Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Savannah, Garden City, Georgia

Oliver "Rocky" Perry Dekle

Oliver "Rocky" Perry Dekle

Dec 10, 2021

Oliver Dekle "Rocky" , 79, of Garden City passed away Friday, December 10, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving family and under the care of Compassus Hospice. Rocky was born in Gainesville, Florida, he was the son of late James Orin Dekle and Lillian Moore Dekle. He graduated from Savannah High in 1960 and attended Armstrong State College....

Gracen Jewel Scott

Gracen Jewel Scott

Dec 10, 2021

Gracen Jewel Scott 9/30/1997 - 12/10/2021 Gracen Scott of Augusta, Georgia, passed away Friday, December 10th, 2021. She was a native of Savannah, and leaves behind a large family there. She is preceded in death by her father, Thomas B. Scott, and paternal grandparents Burns Scott Jr. and Jewel Boguszewski. She leaves behind a young son, Liam, her mother Chanda,...

David William Shuman

David William Shuman

Dec 6, 2021

David William Shuman, age 58, passed away peacefully on Monday the 6th of December 2021. David was a loving husband and father who never met a stranger. He was an avid collector of things and a man who enjoyed many hobbies in his lifetime. He loved his family, his friends, his dogs, carpentry, his Jeep, and a good bourbon. He...

Master Sergeant Barry W. Kratzer

Master Sergeant Barry W. Kratzer

Dec 4, 2021

Master Sergeant Barry Kratzer, a proud Air Force Veteran, rejoined his loved ones in eternal rest on December 4, 2021, in Savannah, GA. The son of Elizabeth Gardener and Walter Kratzer born on October 12, 1954, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Barry attended Louis E. Dieruff High School, before enlisting in the United States Airforce at 17 years old. He served the...

Bessie Boatright Maddox

Bessie Boatright Maddox

Dec 2, 2021

Bessie Boatright Maddox, 92, died peacefully at her home in Savannah on December 2, 2021. She was born in Emanuel County, GA, January 1, 1930, as the fifteenth of 16 children of Hattie Deal Boatright and William Matthew Boatright; all her siblings predeceased her. Bessie lived most of her life in Southeast Georgia with a short span of time in...

Joan Allison Boaen

Joan Allison Boaen

Dec 1, 2021

Joan Allison Boaen passed away at home surrounded by her family December 1, 2021 at the age of 88. A lifelong resident of Savannah, she was preceded in death by her parents, John Samuel Allison and Edna Hardison Allison, and her husband John Edward Boaen. Joan was born in Savannah in 1933 and lived her entire life on the same...

Shirley Kaye Cooper

Shirley Kaye Cooper

Nov 30, 2021

Shirley Kaye Cooper, 54, of Bloomingdale passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. A native of Savannah Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Edison Cook and Rozanna "Ann" Driggers Cook. Kaye was active member of Powers Baptist Church for 28 years. She was on the Bereavement Committee, a Bible School Worker and...

Roger Leon Johns

Roger Leon Johns

Nov 30, 2021

Roger Leon Johns, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 70 on Tuesday November 30, 2021. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and served as a paratrooper and a sharpshooter. He enjoyed life to its fullest, staying engaged in his love for music, art, cooking, hunting, fishing, gun and knife collecting. It...

Jeanette M. Stewart

Jeanette M. Stewart

Nov 29, 2021

Jeanette M. Stewart of Brooklet, Ga. passed away suddenly on November 29, 2021. She is proceeded in death by late husband Kenneth A. Stewart, Sr. She is survived by two daughters Charlotte Hendrix, husband Joe Hendrix, Sharon Fox, husband Paul Fox and son Kenny Stewart, Jr. Also survived by six grand children, thirteen great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews....

Martha "Marty" Ann Rogers Williams

Martha "Marty" Ann Rogers Williams

Nov 29, 2021

Martha “Marty” Ann Rogers Williams, age 86 of Savannah, GA went to be with the Lord on November 29th after a short illness. Marty was born in Savannah, GA to the late Coy Mallory Rogers and Lucille Gill Rogers. She is a graduate of Savannah High School and attended Armstrong State University. She was employed with the Chatham County Tag...

Stevie Lonnie Bashlor

Stevie Lonnie Bashlor

Nov 28, 2021

Stevie Lonnie Bashlor, age 32, of Savannah passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021. Stevie was born on May 23, 1989 in Savannah. He was a 2007 graduate of Calvary Day School where he played basketball and tennis. He continued his formal education at the University of South Carolina – Beaufort Campus where he earned a degree in business. He worked...

John Norman Howard, Iii

John Norman Howard, Iii

Nov 26, 2021

John Norman Howard III departed this earthly realm Friday, November 26, 2021 while holding the hand of his daughter and granddaughter. He was born on May 29, 1938 as the eldest son of John Howard Jr. and Laurie Howard, both of whom preceded him in death. His father passed away early in his life and John C. Smith would become...

David Franklin Eller

David Franklin Eller

Nov 26, 2021

David F. Eller, 83, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, November 26th. He was born in Chilhowie, Virginia to David Andrew and Nannie Ethel Eller. David loved his country, and served honorably in the United States Air Force. He served his community as well, first as a patrolman with the Savannah Police Department (SPD) and later as...

Michael Daly

Michael Daly

Nov 26, 2021

Michael Francis Daly, 91, passed away peacefully Friday, November 26, 2021. Michael was born on May 22, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY and was raised at St. John's Orphanage. At 17, he joined the US Navy for two years and then transferred to the US Air Force where he served as an air traffic controller for 23 years retiring as USAF...

Billy Kenneth "Bk" Stevens

Billy Kenneth "Bk" Stevens

Nov 24, 2021

Billy Kenneth “BK” Stevens, age 90, of Savannah passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Mr. Stevens was born on August 9, 1931 in Swainsboro, GA, the son of the late Alexander and Trudy Moxley Stevens. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He worked with Dixie Crystals Sugar, Union Camp, and for many years with Bechtel Corporation...

Jacquelin (Jacky) Scurry Walker

Jacquelin (Jacky) Scurry Walker

Nov 22, 2021

Jacquelin (Jacky) Scurry Walker, 94, of Savannah, GA entered eternal rest on Monday, November 22, 2021, at home with her family. Born in Savannah in 1927, she was the daughter of the late Douglas DeRenne Scurry and Helen Cobb Scurry. Preceded in death by her husband, Christopher Jenkins Walker, Jr; sisters, Betty Scurry Widmer and Dorothy DeRenne Scurry; father and...

Anne F. Hodges

Anne F. Hodges

Nov 21, 2021

Anne Fares Hodges, 79, of Guyton passed away Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Hospice Savannah, Inc. A native of Savannah, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Howard H. Fares and Georgia Cheely Fares. Anne was a member of the Over Sugar Hill Club, she loved cooking, her family and her grandchildren were her world. She never had a...

Michael Winfield Helmey

Michael Winfield Helmey

Nov 21, 2021

Michael Winfield Helmey, 66, passed away on November 21, 2021 in Pooler, Ga. Born on July 1, 1955 in Georgia he was the only child of Clifford Winfield and Mary B. Helmey. He graduated from Calvary Day School in 1974, among their 1st senior class. A linebacker for the Cavaliers, he went on to play football for Young Harris College...

Donna Marie Schley

Donna Marie Schley

Nov 19, 2021

Donna Marie (Lutz) Schley slipped away peacefully to be with our Lord on November 19, 2021. She died at home under the great care of Compassus Hospice. A smoker for over 40 years, Donna had lived with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the need for supplemental oxygen for nearly 15 years. She rarely missed the opportunity to tell random...

Richard W. Bartels

Richard W. Bartels

Nov 19, 2021

Richard W. Bartels, age 75, of Savannah passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 at home. Mr. Bartels was born on April 11, 1946 in Bradenton, FL, the son of the late William and Grace Bartels. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Vietnam War. While in Florida he was the owner of Barco Mechanical, specializing...