SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Elizabeth Burmah Richards Harvey, 85, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Robert Fitzgerald Harvey, Jr., died Saturday morning, June 5, 2010, at Candler Hospital.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, to the late Rufus Glaen Richards and the late Burmah Macfarlane Richards, she was a Christian and a devoted wife and mother. Mrs. Harvey was a homemaker and an avid reader. In addition to her husband and parents she was predeceased by a brother, Charles Richards.
Surviving are one daughter, Lila Powell and her husband, David, of Guyton, Georgia; two sons, Richard Harvey and his wife, Sandra of Statesboro, Georgia and Philip Scott Harvey of Savannah, Georgia; one sister, Ida Louise Reese of Darwin, California; two brothers, Rodolph R. Richards and Vernon Glaen Richards both of Savannah, Georgia; ten grandchildren; one great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 o'clock Sunday at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.
The funeral service will be held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service, conducted by The Reverend Dr. Samuel W. Watkins. Interment will be private.
Remembrances: The Humane Society for Greater Savannah - 7215 Sallie Mood Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31406-3922.