Obituaries

Chu Ming

Chu Ming

Mar 6, 2019

Chu Ming Wu, 79, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Maeyu Chao Wu, died Tuesday evening, March 5, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Henan China, he was a son of the late Reverend Hua Ching Wu and the late Fong Sun Yuan Wu. Mr. Wu was a member of the Chinese Baptist Church of Savannah. He was...

Beatrice Lanier Horne

Beatrice Lanier Horne

Mar 4, 2019

Beatrice 'Beaty' Lanier Horne, 85, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Frank Coleman Horne, Sr., died Sunday afternoon, March 3, 2019, at Effingham Care Center in Springfield. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Otis Lanier and the late Juanita Johns Lanier. Mrs. Horne was a member of Wilmington Island United Methodist Church where she was...

Marion Levy Mendel

Marion Levy Mendel

Mar 2, 2019

Marion Levy Mendel died peacefully at home on Saturday, March 2 at age 101. She was a descendant of Benjamin and Perla Sheftall who were among the 41 Jews whom General Oglethorpe welcomed to settle in the Georgia Colony in July 1733. The daughter of Mildred Guckenheimer Abrahams and Edmund H. Abrahams, she was born Marion Cecile Abrahams on July...

Dorothy Cole Anderson

Dorothy Cole Anderson

Feb 26, 2019

Dorothy Cole Anderson, 84, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of the Reverend Francis C. Anderson, Jr. died Tuesday morning, February 26, 2019, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Wilma Copen Shields

Wilma Copen Shields

Feb 25, 2019

Wilma Marie Copen Shields, 70, of Savannah, Georgia, and wife of SFC James 'Jim' Vincent Shields, United States Army (Ret.), died Monday morning, February 25, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Yorktown, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Clarence E. Copen and the late Rachel Marie Bunn Copen. Wilma was a member of First Free Will...

Dananai Andrew Mccarthy

Dananai Andrew Mccarthy

Feb 23, 2019

On Saturday morning February 23, 2019, Dananai Andrew McCarthy, husband of Faye Ann McBride McCarthy, was called home to rest. He was born on December 26, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois to the late Dananai Andres Lais and the late Alvernia Franchetta Palm. Mr. McCarthy was a decorated veteran having served in the United States Army, the United States Marines, and...

Norman Dale Cook

Norman Dale Cook

Feb 18, 2019

Norman Dale Cook, 72, of Savannah, Georgia, died Monday morning, February 18, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

John Wiley Powell

John Wiley Powell

Feb 18, 2019

John Wiley Powell, 79, of Savannah, Georgia and beloved husband of Michele Portman Powell, died Sunday, February 17, 2019. John was a practicing CPA in Savannah for many years and, through his work, fulfilled his passion and purpose of helping others. His parents, Garon and Sara Powell; his sister, Betty Jean White, and his daughter, Betty Jean King, preceded John...

Cheryl Hall Erwin

Cheryl Hall Erwin

Feb 17, 2019

Cheryl Hall Erwin, 63, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of John Wayne Erwin, died Sunday morning February 17, 2019, at Hospice Savannah. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Marcella Peek

Marcella Peek

Feb 16, 2019

Marcella Peek, 19, of Reno, Nevada, died Thursday, February 14, 2019, at Candler Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah.

Jacqueline Hackworth Heinz

Jacqueline Hackworth Heinz

Feb 16, 2019

Jacqueline 'Jackie' Lynn Hackworth Heinz, 61, of Savannah, Georgia, and wife of Kim Arthur Heinz, died Saturday afternoon, February 16, 2019, at her home. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, she was a daughter of Bill and June Hackworth. Kim attended Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church. She and her husband formerly owned and operated the Zeigler House Inn. Surviving are her husband...

Michael Arliss Lynn

Michael Arliss Lynn

Feb 15, 2019

Michael Arliss Lynn, 66, of Ellabell, Georgia, died Thursday evening, February 14, 2019, at Hospice Savannah. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah.

Helen Marion Smith

Helen Marion Smith

Feb 12, 2019

Helen Marion Smith, 76, of Savannah, Georgia, died Monday evening, February 11, 2019, at Candler Hospital. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, she was the only child of the late Robert Smith and the late Elva Sibbett Smith. Helen was a communicant at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. She retired from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company after thirty-three years. A private...

Carrie Jackson Bizzard

Carrie Jackson Bizzard

Feb 11, 2019

Carrie Bell Jackson Bizzard, 95, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Luches Bizzard, died Sunday evening, February 10, 2019, at her home. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Willie Henry Jackson and the late Alberta Buggs Jackson Singleton. Mrs. Bizzard was a charter and active member of New Covenant Seventh-day Adventist Church. She was...

Doris Floyd Hoppe

Doris Floyd Hoppe

Feb 8, 2019

Doris Floyd Hoppe, 92, formerly of Tybee Island, Georgia and widow of Pierre Edward Hoppe, Jr., died Friday morning, February 8, 2019, at her home in Okatie, South Carolina. Born in Willie, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Roland Daniel Floyd and Ada Nesmith Floyd. Mrs. Hoppe was a member of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church on Tybee...

Mary Weitz Friedman

Mary Weitz Friedman

Feb 6, 2019

Mary Weitz Friedman died February 5, 2019 surrounded by her family. She was born in Savannah GA on September 6, 1931 to Lena and Isadore Weitz. She and her older sister, Elizabeth, grew up in Savannah. Mary was a student of Savannah's public school systems including Savannah High School. She received her associates degree from Armstrong Junior College, graduating with...

Howard Paul Cooper

Howard Paul Cooper

Feb 6, 2019

Howard Paul Cooper, 69, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Patricia Ann Hummel Cooper, died Tuesday evening, February 5, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Max Harry Cooper and the late Florence Glassman Cooper. Howard was a member of Congregation Mickve Israel. He earned his Bachelor degree from Georgia...

Susan Goldberg Blumenthal

Susan Goldberg Blumenthal

Feb 4, 2019

Susan 'Susie' Goldberg Blumenthal, 68, of Potomac, Maryland and wife of Harvey Blumenthal, died Monday morning, February 4, 2019, at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Leon Goldberg and the late Evelyn Center Goldberg. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Harvey Neal Goldberg....

Muriel Winkler Bonder

Muriel Winkler Bonder

Feb 4, 2019

Muriel Winkler Bonder, 97, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Arnold Chester Bonder, died Sunday evening, February 3, 2019, at her home. Born in New York, New York, she was a daughter of the late Louis Winkler and the late Sarah Brazinsky Winkler. Mrs. Bonder was a retired and loved librarian in the Lynbrook Public Schools, Long Island, New York....

Lynn Mcdaniel Dewalt

Lynn Mcdaniel Dewalt

Feb 3, 2019

Lynn Alyson McDaniel DeWalt, 62, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday evening, February 3, 2019, at Candler Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.