graduate of the Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon. She retired from Memorial Hospital after 26 years of service and is a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church of Bloomingdale, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carlton and Hazel...

Robert Harrison

Robert Harrison

Oct 2, 2015

SAVANNAH - Robert Harrison, 87, of Savannah and husband of Susan D. Harrison, died Friday, morning at PruittHealth - Savannah. Funeral Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Fairhaven Funeral Home - Hubert C. Baker Chapel.

Faye B. Biggans

Faye B. Biggans

Sep 30, 2015

Faye Barnwell Sommers Biggans, 74 , of Springfield Georgia passed away Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 with her sister Quin by her side at Effingham County Hospital . A native of Savannah, she was retired from Personal Pool Temp Company and was a member of The Lords House Of Prayer For All People. Faye was awarded the Alice McLellan Birney PTA...

Winton R. Carter

Winton R. Carter

Sep 30, 2015

Winton R. Carter, III, 41, of Garden City died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Memorial Hospital. Services will be private. Fairhaven Funeral Home & Crematory 2794 West US Highway 80 Garden City, GA 31408 (912)964-2862 Please leave your thoughts and condolences for the family on our Tribute Page.

John William Daly

John William Daly

Sep 28, 2015

John William Daly, born Jan 9, 1943, in Augusta, Georgia, deceased September 28, 2015. He grew up on 1560 15th Street, in Augusta, Ga, and moved to North Augusta in 1951.  He grew up a member of First Presbyterian Church of Augusta. Graduated from North Augusta Senior High in 1961, and was Class President all four years and a running...

Susan D. Sheard

Susan D. Sheard

Sep 17, 2015

Susan Deason Mclendon Sheard died 17 September at the age of 59 from ovarian cancer. She is preceded in death by her husband Steve.  She is survived by her son Dax Mclendon, his wife Brandi and their two children, Carson and Cash; her son Travis Mclendon; her daughter Amber Sheard and sons Hugh Sheard and Dean Sheard.  She is also...

Eldee Stewart

Eldee Stewart

Sep 8, 2015

Eldee Stewart  Gibson,  65, of Gibson, CO. Indiana passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. A Memorial/ Visitation  Service will be held 11am - 1 pm Saturday November 28, 2015 at Fairhaven Funeral Home Hubert C. Baker Chapel 7415 Hodgson Memorial Dr .Savannah, GA. 31406 Fairhaven Funeral Home Hubert C. Baker Chapel Savannah, GA. 31406

Myrtice C. Cowart

Myrtice C. Cowart

Sep 6, 2015

Myrtice Irene Cox Cowart, 86, of Savannah, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015 at Candler Hospital. She was born in Waycross, Ga., and was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Henry A. Cowart, her parents, Thomas Cox and Mary Beverley Cox, a son, Larry Cowart, 3 sisters, Helen Aldridge, Estelle Lee, and Urssey Cox, 2 brothers, Jim Cox and David...

Evelyn Josie Cribbs

Evelyn Josie Cribbs

Aug 29, 2015

Evelyn Josephine "Josie" Driggers Cribbs, 80, of Savannah, died Saturday, August 29, 2015 at her residence, surrounded by her loving family, under Pruitt Health Hospice Savannah. She was born in Savannah, and was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Eugene Cribbs, Sr. She was a member of Burkhalter Baptist Church, and was a PCT Nurse at Candler Hospital for...