Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia

Donald Thomson Golden, Sr.

Donald Thomson Golden, Sr.

Jul 11, 2021

Donald Thomson Golden, Sr., 74, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021, at home after an extended illness. Don was born in Savannah, GA, on August 9, 1946. He was the youngest son of Frank and Carolyn Golden. Don was a graduate of St Michael’s School, Savannah High School, and Armstrong State University. He was of Catholic faith. Don was a...

Austin Lewis Wall

Austin Lewis Wall

Jul 9, 2021

Austin Lewis Wall, age 38, of Pooler passed away Friday, July 9, 2021 at home. Austin was born on May 22, 1983 in Savannah. He was a 2002 graduate of Effingham County High School and continued his formal education at Savannah Technical College where he earned a degree in marketing management. Austin had an entrepreneurial spirit and was the owner...

Kimberly Dianne Putnam

Kimberly Dianne Putnam

Jul 8, 2021

Kim “berly” Dianne Putnam, 49, Rincon, GA, passed away 8 July, 2021. She left behind her husband and best friend; of over 26 years as they were married on 11 November 1994. She also left behind her parents Paul Stewart Jr and Becky Stewart, whom brought her into this world on 27 April 1972 in Savannah, GA. Others she has...

Robert Allen Kennedy, Jr.

Robert Allen Kennedy, Jr.

Jul 7, 2021

Robert Allen Kennedy, Jr., age 65, of Midway, GA passed away Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Mr. Kennedy was born on October 24, 1955 in Savannah. He was a graduate of Jenkins High School and later earned his Associates Degree. He served for 14 years with the 117th ACC Georgia Air National Guard. He was a former member of Trinity United...

Rita Meierhofer Norris

Rita Meierhofer Norris

Jul 6, 2021

Rita Meierhofer Norris 75, passed away on July 6th surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice of Savannah . She was preceded in death by her parents Heinz and Ilse Meierhofer and sister Heidi Silber. Rita was born on Sept 6, 1945 in Demmin Germany. Rita worked as a gas station attendant in Lorsch-Hessen, Germany where she...

Dwayne Warwick

Dwayne Warwick

Jul 5, 2021

Dwayne Warwick, age 51, of Richmond Hill passed away Monday, July 5, 2021. Mr. Warwick was born on July 12, 1969 in Spring Valley, IL. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked in construction throughout his career and had worked with Pioneer Construction, Inc. since moving to Richmond Hill in 2002. Dwayne enjoyed guns, classic cars,...

James Dewey Crosby, Jr.

James Dewey Crosby, Jr.

Jul 5, 2021

James "Jimmy" D. Crosby, Jr., 72, of Garden City passed away Monday, July 5, 2021 at Abercorn Rehabilitation Center. A native of Savannah, he was the son of the late James Dewey Crosby, Sr. and the late Vera McMahan Crosby. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Darla Leigh Lane Crosby, and his sister, Christi Crosby Wilcox....

Larry Paul Morris Sr.

Larry Paul Morris Sr.

Jul 3, 2021

Larry Paul Morris Sr. of Savannah, Georgia transitioned on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 11:25 p.m. at Candler Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Larry grew up attending Saint Anthony Catholic Church where he accepted the Lord as his Lord and Savior at the age of five. Upon accepting the Lord, he received his education from Saint Anthony Catholic Church...

Balubhai Lallubhai Patel

Balubhai Lallubhai Patel

Jun 30, 2021

Balubhai Lallubhai Patel, 87, of Savannah passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at Pruitt Health - Savannah. A prayer service will be held Saturday, July 3, 2021 at the Funeral Home from 5:00 pm. - 6:00 p.m. Services will begin at 10:30 am Sunday, July 4, 2021 in the Funeral Home Chapel. Services have been entrusted to Baker McCullough Funeral...

Thomas "Ta" Anthony Swafford

Thomas "Ta" Anthony Swafford

Jun 30, 2021

Retired US Army Sergeant First Class, Thomas Anthony Swafford "TA", 69, of Guyton passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at his home. A native of Huntsville, Alabama, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Gail Swafford. TA was a retired US Army Veteran having served during The Korean War, The Vietnam War and was in The 173rd...

Rene K. Shaw

Rene K. Shaw

Jun 29, 2021

Rene Kirby Shaw, 59, of Bloomingdale, Georgia died Tuesday June 29th, 2021 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Services will be held at a later date.

Jonathan Jerald Connan

Jonathan Jerald Connan

Jun 28, 2021

Jonathan Jerald Connan died on June 28 in Savannah, Georgia at the age of 50 after a short illness. He is survived by his father Jere and stepmother Conni, his mother, Sharon Kays Broughton (Robert), Carlsbad, California and sister Amanda Connan (Kessa), Melbourne, Florida. Jon was born September 18, 1970 in Bloomington, Indiana. He and his sister spent their younger...

Elaine Pano Karatassos

Elaine Pano Karatassos

Jun 28, 2021

Elaine, age 82, peacefully fell asleep in the Lord early Monday morning, June 28, after suffering many years with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born and raised in Savannah. Her beloved parents were Pano I. Karatassos and Theona Donkar Karatassos. Elaine graduated from Savannah High School in 1957. After helping at the family deli and restaurant, Pano’s Food Shop, she became...

Bobby Ray Tucker

Bobby Ray Tucker

Jun 28, 2021

Our beloved, Bobby Ray Tucker, was called home on June 28, 2021 to begin his new Life in Heaven. He was born in Claxton, GA on March 28, 1936. He graduated from Commercial High School, where he excelled in basketball. Bobby’s professional career was focused in safety. He was a Safety Manager with Kaiser Aluminum for approximately 30 years and...

Karen Padgett Best

Karen Padgett Best

Jun 27, 2021

Karen Padgett Best, age 76, of Richmond Hill passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021 at home. Mrs. Best was born on February 19, 1945 in Savannah, the daughter of the late Lonnie and Elizabeth Burch Padgett. She was a 1963 graduate of Savannah High School and later earned her Radiology Technologist certification through Memorial Medical Center. She worked as a...

Anthony John Wickstead

Anthony John Wickstead

Jun 27, 2021

Tony was born September 14, 1938 in Nottinghamshire, England and died peacefully of sudden illness at home with his wife, Lucy, and family beside him on June 27, 2021. He was the son of John and Winnifred Wickstead of England and brother to Judith Fitzherbert-Wright and her husband Hugh whom he survived. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law,...

Anna Lois Hayes

Anna Lois Hayes

Jun 27, 2021

Anna Lois Edenfield Hayes, 89 of Savannah, Georgia passed away Sunday, June 27th at the home of her daughter, Kathy Jernigan in Round O, SC after a brief battle with bone cancer. She was born May 22, 1932 in Metter, Candler County, Ga. She moved to Savannah in early childhood where she married and raised her family. She was a...

Marvin Lamar Snellings

Marvin Lamar Snellings

Jun 25, 2021

Marvin Lamar Snellings, 84, of Dublin passed away Friday, June 25, 2021 at Serenity Place Hospice in Dublin. He was born December 30, 1936, in Glasscock County, Gibson, GA. Spent most of his life living in Chatham County. Retired from the City of Savannah Water Department. He was a member of Resurrection Assembly of God Church in East Dublin where...

Thomas E. "Tommy" Taylor

Thomas E. "Tommy" Taylor

Jun 25, 2021

Thomas E. “Tommy” Taylor, age 88, of Savannah passed away Friday, June 25, 2021 at home surrounded by his family. Mr. Taylor was born on September 7, 1932 along with his twin sister, Marjorie in the Crisp community of Edgecombe County, NC. He was a 1950 graduate of South Edgecombe High School where he served as class President and later...

David "Byrd" Thomas Crane

David "Byrd" Thomas Crane

Jun 22, 2021

David "Byrd" Thomas Crane, 35, passed away peacefully Wednesday, June 22, 2021 after an extended illness. David was born in Columbus, OH on June 9, 1986. He lived in Pittsburgh, PA for several years before moving to Bluffton, SC. Byrd enjoyed spending time with his friends and family. On the weekends you could find him at the beach, typically with...