Obituaries

Apr 17, 2025

Katie "Granny" Jones, 89, of Savannah, Georgia died Thursday morning, April 17, 2025 at home surrounded by her family.

Born in Baxley, Georgia she was the daughter of the late George Thomas Lewis and Annie Orvin Lewis. Mrs. Jones was a member of Calvary Baptist Temple. Mrs. Jones and her husband formerly owned and operated Savannah Printing, Effingham Printing and Hernandez...

Apr 14, 2025

Joan Frances Smithberg Schochet (Joanie), 78 of Atlanta, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday the 14th of April 2025.

She was the eldest daughter of the late Betty and Maurice Smithberg of Savannah, loving wife of over 44 years of Robert (Rob) Schochet, mother to Logan, grandmother to Brody, and sister to Fred and Janet. Joan was raised...

Apr 12, 2025

Debra Jacqueline Diamond or Debi, as she preferred to be called, at 60 years of age entered into her eternal home on April 12, 2025.

Debra was born on July 28, 1964 to Louis and Sonya Diamond. She was the youngest of three children and a lifelong resident of Savannah, living most of her life in Fairway Oaks where she was...

Apr 12, 2025

Terri Lynn Herrington Eubanks, 65, of Richmond Hill, GA died on April 12 th , 2025, at home following a courageous 4- year battle with cancer. She was born on March 6,1960, in Savannah, GA, the daughter of the late Larry L. Herrington and the late Nell Mallard Teeple. Her stepparents are the late Charles J. Teeple, Jr. and Marian...

Apr 12, 2025

Frank Reynolds Hill III of Savannah passed away peacefully Saturday, April 12th. He was 88 years old.

Born February 26,1937, in Savannah, he was the first of six children for Frank R. Hill Jr and Martha Grayson Hill.

Frank grew up in Savannah with a huge family of siblings and cousins who all lived within blocks of one another. He attended Savannah...

Apr 7, 2025

Thomas Carter, born June 1952, in Honolulu Hawaii, passed away peacefully at 12:50am April 7, 2025.

The family will have a Memorial Mass at 1:00pm on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at The Episcopal Church of St. Paul the Apostle’s, in Savannah, with Father Charles Todd officiating.

Tom was a graduate of Coffee High School in Florence, Alabama and the University of Georgia...

Apr 5, 2025

Born to Tommy Charles and Sharon Ann Ryker Morgensen on March 17, 1962, passed away on April 5, 2025, in his home in Savannah GA from an extended illness.

Charles served his country as a marine in his younger years. He enjoyed umpiring baseball and teaching kids how to play the game. He was a tradesman restoring homes in the historic...

Apr 5, 2025

Anna Grampes Fowler of Savannah passed away peacefully at home Saturday, April 5, 2025.She was 84.

Born November 9, 1940, in Weisskirch, Siebenburgen, Romania, she was the daughter of Martin Grampes and Anna Goeckler. A resident of Savannah since 1993, she previously lived in Asheville and Morganton, N.C.

At the age of 10, Anna immigrated to the United States with her family...

Apr 1, 2025

Irene Frances Edenfield passed away peacefully in her home on April 1, 2025, surrounded by her family after a short illness. Born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 4, 1938, she lived in Georgia for most of her married life. 

She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Charles Bernie Edenfield (d. June 23, 2021).

She is survived by her two daughters,...

Mar 30, 2025

Michael “Patrick” Carroll, 54, passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2025, lovingly surrounded by his family. Patrick played and worked hard, loved with a kind heart and always had plenty of patience. His hobbies included playing the violin, the organ and rejoicing in song. He was an advent reader and could remember and recite history, facts and memories at the...

Mar 29, 2025

Carole was born in Miami, Florida on December 29, 1939, to Dolly P. and D. A. Smith. She met our Lord on March 29, 2025. While at Florida Southern College she met and married her college sweetheart, Bill Whitfield. Before Bill’s passing, they were married for 56 years. Carole was actively involved with the community as a member of the...

Mar 27, 2025

Bob Koger passed away peacefully on the morning of March 27 in Savannah, Georgia.

Born in Warren, Ohio, Bob was the only child of Sofie Wilczek Koger and Frank Koger. From his modest beginnings, he pursued higher education, earning both a college degree and later a master’s degree. After being a highly successful computer salesperson with General Electric, he followed his...

Mar 22, 2025

Mar 12, 2025

Joan M. Sorrenti (a.k.a. “Sug”) of Savannah GA, born August 27, 1965, gained her heavenly wings Wednesday morning March 12, 2025.

Sug is survived by: brother Arman Tunstall, niece Christy Kellam Blakey (children Olivia, Ashton, Preston), nephew Steven Kellam (& Bethany) (children Amanda, Anna), cousin Amy Roberts (& Chris), uncle Ott Barnard (& Andi), aunt Janie Barnard, and other extended family...

Mar 12, 2025

Graveside services will be held Friday at 11 o'clock in the morning in Bonaventure Cemetery. Rabbi Zalmy Refson will officiate.

Services will be on ZOOM @ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5052277485?pwd=TUVSU3ZMS2FXS09IcnJJbURtZWJHUT09&omn=82848464208Meeting ID: 505 227 7485Passcode: 3x7RYL

Mar 9, 2025

Shirley Ann Tullis Smith, 87, of Pooler, Georgia, widow of Hoyt Smith, Jr., died Sunday morning, March 9, 2025, at 11:40 a.m.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Tom Tullis and Grace Hiott Tullis. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Savannah Holy Church of God, where she served in prayer ministry and visitation of...

Mar 8, 2025

Meta Gignilliat Carswell was born January 22, 1942 in Savannah Georgia and she went to be with the Lord and her Savior Jesus Christ in heaven on Saturday March 8th,2025.

She passed away comfortably at Memorial healthcare center in Savannah, Georgia, where she was well taken care of.

Meta was a woman with priorities. She loved her faith, family, friends and work....

Feb 25, 2025

Born on Sunday, November 30, 1946, in Athens, GA., on a day when the University of Georgia was playing Georgia Tech in football. Georgia won, and Ronald became a life-long Georgia BullDog fan.

 Ronald moved with his family and lived in Winder, GA., Marietta, GA., Taccoa, GA., Anderson, S.C., and then Cornelia, GA. Ronald spent his formative days in those communities....

Feb 25, 2025

Little, sweet, funny, feisty, red headed Rose Marcantonio died with loving arms around her on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. She was 95 years old, which is the first thing she would tell you when you met her was how old she was. Then she would tell you a joke. She was great at delivering the punchline.

Born in Palermo, Sicily 1929,...

Feb 25, 2025

Stephen Michael Herman was born on February 14, 1943 at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, New York to Rose and Alexander Herman. Throughout his life, he regarded arriving on St. Valentine's Day as one of his greatest accomplishments. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. They were working class people in New York City. Steve attended New York City public schools...