Obituaries

Freeland H." Armstrong

Freeland H." Armstrong

Sep 15, 2012

POOLER, GEORGIA - Freeland Holmes 'F. H.' Armstrong, 88, of Pooler, Georgia, died Saturday morning, September 15, 2012, at The Place at Pooler. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah.

Thomas Neal Dixon

Thomas Neal Dixon

Sep 14, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Thomas Neal Dixon, 71, of Savannah, Georgia, died Friday, September 14, 2012, at his home. Born in Millen, Georgia, he was a son of the late Thomas Charles Dixon and the late Gladys Murray Dixon. Neal was of the Baptist faith. He served in the Georgia National Guard and worked in the truck parts industry all of...

Virginia Sikes Covington

Virginia Sikes Covington

Sep 12, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Virginia Sikes Covington, 83, of Savannah, Georgia, died Wednesday morning, September 12, 2012, at her home. Born in Emanuel County, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Hardy Newton Sikes and the late Erna Agnes Johnson Sikes. Virginia was a member of Garfield United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are one son, John Keith...

David Victor Franco

David Victor Franco

Sep 6, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - David Victor Franco, 82, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Sara Israel Franco, died Thursday afternoon, September 6, 2012, at Candler Hospital. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he was a son of the late Victor David Franco and Marie DeLeon Franco. Mr. Franco was of the Jewish faith. He was a United States Navy veteran. Mr. Franco retired...

John Kight Downs

John Kight Downs

Sep 4, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Tuesday, September 04, 2012 John (Jack) K. Downs passed away at St. Josephs-Candler Hospital after difficulties following surgery. Jack was born in Guyton, GA on June 9, 1923. He was a graduate of Savannah High School following which joining the 101st Airborne division as a para trooper in the European theatre of World War II. Being a...

Allison Davis Sullivan

Allison Davis Sullivan

Sep 3, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Allison Davis Sullivan, 96, passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord and Savior at 8 p.m. on Monday, September 3, 2012, at Riverview Health & Rehabilitation Center. Allison was born on October 6, 1915 and was the daughter of the late Fred A. and Alma L. Davis of Savannah. She was a long-time member of Bible...

Thomas Bruce Phelps

Thomas Bruce Phelps

Sep 2, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Thomas 'Tom' Bruce Phelps, 64, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Judith Ann Cato Phelps, died Sunday, September 2, 2012, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Mary Ostrom Pilcher

Mary Ostrom Pilcher

Sep 2, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Mary Ostrom Pilcher, 100, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Theodore Clay Pilcher, died Sunday evening, September 2, 2012, at Summer Breeze Assisted Living and under the care of Hospice Savannah. A native of Indianapolis, Miss Ostrom married Theodore C. Pilcher and moved to his hometown of Norfolk, Virginia in 1934. A part of the \"Greatest Generation\",...

Genevieve Pomerantz Kanter

Genevieve Pomerantz Kanter

Sep 1, 2012

AVENTURA, FLORIDA - Genevieve \"Jean\" Pomerantz Kanter, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, died at her home in Aventura, Florida at the age of 88. Jean grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College. Shortly afterward she met the love of her life, Dr Walter Kanter, a native of Savannah. Jean and Walter settled in Savannah where she...

Marjorie Mobley Camp

Marjorie Mobley Camp

Aug 31, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Marjorie (Margie) Virginia Mobley Camp, 87, died Friday, August 31, 2012, at Tara Nursing and Rehab under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was born on September 4, 1924, in Atlanta, GA, to the late Edith Eastmead Mobley and Dewey Hobson Mobley. Mrs. Camp grew up in Port Wentworth, GA, and graduated from Commercial High School in...

Linda Riggsbee Mcdonald

Linda Riggsbee Mcdonald

Aug 29, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Linda Mae Riggsbee McDonald, 58, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of John Lindsay McDonald, Jr., died Wednesday evening, August 29, 2012, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Pirmasens, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Farris Lindy Riggsbee and Helga Josephine Gampfer Riggsbee. Mrs. McDonald was a personal assistant with the United States Government. Survivors include her...

Elizabeth Mock Winders

Elizabeth Mock Winders

Aug 28, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Elizabeth Mock Winders, 91, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Frank Austin Winders, died Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012, at her home and surrounded by her family. Born on March 17, 1921 in Statesboro, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late John Calhoun Mock and Laura Sims Mock. Her family moved to Pembroke, Georgia where she...

Kathryn Stokes Parnell

Kathryn Stokes Parnell

Aug 28, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Kathryn Stokes Parnell, 92, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Henry Ashley Parnell, died Tuesday morning, August 28, 2012, at Tara at Thunderbolt and under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Florence, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Harry James Stokes and the late Kathryn Graddick Stokes. Mrs. Parnell was a charter member...

Denise Lynn Whittier

Denise Lynn Whittier

Aug 27, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Denise Lynn Whittier, 56, of Savannah, Georgia died Monday afternoon, August 27. Born in Lubbock, Texas, she was a daughter of Gussie Weisberg Whittier and the late Alton Harry Whittier. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a sister, Cherie Whittier. Denise attended Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob. She served in the United States...

Clinton L." Futch,

Clinton L." Futch,

Aug 26, 2012

NEVILS COMMUNITY, GEORGIA - Clinton Lee "C. L." Futch, Sr., 83, of the Nevils Community and husband of Peggy Bragg Futch, died Friday morning, August 24, 2012, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Bulloch County, Georgia, he was a son of the late Henry Thomas Futch and Flossie George Futch. In addition to his parents, he was...

Gary E. Bazemore

Gary E. Bazemore

Aug 26, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Gary E. Bazemore, 65, of Savannah and husband of thirty years to Trudy Ramsey-Bazemore, died Saturday morning, August 25, 2012, at Candler Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Walton L. Bazemore and Claire Sack Bazemore. Mr. Bazemore worked as a plumber with Bazemore Plumbing and several other...

George Henry Oelschig

George Henry Oelschig

Aug 24, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - George Henry Oelschig, 85, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Shirley Parish Oelschig, died Wednesday morning, August 22, 2012, at his home surrounded by his loving family and under the care of Hospice Savannah. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, on December 29, 1926, to Albert Conrad Oelschig and Charlotte Muench Oelschig. George was graduated from Savannah High...

Tyrese Phaheim Rivers

Tyrese Phaheim Rivers

Aug 23, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Tyrese Phaheim Rivers, infant son of Mia Lashawn Hunter and Marvin Jermaine Rivers, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Memorial University Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 11 until 1 o\'clock Friday at Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue. The funeral service will be held at 2 o\'clock Friday afternoon at the graveside, Woodsville...

Rajendra Patel

Rajendra Patel

Aug 21, 2012

POOLER, GEORGIA - Rajendra Patel, 50, of Pooler, Georgia and husband of Jaimini Patel, died Sunday morning, August 19, 2012, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. The funeral service will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service. Interment will be in India.

Kathaleen Doherty Byrnes

Kathaleen Doherty Byrnes

Aug 21, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Kathaleen "Jane" Doherty Byrnes, 86, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of George Francis Byrnes III, died Tuesday morning, August 21, 2012, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Cornelius Aloysius Doherty and the late Margaret Bickler Doherty. Mrs. Byrnes was a communicant of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic...