Obituaries

Mary Overstreet Cahill

Mary Overstreet Cahill

May 21, 2013

Mary Frances Overstreet Cahill, 85, of Rincon, Georgia and wife of Francis 'Frank' X. Cahill, died Tuesday afternoon, May 21, 2013, at Candler Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Roy Overstreet and the late Maude Louetta Waldhour Overstreet. Mrs. Cahill was a member of Effingham Baptist Church in Rincon and a former member of...

Dorothy Woods Butler

Dorothy Woods Butler

May 17, 2013

Dorothy Roberta Woods Butler, 93, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Howard Joe Butler, died Friday morning, May 17, 2013, at Shadowmoss Plantation and under the care of Hospice Advantage. Born in Key West, Florida, she was a daughter of the late James Walter Woods and the late Effie Roberts Woods. Mrs. Butler was a member of the Savannah First...

Shirley Cain Solt

Shirley Cain Solt

May 16, 2013

Shirley Ann Cain Solt, 78, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Freddie P. Solt, died Thursday morning, May 16, 2013, at Candler Hospital.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Edward Cain and the late Rebecca Cashwell Cain Young. Mrs. Solt was a member of White Bluff United Methodist Church. She retired as assistant bookkeeper...

Elizabeth Creech Seymour

Elizabeth Creech Seymour

May 15, 2013

Elizabeth \"Becky\" Creech Seymour, age 81, a resident of Wilmington Island, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Born on March 12, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Marion Wilton Creech and Lucille West Creech...

Susan Mobley Waters

Susan Mobley Waters

May 14, 2013

Susan Carol Mobley Waters, 59, of Fort Mill, South Carolina and formerly of Statesboro, Georgia, died Tuesday morning, May 14, 2013, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of Nell Smith Grimm and the late Charles Lindberg Mobley. Susan was a member of Heritage International Ministries in Fort Mill where she...

Lee Rich Alexander

Lee Rich Alexander

May 14, 2013

Lee Rich Alexander, 59, of Austin, Texas and formerly of Savannah, died Tuesday afternoon, May 7, 2013. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Louis Richard Alexander and the late Suzanne Vaughndorf-Alexander. Lee was a member of Southwest Hills Community Church in Austin and a former member of Temple Mickve Israel in Savannah. He graduated from...

Nancy Lowe Ward

Nancy Lowe Ward

May 11, 2013

Nancy 'Gaile' Lowe Ward, 73, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Timothy 'Tim' Allen Ward, died Saturday morning, May 11, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. Mrs. Ward was a homemaker and a member of Southside Baptist Church where she volunteered and worked in the nursery for many years.?? Surviving are her daughter, Melanie Strickland Brown and her husband, David of Savannah,...

Nancy Keith Gerard

Nancy Keith Gerard

May 10, 2013

Nancy Mercer Keith Gerard, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Stephen S. Gerard, passed away at Hospice Savannah on May 10th with her loving husband of 44 years at her side. She was born on Christmas Eve, 1940, to Juliana Mercer Keith and Henry Gilbert Keith, their only child. She descended from a long line of distinguished Mercers going back...

Betty Katz Smithberg

Betty Katz Smithberg

May 8, 2013

Betty Bernice Katz Smithberg 89, a resident of Buckingham South, died Wednesday morning, May 8, 2013 surrounded by children and under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in East St. Louis, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Katz and the late Tillie Feldman Katz, sister to the late Ben Katz, the late Abe Katz, the late Julius...

Joseph G. Welch

Joseph G. Welch

May 5, 2013

Joseph Gordon Welch, 84, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Mary Pearl Wilson Welch, died Sunday morning, May, 5, 2013, at his home and surrounded by his family. ??Born on January, 25, 1929 in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late James E. Welch and the late Dora Bell Scott Welch. He was a shoe salesman at the...

Marion Eugene Hudson

Marion Eugene Hudson

May 5, 2013

Marion Eugene Hudson, 82, of Savannah, died Sunday morning, May 5, 2013,?? at Bryan County Health and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond Hill and under the care of Hospice Savannah. Mr. Hudson was born in Aiken County, South Carolina, on August 22, 1930. He was a longtime resident of Savannah. He served his country in the United States Navy after graduating...

John "Bill" Mcdougald

John "Bill" Mcdougald

Apr 29, 2013

John William 'Bill' McDougald, 78, of Juliette, Georgia and husband of Martha King McDougald, died Monday morning, April 29, 2013, at Coliseum Medical Center in Macon. Born in Marlboro County, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Hugh David McDougald, Sr. and the late Martha Roller McDougald. Mr. McDougald was a member and Deacon of Mabel White Memorial...

Ann Waddell Callaway

Ann Waddell Callaway

Apr 29, 2013

Ann Waddell Callaway, 70, of Springfield, Georgia and wife of Avery Leo Callaway, died Monday morning, April 29, 2013, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Elkin, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late James Eli Waddell and the late Mattie Mae Marsh Waddell. Mrs. Callaway was a member of Islands Community Church in Savannah. She retired as...

Ida Slotin Wilensky

Ida Slotin Wilensky

Apr 26, 2013

Ida Slotin Wilensky, 100, passed away April 26, 2013. Mrs. Wilensky was born September 5, 1912, the daughter of the late Morris and Elizabeth Slotin.?? She graduated from Savannah High School with honors and continued her education at the University of Illinois, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Through her vitality, strength, and leadership, she served as president of the local Savannah...

Joseph Hoffman

Joseph Hoffman

Apr 23, 2013

Joseph Hoffman, 84, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Veronica Gyulai Hoffman, died Tuesday afternoon, April 23, 2013, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Born in Beregszasz, Hungary, he was the son of the late Aaron Hoffman and the late Berta Adler Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman was a survivor of the Holocaust and Auschwitz. He was liberated from Bergen-Belsen. Mr. Hoffman was a...

Dorothy Stricklan Bouton

Dorothy Stricklan Bouton

Apr 22, 2013

Dorothy Mae Stricklan Bouton, 85, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of James Preston Bouton, Sr., died Monday morning, April 22, 2013, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late George Nelson Stricklan and the late Helen Remley Stricklan. Mrs. Bouton was a member of Whitefield United Methodist Church. She was a former...

Virginia Hopper Connerat

Virginia Hopper Connerat

Apr 19, 2013

With deepest sadness, we announce the passing of our mother, Virginia Reed Hopper Connerat, 94, on April 4, 2013, at the MargaretMcLaughlinMcCarrickCareCenter in Somerset, NJ. Mrs. Connerat was born in Mt. Sterling, KY on November 2, 1918 to Garnette (Robinson) and Walter Owsley Hopper. She graduated in 1940 from Mt.HolyokeCollege in South Hadley, MA with a BA in English Composition....

Marie "Sissy" Ferreira

Marie "Sissy" Ferreira

Apr 18, 2013

Marie 'Sissy' Ferreira, 74, of Rincon, Georgia and widow of SCPO George Santos Ferreira, U.S. Navy (Ret.), died Thursday afternoon, April 18, 2013 at The Place at Pooler. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, she was the daughter of Irene Lucille Ryals Alexander and the late George Witte Alexander. She was a United States Navy veteran and a homemaker. Surviving are her...

Joann Conflenti Bratz

Joann Conflenti Bratz

Apr 15, 2013

Joann Conflenti Bratz, 79, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Paul L. Bratz, died Sunday evening, April 14, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. Surviving are her husband of 29 years, Paul L. Bratz; daughter, Ronna J. Everly; son, Joseph M. Everly (Ann Marie); step-sons, Paul L. Bratz, Jr., and Phillip L. Bratz; two grandchildren; one brother, Donald Conflenti, PhD (Dianna); one...

Josephine Possumato Hecker

Josephine Possumato Hecker

Apr 12, 2013

Josephine Marie Possumato Hecker, 91, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Colonel Warren Robert Hecker, U.S. Army (Ret.), died Friday afternoon, April 12, 2013, at her home and under the care of Hospice Advantage. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue.