Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia

James E. Smith

James E. Smith

Dec 5, 2017

James E. Smith, 81, of Butler, TN, formerly of Savannah and widower of Nancy Jean Barbour Smith, passed away Friday, December 1st, at his home. He was born on January 4, 1936 in Creole, MS, son of the late W.L. and Jewel Smith. He served his country in the United States Air Force. He worked at Union Camp, He raced...

Mattie Lee Tyson

Mattie Lee Tyson

Dec 1, 2017

Mattie Lee Wright Tyson, 96, of Pooler died Friday, December 1st, 2017 at St. Joseph's Hospital. A native of Savannah, she was the daughter of Eugene Wright and Permelia Bell Wright. She retired from Pepsi- Cola and attended Southside Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Burdette Eugene Tyson, her sisters, Myrtice Hancock, Gertrude...

Chad Christopher Oste

Chad Christopher Oste

Nov 30, 2017

Chad Christopher Droste, 30, of Ellabell, Georgia passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017, at Memorial Health Medical University. Chad was born March 21, 1987 in Savannah, Georgia and graduated from Windsor Forest High School. Chad worked for MacAljon, Inc. as a welder and was a member of Pipefitters Local Union 188. He was a faithful member of Savannah Holy Church...

Paul N. Rowland

Paul N. Rowland

Nov 29, 2017

Paul N. Rowland, 76, of Savannah, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, November 28th, in Savannah. He was the son of the late Reverend J.W. Rowland and Velma Brown Rowland. He served his country in the U.S. Army. He worked for 42 years as an Investigator for the FBI. He was a longtime member and active volunteer at...

Laura Woodrum Carroll

Laura Woodrum Carroll

Nov 29, 2017

Laura Woodrum Carroll, 90, passed away, Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at her daughter's home in Virginia Beach, Virginia under the care of Centurion Hospice and surrounded by her loving family. Laura was born in Statesboro, Georgia the daughter of the late Balty and Sallie Beasley Woodrum. She was a 1945 graduate of Statesboro High School. On April 21, 1952 Laura...

Nell Hart Shuman

Nell Hart Shuman

Nov 28, 2017

Mrs. Nell Hart Shuman, age 95, passed Monday morning at the Abercorn Rehabilitation Center in Savannah, GA. Born to William Hart, Sr. and Mary Thelma Lee Hart and raised on the family farm in Bulloch County, GA. She attended Elmer Church and was baptized in the creek behind the church. She graduated from Georgia Teachers College High School in 1937...

Gloria Consos Tech

Gloria Consos Tech

Nov 28, 2017

Gloria Anne Consos Tech, 83, loving Wife, Mother, and friend, departed this life unexpectedly on Monday, November 27th, 2017, at her home in Savannah. Born February 20, 1934 to Sam George Consos and Olive Martin Consos, she was raised during the depression. She was a lifelong resident of Savannah. Her father, a first-generation Greek immigrant and her mother taught her...

Pushpaben C. Patel

Pushpaben C. Patel

Nov 26, 2017

Pushpaben Patel, 83, passed away at 1:29 am, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. Pushpaben was born on Nov. 5 1934 in Uganda, Africa and studied in an English medium school and finished high school. She then married Chimanbhai Patel at 19 years old and settled in Uganda and then had her first two children, Vasudhaben and Dineshbhai. She then moved to...

Harry Arnold Mcdonald

Harry Arnold Mcdonald

Nov 26, 2017

Harry Arnold McDonald passed away at his home in Savannah on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at the age of 66. He was born in Atlanta to Mary Karst McDonald (deceased) and Arnold Lee McDonald of Port Charlotte, Florida. He grew up surrounded by siblings and leaves behind brothers, Barry McDonald (fiancé Laurie) and Gary McDonald (wife Pam) of Port Charlotte...

Sandra (Yeomans) Leopold

Sandra (Yeomans) Leopold

Nov 25, 2017

Sandra N. (Yeomans) Leopold passed away November 24, 2017 in Savannah surrounded by family and loved ones. She is preceded in death by her parents, Harold, Sr. and Ruby (Waites) Yeomans; her brother, Harold Yeomans, Jr. and husband of 58 years, Dr. Louis Leopold. She is survived by her children, Peter (Ladonna) Leopold, Daman (Michelle) Leopold and Melanie (Jeff) Carter;...

Mabel Callaway

Mabel Callaway

Nov 24, 2017

Mabel Godbee Callaway passed away on November 21. She was born in Manassas on Oct. 24, 1914 and was a long time resident of Savannah, recently residing at Bryan Co. Health. She was a member of Sardis Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors: son, Raymond Callaway (Teresa), daughter, Marie Brandon (Raiford), Grandchildren: Elaine Brandon Burnett (Tony), Tommy Callaway (Holly), Amber Brandon Cagle...

Catherine Marie Wolfe

Catherine Marie Wolfe

Nov 24, 2017

Catherine "Cathy" Marie Wolfe, 60, of Savannah passed away Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. A native of Savannah, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Wolfe, Jr. and the late Audrey Edwards Wolfe. Cathy was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and attended Nativity of Our Lord School and St. Vincent's Academy....

Deno Palamiotis

Deno Palamiotis

Nov 22, 2017

Deno "Gus" Palamiotis, 87, passed away Wednesday November 22, 2017 at his home in Savannah GA surrounded by loved ones. He is survived by his daughters Helen (Michael), Nikki, and Stephanie Richardson, and grandson Nick Richardson. He is preceded in death by parents, Athanasios and Mary, his beloved wife, Maria of 49 years, sonAthanasios, and brother Nicholas.He is survived by...

Andrew Lewis Jackson

Andrew Lewis Jackson

Nov 21, 2017

Andrew Lewis Jackson, 59, passed away November 20, 2017 at his residence. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Sheila Jackson, two sons, Steven Jackson (Samantha) of Savannah, Ga. and Spencer Jackson (Holly Phillips) of Marietta, Ga.; two sisters, Karen Watson and Tracy Rowell. He is preceded in death by his parents Lewis "Tealy" Andrew Jackson and Patricia...

Robert Allen Smith

Robert Allen Smith

Nov 21, 2017

Robert Allen Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, 77, went to be with the Lord November 21, 2017. Preceded in death by his parents, George and Sadie Smith; brothers, George and Harry Smith and uncle Benny Itzkovitz. Allen was a man of few words but somehow you always knew exactly what he was saying. He was every ones biggest fan. He was...

Virginia Maria Sherman

Virginia Maria Sherman

Nov 21, 2017

Virginia Maria Sherman, 93, of Savannah, died Sunday, November 19th at Bryan County Health and Rehabilitation. She was born on July 5, 1924 in New York City, a daughter of the late Edward and Edith Falk Pottle. Mrs. Sherman and her husband moved to Savannah from New York City in 1982 after his retirement. She was a member of Trinity...

Thomas Clarquist

Thomas Clarquist

Nov 20, 2017

Thomas Earl Clarquist, 62, passed away unexpectedly at home on November 19, 2017. Tommy was born January 5, 1955 in Savannah, Georgia. He is preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Arlene Clarquist, and his uncle, Bill Daley. Survivors include his sister and brother-in-law, Kay and Earl Fowler, niece, Shannah Moore (Ricky), and nephew, Sean Fowler, all of Savannah,...

Robert Paul Denitto

Robert Paul Denitto

Nov 20, 2017

Robert Paul DeNitto, 92, of Savannah passed away Thursday, November 16th, at Habersham House. He was born in Jamestown, New York in 1925 to Italian immigrants, Salvatore and Madeleine DeNitto. At age 5, he and his family moved to Georgia. He grew up on a farm in Brooklet and graduated from Bulloch High School. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps...

Henry "H.D." Crowe

Henry "H.D." Crowe

Nov 20, 2017

Henry Donald "H.D." Crowe, 83, of Bloomingdale, entered eternal rest on November 20, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Johnson's Corner in Toombs County, Ga. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Avis Copeland Crowe, and his first son at childbirth; Henry Alan Crowe and grandson Christopher Alan Crowe. He was a member of...

Johnny Walter Campbell

Johnny Walter Campbell

Nov 18, 2017

Johnny Walter Campbell, 74, of Richmond Hill and husband of Pat Campbell, went to heaven peacefully at his home. He was born in Baxley, Georgia on February 8th, 1943, the son of the late Walter G. and Nettie Aycock Campbell. Johnny was a 1960 graduate of Savannah High School. He served his country in the U.S. Army for 2 years....