Obituaries

John "Billy" Shuman

John "Billy" Shuman

Aug 3, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - John William "Billy" Shuman, 76, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Linda Osteen Shuman, died Monday evening, August 1, 2011, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late John Lewis Shuman and the late Mildred Bunger Shuman. Billy retired from Rabey Electric Company after 43 years and was a member of...

Dorothy Meyer Adler

Dorothy Meyer Adler

Jul 31, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Dorothy Meyer Adler "Aunt Dorothy" as she was known by many, 95, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of  Carl Adler, her husband of 34 years, passed away Sunday morning,  July 31, 2011 after a short illness. Born in Chicago, Illinois she moved to Savannah, Georgia in July 1943. She worked the polls for Chatham County Elections well into...

Vera Hunter Gerbasi

Vera Hunter Gerbasi

Jul 31, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Vera Mae Anderson Hunter Gerbasi, 95, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Dr. Roy Abner Hunter and Joseph Gerbasi,  died Friday morning, July 29, 2011, at Candler Hospital under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Statesboro, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Oscar Anderson and Lila Mae Martin Anderson. Mrs. Gerbasi was a hairdresser...

Clyde Courtney Lunsford,

Clyde Courtney Lunsford,

Jul 29, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Clyde Courtney Lunsford, Jr., 79, longtime resident of Senoia and Sharpsburg, Georgia, widower of Margaret Ann Sinclair Lunsford, died Wednesday Morning, July 27, 2011, at Savannah Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Born in Swainsboro, Georgia, he was a son of the late Clyde Courtney Lunsford, Sr. and the late Lucille Hayes Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford was a United States...

Edul S. Udvadia

Edul S. Udvadia

Jul 29, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Edul Udvadia, 90, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Goolshan Katila Udvadia, died Friday morning, July 29, 2011, at Azalealand Nursing Home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Shirley Rothenberg Winner

Shirley Rothenberg Winner

Jul 27, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Shirley Rothenberg Winner, 88, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Hyman Solmon Winner, died Monday afternoon, July 25, 2011, at Buckingham South  under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in New York City, she was a daughter of the late David Rothenberg and the late Esther Rubin Rothenberg. Mrs. Winner was a member of Congregation Mickve Israel for...

Charles William Taylor

Charles William Taylor

Jul 26, 2011

POOLER, GEORGIA - Charles "Charlie" William Taylor III, 51, of Pooler, Georgia, husband of Margaret "Maggie" Hulley Taylor, died Sunday morning, July 24, 2011, at his home. Born in Savannah, Georgia he is the son of Charles William Taylor, Jr., U. S. Air Force (Ret.) and the late Ruth Childress Wessels Taylor. Charles attended Savannah Christian Church and was a...

Luches Bizzard

Luches Bizzard

Jul 26, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Luches Bizzard, 95, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Carrie Bell Jackson Bizzard, died Saturday afternoon, July 23, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family and friends and under the care of Odyssey Hospice. Born in Richmond Hill, Georgia, he was a son of the late Fred Bizzard and the late Julia Adams Bizzard. Mr. Bizzard was...

Judith Eleanor Laufersweiler

Judith Eleanor Laufersweiler

Jul 23, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Judith Eleanor Laufersweiler, 69, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of LCDR William Joseph Laufersweiler III, U.S. Navy (Ret.), died Saturday morning, July 23, 2011, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born on April 19, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Captain Jack Willhoit Roe, Jr., U. S. Navy (Ret.), and the late Frances Miriam Logan...

Joann Seawell Wiegel

Joann Seawell Wiegel

Jul 23, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - JoAnn Seawell Wiegel, 63, of Savannah, Georgia, loving partner of Lynelle Denise Jones, died Friday evening, July 8, 2011, at Candler Hospital. Born in Augusta, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Walter Horace Seawell and the late Carmen Elzinger Seawell. JoAnn will always be remembered as a fun loving and free spirited person. Surviving are...

Elizabeth Jane Kuhlke

Elizabeth Jane Kuhlke

Jul 20, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Kuhlke, 82, of Savannah, Georgia, died Monday evening, July 18, 2011, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Bernhardt Franklin Kuhlke and the late Frances Parker Kuhlke. She was a lifelong member of First Christian Church and graduated from Savannah High School and Armstrong Atlantic State University....

Julianne Marie Mcaree

Julianne Marie Mcaree

Jul 17, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Julianne Marie McAree, 49, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday evening, July 2, 2011, at Candler Hospital. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Carnegia Sheffield Haysman

Carnegia Sheffield Haysman

Jul 15, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Carnegia Sheffield Haysman, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Moses Haysman, died Thursday morning, July 14, 2011 at Hospice Savannah. Born in Brooklet, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late John Lane Sheffield and Sallie Spires Sheffield. She was married to her childhood sweetheart for 54 years as the beloved wife of the late Moses Haysman...

Burney "Sammy" Cobb

Burney "Sammy" Cobb

Jul 14, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Burney "Sammy" Cobb, 84, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Ida Mae Powell Cobb, died Tuesday morning, July 12, 2011, at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Cobbtown, Georgia, he was a son of the late Melvin Cobb and the late Carrie Sewell Cobb. Mr. Cobb was of the Baptist faith. He was a...

Mary Gattman Berry

Mary Gattman Berry

Jul 10, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Mary Edna Gattman Berry, 84, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Edward Joseph Berry, Sr., died Saturday afternoon, July 9, 2011, at Buckingham South. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late William Bryan Gattman and the late Lula Morris Gattman. Mrs. Berry was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She retired after more...

Nettie Cooper Garland

Nettie Cooper Garland

Jul 9, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Nettie Cooper Garland, 97, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Robert Ernest Garland, died Wednesday morning, July 6, 2011, at Candler Hospital. Tillie, as she was belovedly known by and to all her friends and family, was born November 24, 1913 in Leaksville, NC, to the late James David Cooper and Emma Roach Cooper. She was fifth in...

Dr. Walter Childress

Dr. Walter Childress

Jul 8, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Dr. Jay Walter Childress, 78, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Beth A. Childress, passed away peacefully Friday morning, July 8, 2011, at Hospice Savannah surrounded by his family and dearest friends. Dr. Childress was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 31, 1933 to Nellie Stevenson Childress and Walter Jefferson Childress. He grew up in Virginia and attended...

Henry Grant Sossaman

Henry Grant Sossaman

Jul 7, 2011

MIDDLEBURG, FLORIDA AND FORMERLY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Henry Grant Sossaman, 60, of Middleburg, Florida and formerly of Savannah, Georgia, died Wednesday morning, July 6, 2011, at his home. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Paul MaGuire Sossaman, Sr. and the late Doris Rawlings Sossaman. Henry was of the Baptist faith. He was a United...

Edna Johnson Loadholt

Edna Johnson Loadholt

Jul 6, 2011

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -Edna Johnson Loadholt, 86, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of John Lacy Loadholt, died Sunday morning, July 3, 2011, at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Willie Sam Brown, Sr. and the late Emma Johnson Brown. She was retired from the Chatham County Board of Education...

Victor Trent Hall

Victor Trent Hall

Jun 28, 2011

TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA - Victor "Vic" Trent Hall, 53, of Tybee Island, Georgia, husband of Sally Ann Bunch Hall, died Tuesday afternoon, June 21, 2011, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was a self-employed general contractor and painter. Victor is preceded in death by his father, James Russell Hall and his brother, Brian Wayne Hall. Surviving...