Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia
Alice Elizabeth Vandenburgh
Apr 5, 2022
Alice Elizabeth Vandenburgh, 78, of Savannah, GA passed away April 5, 2022 at her home. She was born Alice Elizabeth Blitch in Savannah, GA to the late Blanche Louise Christie Blitch and John Joseph Blitch. Alice married the love of her life, Gerald L. Vandenburgh, in 1960. The two were blessed with five children. Above all, she was a wonderful...
Joan Marie Broestler
Apr 5, 2022
Joan Marie Broestler, beloved matriarch and patriarch of the Broestler family has passed away. Surrounded by her family in the comfort of her own home, under the care of Compassus Hospice, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Joan was predeceased by her mother Sophie, and her father Martin, survived by her two sons, Derek and Chris, Chris’s wife Kim, sister...
Judy P. Stalnaker
Apr 5, 2022
Judy P. Stalnaker, age 77, of Savannah passed away Tuesday, April 05, 2022 at home. Mrs. Stalnaker was born on February 12, 1945 in Savannah, the daughter of the late Martha and James Oliver “Bo” Puckett, Sr. She was a 1963 graduate of Jenkins High School and continued her formal education at Savannah Technical College. She worked as a Paralegal...
Adelia Edwards Padgett
Apr 3, 2022
Adelia Edwards Padgett, age 92, of Savannah, GA passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at her niece’s home in North Carolina. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 11:00 am at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Savannah, GA. Ms. Padgett was born in Savannah, GA on June 3, 1929 to the late Frank Edwin...
Robinson Callen
Apr 2, 2022
Robinson Callen passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2nd at the age of 96 in Savannah, Georgia. He was surrounded by the enduring love of his family in a city that he did not exactly hail from, but on which he left an indelible mark. Robinson was an adventurer, a consummate gentleman, an erudite businessman, and the truest...
Faye Floyd Smith
Apr 1, 2022
Faye Floyd Smith, age 86, of Savannah passed away Friday, April 1, 2022. Mrs. Smith was born on December 31, 1935 in Savannah, the daughter of the late Charles C. and Mary Rae Floyd. She was a graduate of Commercial High School and was a longtime bookkeeper for Mr. Sylvan Byck and John Mock Plumbing. She began learning piano at...
Peggy Gattis Edenfield
Apr 1, 2022
Peggy Gattis Edenfield, of Savannah, went Home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 1, 2022. Mrs. Edenfield was born in Savannah on March 29, 1931 and celebrated her 91st birthday last month. She is the daughter of Normie and Marie Gattis and was a graduate of Commercial High School. She worked at Calvary daycare and then went on...
Patricia J. "Miss Patty" Rey
Mar 31, 2022
Patricia J. “Miss Patty” Rey, age 87, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022. Miss Patty was born on February 25, 1935 in Savannah, GA, the daughter of the late Woodrow James and Martha Harrell Jenkins. She was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church and Wesley Oaks United Methodist Church. She was also a member of Savannah Chapter #52, Order...
Jimmy H. Purvis
Mar 30, 2022
Jimmy H. Purvis, age 88, of Savannah passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at home surrounded by his family. Mr. Purvis was born on September 1, 1933 in Glennville, GA, the son of the late Milton Lee and Georgia Griffin Purvis. He was a graduate of Glennville High School and continued his formal education at Georgia Military College. He was...
Tommy Dean Hadden
Mar 29, 2022
Tommy Dean Hadden, 77, of Savannah, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022 after a brief stay under hospice care. A native of Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of Tom and Cluese Hadden. Tommy retired from CSX Railroad, after 40 years, where he worked as a carman. He was a member of Silk Hope Baptist Church. He enjoyed camping...
Sergeant Malcolm L. Kendrick
Mar 28, 2022
Malcolm L. Kendrick, age 71, passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 after his battle with recovering from COVID. Malcolm was born in Savannah, Georgia to the parents of Mary Cecile Kilpatrick and Malcolm Eugene Kendrick. He was a graduate of Windsor Forest High School Class of 1969. At 19 years old, Malcolm followed his fathers footsteps and joined the City...
John Robert Turner
Mar 28, 2022
John Robert Turner, 67, of Garden City passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Born in Germany, he was the son of the late MAJ (Ret) Wesley Suttle Turner and the late Catherine Mae Dickey Turner. John was a Warehouse Associate for the Pepsi Company. Survivors include his sisters, Kathy Lynn Klein, Georgette Marie Smith, Elizabeth...
William "Billy" Curtis Jones
Mar 27, 2022
William “Billy” Curtis Jones, 83, of Savannah, Ga passed away March 27, 2022 at Memorial Hospital. He was born July 12, 1938 to the late Katie Gertrude Marchant Jones and Virgil Michael Jones, Sr. in Savannah, Ga. He was the middle son of seven. He attended Commercial High School. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps....
John William Sweat, Jr.
Mar 26, 2022
John William Sweat Jr., age 74, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 unexpectedly. John answered to many different names. The ones that loved him, called him, J.W., Daddy, Popple Johnny, and Papa. John was born in Waycross, Georgia to the parents of John William Sweat Sr., and Mary Patterson Sweat. In 1982, Dianne Sweatte caught his eye. Over a decade...
Norman H. May
Mar 26, 2022
Norman H. May, 91, of Savannah passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 at St. Joseph's Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Stockton, Georgia, he was the son of the late Arthur D. May, Sr. and Delilah Register May. Norman, better known as “Poppy”, was a graduate of Commercial High School and Armstrong State College; a veteran having served in...
Karen Elaine Rawlings
Mar 26, 2022
Karen Elaine Rawlings, 68, of Bloomingdale passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. A native of Savannah, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late William McClain Rawlings and Barbara Ann Brown Rawlings . She was preceded in death by her father and a sister, Lynn Nowell. Survivors include her children, Todd Brinson (Amy), Cody...
Ronald Joseph "Ronnie" Tomazin
Mar 26, 2022
Ronald Joseph “Ronnie” Tomazin, age 67, of Savannah passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 at home. Mr. Tomazin was born on May 12, 1954 in Savannah, the son of the late Joseph Carl and Doris Marchant Tomazin. Ronnie was a 1972 graduate of Savannah High School and later began his career with International Paper, retiring after 48 years of service....
Sally Lou English
Mar 26, 2022
Sally Lou English, 71, of Port Wentworth, Georgia passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. A native of Laurens County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late James Howard Graham and Annie Lois Jackson Graham. Sally was a member of First Baptist Church of Port Wentworth, the Happy Hearts and the Gulfstream Retiree Club. She was...
Sylvia Elaine Higgins
Mar 25, 2022
I, Sylvia Sasser Higgins transitioned on Friday, March 25, 2022 after a long battle with breast cancer. When I drew my last breath, I was surrounded by my loving family... just as I desired. I was born to Bobby E. Sasser and Caroline M. Sasser on April 23, 1957. As with many of their generation, my parents were "kids having...
Donald "Don" Ray Newman Jr.
Mar 24, 2022
Donald "Don" Ray Newman Jr, storyteller and Savannah local, returned to his heavenly home on March 24,2022, after a valiant battle with a life long illness. Don's dedication to his family and his firm belief in God's perfect divine order supported him in his struggle and ultimately gave him peace. Don was born to Elise Lariscy and Donald Ray Newman...
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