Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia
Catherine Dotson Stewart
Mar 3, 2023
Catherine Dotson Stewart, age 67, of Savannah, GA passed away Friday, March 3, 2023 at home. Cathy was born in Savannah, GA on February 13, 1956, the daughter of the late Horace Samson Dotson and Angela Anestos Dotson. After attending Armstrong State College she began her career as a Merchandising Analyst with Rich’s Department Store and ultimately retired after years...
Suzanne Jarrell Willis
Mar 3, 2023
Suzanne Jarrell Willis, age 88, of Savannah, GA and widow of William R. Willis, Sr. passed away Friday, March 3, 2023 after a short illness. Mrs. Willis was born on December 15, 1934 in Savannah, GA, the daughter of the late Charles LaDesse Jarrell, Sr. and Hattie Mae Groff Jarrell. She was a graduate of Savannah High School and continued...
Thomas Ian Blackwelder
Mar 3, 2023
Thomas Ian Blackwelder, age 56, of Ludowici, GA passed away Friday, March 3, 2023. Mr. Blackwelder was born in Savannah, GA on November 17, 1966, the son of C. Poe Blackwelder, Jr. and the late Judith Thornton Blackwelder. He attended Savannah Christian Preparatory School until upper school where he was a 1984 graduate of Memorial Day School. He continued his...
Ralph Alan Baker
Mar 2, 2023
Ralph Alan Baker, 66, of Rincon passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023 at his home. A native of Brooklet, he was the son of the late Lewis and Vivian Hall Baker. He graduated from SouthEast Bulloch High School. Alan served honorably in the United States Air Force, from which he was retired. He was also a Police Officer having worked...
Ronald Dale Dowdy
Mar 2, 2023
Ronald "Ron" Dowdy, age 71, of Savannah passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023, at St. Joseph Hospital. Mr. Dowdy was born November 27, 1951, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Billy Joe Dowdy and Dorothea (Morrow Dowdy) Cantin. He served in the US Army during the mid 1970s, stationed primarily in Oklahoma. He was retired from General Motors in Flint,...
Lourdes G Baines
Mar 2, 2023
Lourdes Guillan Baines, 90, of Savannah, GA., passed away peacefully March 2, 2023 at the Oaks at Pooler. She was born February 6, 1933 in Santiago, Cuba. Mrs. Baines met the love of her life, Charles Wendell Baines, Sr., while he was stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, serving in the United States Navy. The two were married soon after and...
Patricia "Patsy" Morris
Feb 28, 2023
Patricia “Patsy” Morris, age 77, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2023 with her family by her side. Mrs. Morris was born in Waycross, GA on New Year’s Eve 1945, the daughter of the late Enwood and Laverne Faircloth. She moved to Savannah as a child and was a 1964 graduate of Savannah High School. She was a longtime member of...
Steven Walter Britton
Feb 28, 2023
Steven Walter Britton, 80, of Savannah, GA, passed away on February 28, 2023, after a short illness. Steve was born on January 8, 1943, to Walter and Brunelle Britton in Hemingway, SC. Steve grew up helping tend to his parents farm, learning the value of hard, honest work that would serve him all his life. After Steve graduated from Hemingway...
Barbara Ann Strickland
Feb 25, 2023
Barbara Ann Manning Strickland, age 84, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023. Barbara was born to the parents of Lorine Amanda Davis Manning and Daniel Dewy Manning in Brunswick, Georgia October 4, 1938. In 1956, Barbara graduated from Savannah High School. Barbara was such a hard worker, it is no surprise she met her loving husband of 61 years at...
Betty Purvis Durrence
Feb 25, 2023
Betty Purvis Durrence, age 94, of Sunbury, Georgia passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Betty was born in Glennville, Georgia to the late Milton Lee Purvis and the late Georgie Griffin Purvis. She was a loving and devoted daughter. A graduate of Glennville High School, Betty attended the University of Georgia to continue her formal education. In May of...
Laura Mayes
Feb 24, 2023
Laura D. Mayes, age 87, passed away Friday, February 24, 2023 at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation. Laura was born August 11, 1935 in Blenheim, South Carolina to the parents of Boyd and Mattie Dees. She graduated from Lower Marlboro High School in 1954. After graduating, Laura went to school for cosmetology and completed her training in 1956. Shortly after, she...
William Albert Anderson
Feb 19, 2023
William Albert "Bill" Anderson, age 61, of Savannah passed away Sunday, February 19. 2023. Mr. Anderson was born July 16, 1961 in Savannah to the late James Miller Anderson, Jr. and Annamae Zierer Anderson. He is a graduate of St. James Catholic School, Benedictine Military School, and Armstrong State College. He was self-employed in the data processing/direct mail marketing industry...
James David Dunn
Feb 18, 2023
James David Dunn, 61, of Garden City, GA passed away at home on February 18, 2023.. David was a graduate of Groves Hugh School. David was preceded in death by his mother, Shirley H. Dunn. David’s survivors include his father, James Boyce Dunn, his sister, Angela Key (Allan Higgs), nephew, Jeremy Edwards, a great nephew, Bryce Edwards and a great...
Michael Deshawn Whipple
Feb 18, 2023
Michael Whipple went to his heavenly home on Saturday, February 18, 2023, after a valiant and courageous battle with brain cancer. Michael grew up in Whitewright, Texas. He attended and graduated from Special Education at Fred Douglas School in Sherman, Texas and Seguin High School in Seguin, Texas. He attended the First Baptist Church of Whitewright, Texas, and later the...
Dawn (Shelly) Michelle Tyler Adams
Feb 18, 2023
Dawn "Shelly" Michelle Tyler Adams, 54, of Port Wentworth passed away Saturday, February 18, 2023 at her home. A native of Savannah, she was the daughter of the late Faye Hogg Rakyta and the late Charles Chapman. Shelly was raised in Savannah and attended Jenkins High School. She was a member of The Salvation Army and was employed at Port...
Troy Rivers Millikan
Feb 17, 2023
Troy Rivers Millikan, entered fully into the presence of the Lord on Friday February 17, 2023. He was beloved by so many around Gainesville as “larger than life” with dashing good looks and charisma; an impeccably dressed positive individual who always had humor for those who needed it. Affectionately known as "Papa Troy" by his children, nieces, nephews, and their...
Doris Elizabeth "Tiny" Sheppard
Feb 16, 2023
Doris Elizabeth “Tiny” Sheppard, age 89, of Cartersville, GA and formerly of Savannah, GA passed away Thursday, February 16, 2023. Mrs. Sheppard was born in Savannah, GA on May 27, 1933, the daughter of the late Nona Rosemond Smith Baker and William Cooper “Bill” Baker, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin...
Thomas Andrew Wojcik
Feb 15, 2023
Thomas Andrew Wojcik, 64, of Bloomingdale, GA, passed away February 15, 2023. He was born in Savannah, Georgia September 6, 1958, the youngest son of Julius and Joann Wojcik. He entered the United States Coast Guard, where he achieved the rank of Boatswain’s Mate First Class before retiring. He was a perfectionist in anything that he did. He was a...
Joyce Johnson
Feb 13, 2023
Joyce Vickery Johnson, 92, passed away on February 13th, 2023. She was born in Savannah, Georgia to her late parents, Jesse and Beatrice Vickery on May 30, 1930. Joyce was the beloved wife to the late Neal Johnson and the proud mother of her three daughters, Janice McCall (David), Teresa Parham (Charles), and Jane Lavin (Billy). She was the amazing...
Virginia "George" Clark
Feb 12, 2023
Virginia "George" Clark, age 80, of Savannah, Georgia passed away Sunday, February 12, 2023 surrounded by the ones that loved her in her home. She was born February 20, 1942 to the parents of Zedison Willard Ray and Margie Virginia Ray. At a young age, she sadly lost her father. However, she was blessed with a wonderful step father, Jack...
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