Obituaries

Jerry Mcgill

Jerry Mcgill

Oct 2, 2014

Jerry McGill, 55, of Savannah, Georgia, died Thursday afternoon, October 2, 2014, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Howard Bailey Viar,

Howard Bailey Viar,

Sep 30, 2014

Howard Bailey Viar, Sr., 93, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Ida Maude Galbreath Viar, died Tuesday morning, September 30, 2014, at his home and surrounded by his family. Born in Lenox, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Gus Leon Viar and the late Mary Sue Bailey Viar. Mr. Viar was of the Baptist faith. He owned and...

Georgia Bailey Bowen

Georgia Bailey Bowen

Sep 30, 2014

Georgia Bailey Bowen, 85, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of William Roderick Bowen, went peacefully home surrounded by her family to be with the Lord on Tuesday afternoon, September 30, 2014, at Memorial University Medical Center. She grew up in Macon, Georgia and in 1946, at the age of 17, was a finalist in the Miss Macon Beauty Pageant.?? She...

Tauba Chernyak Berezhinskaya

Tauba Chernyak Berezhinskaya

Sep 28, 2014

Tauba Chernyak Berezhinskaya, 91, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday morning, September 28, 2014, at Candler Hospital surrounded by her family. The funeral service will be held at 5 o'clock Monday in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue, conducted by Rabbi Robert W. Haas. Interment will be private.

Bettye Lamb Cohen

Bettye Lamb Cohen

Sep 27, 2014

Bettye Lamb Cohen, 82, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Murray Leonard Cohen, died Saturday afternoon, September 27, 2014, at her home and surrounded by her family. Born in Litton, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Jim Tom Lamb and the late Ila Burton Lamb. Mrs. Cohen was a member of Congregation Agudath Achim. She was member and...

James Harvey Rawling

James Harvey Rawling

Sep 22, 2014

James Harvey Rawling, 70, of Pooler, Georgia and beloved husband, father and grandfather, died Monday morning, September 22, 2014, at Hospice Savannah. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on August 21, 1944, the son of the late Frank Frederick Archibald Rawling, M.D. and the late Elizabeth Schluchter Rawling. Survivors include his wife, Janet; two daughters, Tracey Kennedy and her...

Joelle Corre Locke

Joelle Corre Locke

Sep 20, 2014

Joelle Corre Locke, 82, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Gordon Franklin Locke, died Saturday morning, September 20, 2014, at Savannah Square and under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. Born in Ollioules, France, she was a daughter of the late Auguste Corre and the late Aimee Pennognon Corre. Mrs. Locke was an interpreter/translator for the United States Army and...

Josephine Nash Davis

Josephine Nash Davis

Sep 20, 2014

Pearl Josephine (Jo) Nash Davis, 90, of Savannah, Georgia, died Friday afternoon,?? September 19, 2014, at Azalealand Nursing Home.?? Josephine was a communicant of St. James the Less Catholic Church.?? She is preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Leland 'KL' Davis (Chappell, NE), 1924-2001. Born in the roaring 20s, in Monticello, Florida, she was raised in the Great Depression,...

Mary Kelley Maloney

Mary Kelley Maloney

Sep 16, 2014

Mary Kelley Maloney, 77, of Savannah, Georgia, and widow of Robert John 'Bob' Maloney, died Tuesday afternoon, September 16, 2014, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Francis William Kelley and the late Lucille Courtney Kelley. Mrs. Maloney was a communicant at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She graduated from Marquette University, and was...

Linda Smith Attard

Linda Smith Attard

Sep 13, 2014

Linda Ann Smith Attard, 65, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday morning, September 13, 2014, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, Georgia. She was a native of Savannah, Georgia, a daughter of the late Spencer Ashton Smith and the late Helen Conners Smith. Linda was a member of Bible Baptist Church. She graduated from Valencia Community College in Orlando. Linda retired...

Edith Smith Barton

Edith Smith Barton

Sep 9, 2014

Edith Margaret Smith Barton, 93, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of MSgt Cardell Fredrick Barton, Jr. U. S. Air Force (Ret.), died Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Barton was born on September 6, 1921, in Preston, England.?? She was a devoted wife and mother and for several years also worked as an LPN at Memorial Hospital in...

Robert "Bobby" Habas

Robert "Bobby" Habas

Sep 9, 2014

Robert Walter 'Bob' Habas, 60, of Savannah, Georgia, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at St. Joseph's Hospital after battling complications from surgery. Bob was born on December 10, 1954 in Glens Falls, New York.?? He moved to Savannah as a child where he graduated from Jenkins High School and from Savannah State College in 1992. Bob was an aspiring professional...

Richard Lafayette Hodges,

Richard Lafayette Hodges,

Sep 7, 2014

Richard L. Hodges, Jr., 80, of Thunderbolt, Georgia and husband of Barbara Hodges, died Sunday, September 7, 2014, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia on January 7, 1934, he was a son of the late Richard L. Hodges, Sr. and the late Leona Elizabeth Lanier Hodges. Richard served his country in the U.S. navy and the U.S....

Gregory Purnell Morris

Gregory Purnell Morris

Sep 5, 2014

Gregory Pernell Morris, 48, of Savannah, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was born in Savannah, Georgia on April 17, 1966. He attended A.E. Beach High School, graduating in 1984. He was a loyal employee of Weyerhaeuser, serving faithfully for fifteen years. He leaves behind his mother, Barbara H. Williams; father, Eddie Lee Wilcox; special friend,...

Ralph "Joey" Difiore,

Ralph "Joey" Difiore,

Aug 31, 2014

Ralph Joseph 'Joey' DiFiore, Jr., 48, formerly of Savannah, Georgia, died Friday evening, August 29, 2014, in Grover, North Carolina. Joey was born December 2, 1965 in Savannah, Georgia and was a longtime native Savannahian.?? He was a 1982 graduate of Savannah High School, and was a police officer for the Savannah Metro Police Department from 2004 to 2013. He...

Irvin Joseph Krauss

Irvin Joseph Krauss

Aug 31, 2014

Irvin Joseph Krauss, 85, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday evening, August 31, 2014, at his home. Born in Darien, Georgia, he was a son of the late William Leonard Krauss and the late Leona Crumley Krauss. Mr. Krauss was of the Catholic faith. He was a United States Army veteran. Mr. Krauss earned his undergraduate degree from the University of...

Betty Calloway Charters

Betty Calloway Charters

Aug 29, 2014

Betty Calloway Charters, 82, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Bert Charters, died peacefully Friday evening, August 29, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family. Born in Manassas, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Raford Randall Calloway and the late Letha Belle Blocker Calloway. Mrs. Charters was an active member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where...

Tsgt Force (Ret.)

Tsgt Force (Ret.)

Aug 29, 2014

TSgt Thomas Edmond 'Tom' Flaherty III, U. S. Air Force (Ret.), 81, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Ann Hebert Flaherty, died Friday morning, August 29, 2014, at Candler Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Thomas Edmond Flaherty, Jr. and the late Helen Sparks Flaherty Ashmore. TSgt Flaherty was of the Catholic faith. He...

Frances Bethune Wells

Frances Bethune Wells

Aug 24, 2014

Frances Ada Bethune Wells, 85, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of John Aloysius Wells, died Sunday evening, August 24, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Albertville, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Robert E. Bethune and the late Lillie Mae Stanfield Bethune. Mrs. Wells was a member...

Sylvia Adler Udinsky

Sylvia Adler Udinsky

Aug 21, 2014

Sylvia Adler Udinksy, 84, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Burton 'Burt' Udinsky, died Thursday afternoon, August 21, 2014, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Sam Adler and the late Faye Goldman Adler. Mrs. Udinsky was a member of Congregation Agudath Achim.?? She was a former president of Henry Street...