Obituaries

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...

Myrtice Mcleighton Coursey

Myrtice Mcleighton Coursey

Aug 20, 2014

Myrtice McLeighton Coursey, 96, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Daniel Isaac Coursey, died Wednesday morning, August 20, 2014, at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center and under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was born in Baxley, Georgia on April 8, 1918, the daughter of the late Robert McLeighton and the late Harriet McCall McLeighton. Mrs. Coursey lived in Savannah...

Harvey Weitz

Harvey Weitz

Aug 15, 2014

Harvey Weitz ' Aged 72 died August 15th, 2014 after a short illness. He was born in Savannah, GA on May 16th, 1942. He attended public school, graduating from Savannah High School in 1959 and the University of Georgia in 1963. He joined the State Bar of Georgia in 1965, a year before he earned his law degree from the...

Earlene Bowlin Hicks

Earlene Bowlin Hicks

Aug 15, 2014

Earlene Paige Bowlin Hicks passed away August 15, 2014. Paige graduated from Carolina High School and from Furman University, class of 1964. She was predeceased by her son, Bert Hicks. She is survived by her sons, Bob (Stephanie) Hicks and Ben (Becca) Hicks; grandchildren, Laken and Kaden Hicks, and Audrey Hicks Pellitier (Dana); and great-grandson, Aiden Pellitier. The family will...

James "Jim" Black

James "Jim" Black

Aug 11, 2014

James Ransom 'Jim' Black, 77, of Westminster, Maryland and husband of Gloria Ann Bunger Black, died Monday morning, August 11, 2014, at Dove House Hospice in Westminster. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a son of the late James Baldwin Black and the late Hazel Vivian Ransom Black. Mr. Black was of the LDS faith. He was a...

Marvin Harris Longwater

Marvin Harris Longwater

Aug 11, 2014

Marvin Harris Longwater, 70, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Sandra Tiffany Longwater, died Monday morning, August 11, 2014, at his home and under the care Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Hymie Longwater and the late Leah Brown Longwater. Marvin was a member of Congregation Agudath Achim. He served on the Board...

Richard Franklin Boaen,

Richard Franklin Boaen,

Aug 6, 2014

Richard Franklin Boaen, Sr., 78, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Marie Yvonne Schuman Boaen, died Wednesday morning, August 6, 2014, at his home and under the care of Gentiva Hospice. Born in Savannah, on November 25, 1935, he was one of eleven children born to the late Eddie Milton Boaen and the late Elizabeth Tanner Boaen. Surviving are his...

Freddie Hodges Tilton

Freddie Hodges Tilton

Aug 4, 2014

Fredzella 'Freddie' Hodges Tilton, 81, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Joseph Francis Tilton, Jr., died Sunday evening, August 3, 2014, surrounded by her family. Born in Savannah on January 8, 1933, Mrs. Tilton was a daughter of the late Edward Pottle Hodges and the late Carrie Beard Hodges. Mrs. Tilton graduated from Savannah High School class of 1951, and...

Shirley Tillman Horton

Shirley Tillman Horton

Aug 1, 2014

Shirley Tillman Horton, 77, of Beavercreek, Ohio and formerly of Savannah, Georgia, and wife of Larry Kemper Horton, died Thursday, July 30, 2014. Shirley grew up in Surrency, Georgia, and worked for the Social Security Administration offices in Savannah and Dayton, Ohio. She was devoted to her family and her church and will be greatly missed. She was preceded in...

Clyde Dale Smith

Clyde Dale Smith

Aug 1, 2014

Clyde Dale Smith, U. S. Army (Ret.), 79, and Bertie Walburga Schular Smith, 79, both of Guyton, Georgia died.?? Mr. Smith died on August 1, 2014 at Hospice Savannah and Mrs. Smith died on March 30, 2014 at Candler Hospital. Mr. Smith was born in Bellflower, Missouri on November 6, 1934, to the late John Smith and Mary Ellen Harmon...

Jesse Henry Strickland

Jesse Henry Strickland

Jul 29, 2014

Jesse Henry Strickland, 75, of Savannah, died Tuesday morning, July 29, 2014, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Ludowici, Georgia, he was a son of the late Tillman Henry Strickland and the late Ethel Durrence Strickland. Mr. Strickland was of the Baptist faith. He graduated from??Georgia Southern University. Mr. Strickland was a United States Air Force veteran having earned the rank...

Carl Allen

Carl Allen

Jul 29, 2014

Carl Allen Day, 56, of Savannah, Georgia went to be with his Lord and Savior July 29, 2014, at his home surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his mother, Martha Diles, and his brother, Ralph Day.?? Carl was devoted to his family, an avid fisherman, and renowned for his strong work ethics. Survived by his beloved...

Thomas "Tom" Hargest

Thomas "Tom" Hargest

Jul 24, 2014

Thomas Sewell 'Tom' Hargest III, 89, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Neva Lee Kennon Hargest, died Thursday morning, July 24, 2014, at Memorial University Medical Center. He was a retired professor, Department of Surgery (Clinical Engineering), Medical University of South Carolina. He was born January 3, 1925, to the late William Milton Hargest, Jr. and the late Edna Parker...

Virginia Hall Berreth

Virginia Hall Berreth

Jul 23, 2014

Virginia Lee Hall Berreth, 92, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Lloyd Gerald Decker, died Wednesday evening, July 23, 2014, at Tara at Thunderbolt. Born in Alexandria, Virginia on January 28, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Fitzhugh Hall and the late Regina Cline Hall.?? She worked for the United States Customs and the United States Coast Guard...

Christine Saxon Lamb

Christine Saxon Lamb

Jul 22, 2014

Christine Saxon Lamb, 83, of Savannah, Georgia, and widow of Dilmus Lee Lamb, died Tuesday morning, July 22, 2014, at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center and under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. Born January 3, 1931, in Millen, Georgia, she was the oldest daughter of the late Henry E. Saxon and the late Edna Chance Saxon. Chris, as she...