Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia

Adelia Edwards Padgett

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

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...

Peggy Gattis Edenfield

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...

Faye Floyd Smith

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...

Patricia J. "Miss Patty" Rey

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Sally Lou English

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...

John William Sweat, Jr.

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...

Karen Elaine Rawlings

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...

Norman H. May

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...

Ronald Joseph "Ronnie" Tomazin

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....

Sylvia Elaine Higgins

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...

Dolly "Naomi" Turner Titcomb

Dolly "Naomi" Turner Titcomb

Mar 24, 2022

Dolly “Naomi” Turner Titcomb passed away peacefully at Sunabella memory care facility surrounded by the love of her family after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was the daughter of the late Ruby Sparks Turner and Harris Wesley Turner. Born July 15, 1937, in Portal, GA, her family moved to Savannah when she was a child and she lived her...

Donald "Don" Ray Newman Jr.

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...

Daryl Wayne Mccullough

Daryl Wayne Mccullough

Mar 21, 2022

Daryl W. McCullough, 68, of Rincon passed away Monday, March 21, 2022 at his home. A native of Porterdale, Georgia (Covington), he was the son of the late Jerry Nathaniel McCullough and the late Bebe Joan Stewart McCullough. Daryl was a Welder and retired from ROSS Engineering. He loved to be outdoors whether it was fishing, hunting, running Beagles, plowing...

Hallie "Hal" C. Lane Jr.

Hallie "Hal" C. Lane Jr.

Mar 21, 2022

Hallie "Hal" C. Lane Jr., of Ellabell, GA passed away Monday March 21, 2022, at Candler Hospital. Hal was originally from Thunderbolt and born to the late Hallie C. Lane, Sr. and Wilma (Penny) Shearouse Lane. He retired from ILA local 1475 Clerks and Checkers with over 20 years of service. Hal was a Veteran of the United States Army...

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