Obituaries

Betty Garrison Carter

Betty Garrison Carter

Mar 23, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Betty Jo Garrison Carter, 78, of Savannah, Georgia, died Thursday evening, March 22, 2012, at Spanish Oaks Retreat surrounded by her family. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue. Remembrances: Alzheimer's Association, Georgia Chapter - 201 Television Circle, Savannah, Georgia 31406.

Sara Jane Beacham

Sara Jane Beacham

Mar 22, 2012

RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA - Local artist and business woman Sara Jane Beacham, 62, of Richmond Hill, Georgia and wife of Dwight Cribbs, died Wednesday morning, March 21, 2012, at her home and under the care of Hospice Savannah after a prolonged battle with cancer. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Marvin Daniel Beacham and the...

Helen Shaffer Freeman

Helen Shaffer Freeman

Mar 19, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Helen Shaffer Freeman, 83, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday afternoon, March 18, 2012, at Shadowmoss Plantation under the care of Odyssey Hospice. Born in Akron, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Haven Shaffer and the late Gladys Kougher Shaffer. Helen was a former member of Epworth United Methodist Church and was a retired beautician. She...

Martha Schiffer Lichtman

Martha Schiffer Lichtman

Mar 11, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Martha Schiffer Lichtman, 82, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of Jack Lichtman, died Friday afternoon, March 9, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. Born in Hungary, she was a daughter of the late Erno Schiffer and the late Gabriella Neumann Schiffer. Mrs. Lichtman and her family moved to The Lower East Side of New York as Holocaust Refugees. During her...

William Dolphus Tucker

William Dolphus Tucker

Mar 9, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - William "Billy" Dolphus Tucker, 80, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Rosalie Pardue Tucker, died Wednesday evening, March 7, 2012, at his home under the care of United Hospice. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Virgil Homer Tucker and the late Vera Holland Tucker. Mr. Tucker graduated from Mary Person's High School in...

Ruth Hogan Nightingale

Ruth Hogan Nightingale

Mar 7, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Ruth Hogan Nightingale, 90, died peacefully March 5, 2012 in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. Born to Louisa Eugenia Petrinovich Hogan and Charles Drumgoule Hogan on December 31, 1921. She attended Pape School, graduated from Ashley Hall in 1940, and Skidmore College in 1944. Majoring in PE at Skidmore, she taught at the DuBarry Success School in...

Dr. Weiner Schwartz

Dr. Weiner Schwartz

Mar 6, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Dr. Joan Weiner Epstein Schwartz, 75, of Savannah, Georgia, died Monday morning, March 5, 2012, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Schwartz was a member of Congregation Mickve Israel. She had nearly forty years of experience in education as an assistant professor, administrative coordinator, principal, teacher, and consultant. She was the Title...

Dr. Edward Charmatz

Dr. Edward Charmatz

Mar 5, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Dr. Arthur Edward Charmatz, 70, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Barbara Witte Charmatz, died Sunday morning, March 4, 2012, at his home. Born in New York City and grew up in the Bronx. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After graduating with a degree in Medicine from the...

Carolyn Ann Mewborn

Carolyn Ann Mewborn

Mar 3, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Carolyn Ann Mewborn, 65, of Savannah, Georgia, died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Hospice House on Eisenhower. Born in Houston, Texas, she was the daughter of the late William "Admiral" Byrd and the late Loma Mary Byrd. Carol retired as vice president of AIC Towing and Recovery in 1999. She had a gift for decorating, gardening, cooking...

Larry Lee Hadwin

Larry Lee Hadwin

Mar 2, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Larry Lee Hadwin, 71, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Brenda Joyce Pruett Hadwin, died Thursday evening, March 1, 2012, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Mason, Michigan, he was a son of the late Donald Wilson Hadwin and the late Mary Jane Field Hadwin. Mr. Hadwin retired after 21 years of service in the United States Marine Corps,...

Debra Giffen Smith

Debra Giffen Smith

Mar 1, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Debra Mira Giffen-Smith, 57, of Savannah, Georgia, died Tuesday evening, February 28, 2012, in the comfort of her home surrounded with her loved ones. She was born in Savannah, Georgia. She played a variety of sports growing up, but her passion was being in the water with her swim team. She loved swimming so dearly that she...

Raymond Edward Hixson

Raymond Edward Hixson

Mar 1, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Raymond Edward Hixson, 76, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Beverly Joyce Hixson, died Wednesday afternoon, February 29, 2012, at his home. Born in Wilmington, Ohio, he was a son of the late Raymond Wendell Hixson and the late Lona Gray Hixson.  Mr. Hixson was a retired machinist. Surviving are two daughters, Lori Brison of Savannah, Georgia and...

Anne Berliner Rudich

Anne Berliner Rudich

Feb 29, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Anne Berliner Rudich, 94, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Leo Rudich, died Tuesday afternoon, February 28, 2012, at the William Breman Jewish Home in Atlanta, Georgia. The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the graveside, Bonaventure Cemetery, conducted by Rabbi Avigdor Slatus.

David Wilson Yarborough

David Wilson Yarborough

Feb 28, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - David Wilson Yarborough, 92, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Pauline Margaret Wilson Yarborough died Saturday evening, February 11, 2012, at his home. Born in Red Springs, North Carolina, he was a son of the late David Yarborough and the late Ethel Bounds Yarborough. Wilson was born to a hard working farm family. He had three brothers and...

James Dean Mcbeath

James Dean Mcbeath

Feb 28, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - James Dean McBeath, 58, of Savannah, Georgia died February 26, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. Jim was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 4, 1953, to the late John Joseph McBeath and Mary Margaret Cunningham.  He was a graduate of LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA and a member of Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity.  His career included positions as...

Lessie Helms Engler

Lessie Helms Engler

Feb 27, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Lessie Helms Engler, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Lt. General Jean Evans Engler, U. S. Army (Ret.), died Wednesday afternoon, January 25, 2012, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in New Boston, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Cader Parker Helms. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded...

Susan Gilbert Todd

Susan Gilbert Todd

Feb 26, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - The funeral service for Susan Gilbert Todd, 73, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Robert Sidney Todd, will be held at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning at St. John's Episcopal Church conducted by The Reverend Gavin G. Dunbar. Inurnment will be in the Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.

Janie Uselton Boyer

Janie Uselton Boyer

Feb 23, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Janie Harden Lee Uselton Boyer, 84, of Savannah, Georgia and formerly of Douglasville, Georgia, widow of, H.L. "Bubba" Lee, Bill Uselton and Earl Boyer died Wednesday morning, February 22, 2012, at Hospice Savannah. Mrs. Boyer was born in Tallapoosa, Georgia, to the late P.W. Harden and the late Mildred Marie Smith Harden. She was of the Baptist...

Bernice Bernback Prieur

Bernice Bernback Prieur

Feb 22, 2012

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Bernice Inez Bernback Prieur, 93, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of 54 years of Robert Eugene Prieur, died Monday morning, February 20, 2012, at Spanish Oaks Retreat. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Bernback and the late Alma Love Bernback. Mrs. Prieur was educated in Chicago schools and graduated from DePaul University...

Richard Edward Ellison

Richard Edward Ellison

Feb 21, 2012

MISSION HILLS, KANSAS - Rich Ellison watched his last ship sail on February 17, 2012 on Tybee Island, Georgia. He was in the most perfect house, on the most perfect island, so he could have his friends and family share his final days at his favorite place, the beach. Rich and his wife, Mary, watched the dolphins play, talked for...