Obituaries

Veronica Godwin Estrada

Veronica Godwin Estrada

Dec 28, 2009

POOLER, GEORGIA - Veronica Godwin Estrada, 50, of Pooler, Georgia, wife of Angel Gustavo Estrada, died Thursday evening, December 24, 2009, at her home. Born in Longview, Texas, she was a daughter of John Wayne Godwin and Jerry Kissick Godwin. Veronica was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Angel Gustavo Estrada of...

George Wilbur Montgomery,

George Wilbur Montgomery,

Dec 28, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - George Wilbur Montgomery, Sr., 87, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday morning, December 27, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital surrounded by his family. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late George Wilbur Montgomery and the late Margaret Russell Montgomery Gould Seales. Mr. Montgomery was a communicant of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist...

Lois Still Rovolis

Lois Still Rovolis

Dec 27, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Lois Still Rovolis, 86, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of George Tash Rovolis, died Saturday morning, December 26, 2009, at Marsh Haven after a long illness. She was born on August 12, 1923, to Elisha and Zilpha Harley Still of Olar, South Carolina, who preceded her in death. She was married to George Tash Rovolis for 64 years,...

Helen Cawthon Marchant

Helen Cawthon Marchant

Dec 27, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AND ROSINVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - Helen Marie Cawthon Marchant, 96, of Savannah, Georgia, and formerly of Rosinville, South Carolina, widow of Louis Byrd Marchant and mother of Wayne Marchant and his wife, Brenda, died Thursday evening, December 24, 2009, at Hospice Savannah. Helen Marie Cawthon Marchant was born on May 17, 1913, in Lavonia, Georgia to Scotch-Irish parents...

Lillian E. Parrish

Lillian E. Parrish

Dec 24, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Lillian E. Parrish, 89, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of Walter W. Parrish, is with her Lord and Savior! She departed this life Monday evening, December 21, 2009, at Azalealand Nursing Home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, to the late Ludvig Jensen and the late Alida Sofia Terjesen Jensen....

Max Maurice Fields

Max Maurice Fields

Dec 20, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Max Maurice Fields, 89, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Rosetta Sikov Fields, died Saturday afternoon, December 19, 2009, at Savannah Square. Born March 16, 1920, in Canton, Ohio to the late Samuel and Ida Fidelholtz.  He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Rosetta.  Max was a veteran of World War II, having served...

Laura Wiltsey Bateman

Laura Wiltsey Bateman

Dec 19, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Laura Jane Wiltsey Bateman, 68, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of William "Billy" Bateman, died Friday morning, December 18, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born in Cuba, New York, she was a daughter of the late Howard Wiltsey and the late Leola Hamilton Wiltsey. Laura was a member of Congregation Mickve Israel and worked as a secretary and...

Sidney Erle Smith

Sidney Erle Smith

Dec 15, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Sidney Erle Smith, 90, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Ruth Minick Smith, died Sunday morning, December 13, 2009, at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Brooklet, Georgia, he was a son of the late Sidney J. Smith and the late Margaret Della Scott Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Temple Baptist Church and served in...

Linda Perry Emsweller

Linda Perry Emsweller

Dec 11, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Linda Gail Perry Emsweller, 62, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of Jerry Robert Emsweller, died Friday afternoon, December 11, 2009, at her home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Lester Perry and the late Cleo Wasson Perry. Linda was a member of Central Christian Church and...

Robbie Mallard Riddle

Robbie Mallard Riddle

Dec 9, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Robbie Lee Mallard Riddle, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Hoke Smith Riddle, Jr., died Tuesday afternoon, December 8, 2009, at Savannah Square, under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Bulloch County, Georgia, September 21, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Raymond D. Mallard and the late Gencye Durden Mallard. Robbie was a graduate...

Francis Aloysius Buchheit,

Francis Aloysius Buchheit,

Dec 7, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Francis "Frank" Aloysius Buchheit, Sr., 77, passed away Friday, December 4, 2009, at his home. A native of Savannah, he was born March 1, 1932, the youngest of seven children. He attended Sacred Heart Catholic School and graduated from Savannah High School in 1951. He went to work for the Central of Georgia Railroad and then served...

Marianne Hazlehurst Raines

Marianne Hazlehurst Raines

Dec 6, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Marianne Hazlehurst Raines of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Richard Mitchell Raines, died Saturday morning, December 5, 2009, at Hospice Savannah. Born October 6, 1910, she was a daughter of May and Thomas Mortimer Hazlehurst. Mrs. Raines was a life-long Savannahian.  She attended Brenau College. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and for many years...

Sandra Sue Shannon

Sandra Sue Shannon

Dec 5, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Sandra "Sandi" Sue Shannon, 65, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday morning, December 5, 2009, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Salina, Kansas, she was a daughter of the late Howard George Shannon and the late Ella Josephine McBride Shannon Blood. Sandi was a member of White Bluff United Methodist Church. She volunteered as a rocker in the neo-natal...

Augusta Montague Glover

Augusta Montague Glover

Dec 4, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Augusta Montague Glover, 87, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Carr Sullivan Glover III, died Wednesday morning, December 2, 2009, at The Place at Pooler. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Ralph Rodney Montague and the late RosaLee Foster Montague Thorpe. Mrs. Glover graduated from Armstrong College in 1942 with an associate of...

A\'Jene Kiambu Flannings

A\'Jene Kiambu Flannings

Dec 3, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - A'Jene "Smoke" Kiambu Flannings, 29, of Savannah, Georgia, died Friday evening, November 27, 2009, at Candler Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of Cindy Brown O'Neal and the late Edward Anthony Flannings. A'Jene was a member of Logos Faith Center and attended Jenkins High School. He was a music artist with Head Rush Entertainment...

Bernice Angeline Ervin

Bernice Angeline Ervin

Dec 1, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Bernice Angeline Ervin, 85, of Savannah, Georgia, and formerly of North Carolina, died Saturday morning, November 28, 2009, at Azalealand Nursing Home. Born in Forsyth County, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lee Ervin and the late Myrtle Augusta Sheets Ervin. Miss Ervin was a member of Bull Street Baptist Church and a...

Lt Usaf (Ret.)

Lt Usaf (Ret.)

Dec 1, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Lieutenant Colonel Mary Witt Wexler, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), 61, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of Colonel Edward Irwin Wexler, U. S. Air Force (Ret.), died Saturday morning, November 28, 2009. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of Julia Deason Witt and the late Richard Edward Witt.  Mary was a graduate of Savannah High School and...

John Winston Hillock,

John Winston Hillock,

Nov 27, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - John Winston Hillock, Sr., 88, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Sara Noblitt Hillock, died Wednesday afternoon, November 25, 2009, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born in Millersburg, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Claude Hillock and the late Helen Purdy Hillock. Mr. Hillock was of the Presbyterian faith and was a United States Army...

Felix Gino Ortiz

Felix Gino Ortiz

Nov 12, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Felix Gino Ortiz, of Savannah, Georgia, infant son of Felicito and Gina Ortiz, died Monday morning, November 9, 2009, at Candler Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Annie H. Mincey

Annie H. Mincey

Nov 12, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Annie Madge Hopper Mincey, 95, of Savannah, Georgia, widow of Clyde Elma Mincey, died Thursday morning, November 5, 2009, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Portal, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Lazareth Omar Hopper and the late Teresa Ollie Harper Hopper. Mrs. Mincey was of the Methodist faith and retired from retail sales. Surviving are...