Henry "Hank" Levy

Henry 'Hank' Levy, 89, of Tybee Island, Georgia and husband of Sissy Schram Levy, died Monday morning, May 2, 2016.



Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late Morton Henry Levy and the late Sadie Kaufman Levy. Hank was a member of Congregation Mickve Israel where he was a former president of the congregation for three years and a member and former president of the Brotherhood.



Hank was an Eagle Scout and a United States Navy veteran of World War II. He earned his B.S. in Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology and studied at L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau, France. While at Georgia Tech he set three records as a member of the swimming team. Hank was a partner in Levy & Kiley Architects, P.C. and among the private homes and commercial projects he designed were Great Southern Federal Bank's main office (now City of Savannah Broughton Municipal Building), Jewish Educational Alliance, schools for Effingham, Toombs and Chatham counties, Baptist, Episcopal and Presbyterian churches, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and projects at Armstrong and Savannah State Colleges.



He was named the Jaycees Outstanding Young Man of the Year in Savannah in 1962 and one of five Outstanding Men in Georgia receiving the State Distinguished Service Award in 1962. Hank received the William Washington Gordon Award ' Outstanding Citizen in Commerce (1968) and the Oglethorpe Trophy ' Outstanding Citizen in Savannah, Co-winner (1968). He was very proud of having donated more than 20 gallons of blood to the American Red Cross.



Hank served as chairman of the Metropolitan Planning Commission (1965-66), chairman of the Special Advisory Committee on Oceanography to the Savannah Port Authority to locate the Skidaway Marine Institute, chairman 'Bridge for Progress' Bond Referendum Campaign to connect Skidaway Island to the Mainland, chairman 'Citizens for Better Roads' Sales Tax Referendum for 200 million dollars for roads in Chatham County, and as a trustee and treasurer for the Skidaway Marine Science Foundation.



He was a member and served as a director of a number of other local organizations, including member and former instructor of the U. S. Power Squadron and a member and former president of Kiwanis Club of Savannah (1974).



On Tybee he was a former member of the Beach Task Force Committee, former member and chair of the planning commission, former member of the Dark Sky Lighting Ordinance, and the designing architect for the Park of 7 Flags.



In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Morton Henry Levy II.



Surviving are his wife, Sissy Schram Levy of Tybee Island, Georgia; one daughter, Suzanne Levy Falk (Lee) of Atlanta, Georgia; two sons, Sidney Gershon Levy (Randi) of Atlanta, Georgia and David Kaufman Levy (Jane Townsend) of Savannah, Georgia; five grandchildren, W. Benjamin Falk (Jennifer), Sydney Kaye Falk, Matthew Goodman Levy, Zachary Morton Levy and Harry Edward Renew; Sissy's children, Richard L. Harris, Jr. (Cathy) of Moraga, California and Lynn L. Harris (Kevin Adkins) of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Sissy's grandchildren, Machya Star Adkins, Riley Hawthorne Harris and Bodhi Emerson Harris.



The funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Congregation Mickve Israel conducted by Rabbi Robert W. Haas. Interment will be private.



The family will receive friends at Congregation Mickve Israel after the service.



Remembrances: A charity of the donor's choice.