Obituaries

Ronald Hunter Stover

Ronald Hunter Stover

Apr 21, 2010

TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA - Ronald Hunter Stover, 71, of Tybee Island, Georgia, husband of Sally Ann Painter Stover, died Tuesday evening, April 13, 2010 at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Ralph Stover and the late Anna Mae Hunter Stover. Mr. Stover was United States Marine...

Edwin Harvie Newton,

Edwin Harvie Newton,

Apr 20, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Edwin Harvie Newton, Sr., 96, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Gladys Cauley Newton, died Sunday afternoon, April 18, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born in Effingham, County, he was a son of the late Emin Angus Newton and the late Annie Arnsdorff Newton. Mr. Newton was a lifelong member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. He...

Helen Chernoff Kandel

Helen Chernoff Kandel

Apr 16, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Helen Chernoff Kandel died peacefully in her sleep on April 16, 2010, one day after celebrating her 95th birthday. She was surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will deeply miss her. She was a resident of Buckingham South. Helen was married to Seymour Z. Kandel, of blessed memory, for 67 years. They both resided in...

Neil Joseph Fischer,

Neil Joseph Fischer,

Apr 15, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -Neil Joseph Fischer, Sr., 84, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Mary Ann Saraf Fischer, died Thursday morning, April 15, 2010, at Candler Hospital after a long illness. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late John George Fischer and the late Catherine Margaret Gildea Fischer. Mr. Fischer was a communicant of St. James Catholic Church...

Christine Peters Bennett

Christine Peters Bennett

Apr 12, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Christine Peters Bennett, 59, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of James Wesley Bennett, died Monday afternoon, April 12, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Harold H. Hirsch

Harold H. Hirsch

Apr 11, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Harold H. Hirsch, 92, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Mary "Mickey" Christi Hirsch, died Saturday morning, April 10, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Mr. Hirsch was born in Savannah, Georgia, to the late Sam Hirsch and the late Annie Itzkovitz Hirsch. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. Mr....

Beryl Benjamin Bernstein

Beryl Benjamin Bernstein

Apr 10, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Beryl Benjamin Bernstein, 98, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Miriam Jacobs Bernstein, died Saturday afternoon, April 10, 2010, at Candler Hospital. Mr. Bernstein was born February 25, 1912, in Savannah, Georgia, to the late Samuel Bernstein and the late Annye Goldstein Bernstein. He was a member of Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob and was a proud United States...

Neva Lenora Thomas

Neva Lenora Thomas

Apr 7, 2010

MIDWAY, GEORGIA - Neva "Nonie" Jeanne Lenora Thomas, 71, of Midway, Georgia, widow of Thomas James Thomas, Sr., died Wednesday morning, April 7, 2010, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was a daughter of the late Austin Griffing and the late Neva Warren Griffing. Mrs. Thomas was of the Catholic faith and was a homemaker. Survivors include one...

Sarah Munn Kirby

Sarah Munn Kirby

Apr 5, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Sarah Lucille Munn Kirby, 94, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Harry Dennis Kirby, died Easter Sunday morning, April 4, 2010, at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah surrounded by her family. Born in Graymont, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late John Robert Munn and the late Mary Jane Turner Munn. Mrs. Kirby was...

Douglas Allen Pratt,

Douglas Allen Pratt,

Apr 3, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Douglas Allen Pratt, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, died Wednesday afternoon, March 31, 2010, at Candler Hospital. The family will receive friends from 3 until 7 o'clock Tuesday (April 6) at the home of his aunt and uncle at 85 Gill Road in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Remembrances: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - 120 Wall Street, New York, New...

Muriel Mendel Piazza

Muriel Mendel Piazza

Apr 3, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Muriel Mendel Piazza, 83, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Richard "Dick" Columbus Piazza, died Friday morning, April 2, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Alexander Mendel and the late Maude Warren Mendel. Mrs. Piazza was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She and...

Erwin Gaspin

Erwin Gaspin

Apr 1, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Erwin Gaspin, 50, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Mary Ann DeAnda Gaspin, died Wednesday morning, March 31, 2010, at Candler Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Samuel Gaspin and the late Pauline Cohen Gaspin. Erwin was a member of Congregation Agudath Achim. He was a graduate of Armstrong College and owned...

Carolyn Elizabeth Armfield

Carolyn Elizabeth Armfield

Mar 31, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Carolyn Elizabeth Armfield, 78, of Savannah, Georgia, died Wednesday morning, March 31, 2010, at Savannah Specialty Care Center under the care of Odyssey Healthcare Hospice. A native of Savannah, she was a daughter of the late Charles Edison Armfield and the late Minnie Bacon Armfield. Carolyn was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church and retired after...

Thomas Aaron Clark

Thomas Aaron Clark

Mar 30, 2010

BROOKLET, GEORGIA - Thomas Aaron Clark, 44, of Brooklet, Georgia, died Monday afternoon, March 22, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Lifespring Worship Center, 1105 Highway 80, Bloomingdale, with the funeral service being held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at Lifespring Worship Center conducted by The...

Lt. E. Coleman

Lt. E. Coleman

Mar 29, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Today we are celebrating the homecoming of Lt. Robert "Robbie" Eulie Coleman, 61, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Theresa Robbin Smith Coleman, who died Saturday evening, March 27, 2010, at his home under the care of Odyssey Hospice. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late James Floyd Coleman and the late Geneva Turner...

Addie Cawley Inglett

Addie Cawley Inglett

Mar 29, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND GROVETOWN, GEORGIA - Addie Cawley Inglett, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, and formerly of Grovetown, Georgia, widow of Wyman Clyatte Inglett, Sr., died Sunday morning, March 28, 2010, at Savannah Cottage of Chatham. Born in Richmond County, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Newton Edward Cawley and the late Ida Blackston Cawley. Mrs. Inglett was a...

Chester Robert Simmons

Chester Robert Simmons

Mar 27, 2010

TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA - Chester "Chet" Robert Simmons, 81, who served as the first president of ESPN, of Tybee Island, Georgia, husband of Harriet Krobalski Simmons, died Thursday evening, March 25, 2010, at William Breman Jewish Home in Atlanta, Georgia. Simmons left an indelible mark on both the early days of broadcast sports television and the formative years of sports...

Linda Faye Young

Linda Faye Young

Mar 27, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Linda Faye Young, 54, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Charles Young, died Thursday evening, March 25, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Surviving are one son, Clinton David Jones and his wife, Tasha of Savannah, Georgia; one step son, Charles Young, Jr. and his wife, Shilana of Savannah, Georgia; two sisters, Frankie Williams and her husband,...

John "Jack" Brady

John "Jack" Brady

Mar 27, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Mr. John J. "Jack" Brady died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at his residence at Savannah Square.  He was 93. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas J. Brady, Sr. and Ellen Kelly Brady; and his sister Ellen "Nellie" Brady Moore. A Savannah native, Jack grew up near Troup Square downtown. He was a graduate of...

Lt Force (Ret.)

Lt Force (Ret.)

Mar 25, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND STUART, FLORIDA - Lt. Col. Stanley Norfolk Simpson, U. S. Air Force (Ret), 93, of Savannah, Georgia, and formerly of Stuart, Florida, husband of Laurana Lyon Simpson, died Monday morning, March 22, 2010, at Savannah Square in Savannah, Georgia under the care of Hospice Savannah. Mr. Simpson was of the Episcopal faith. He retired from the United...