Obituaries

James Joyce Humphries

James Joyce Humphries

Jan 18, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - James Joyce Humphries, 92, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Ruth Stevens Humphries, died Thursday evening, January 14, 2010, at Marsh Haven Senior Living. Born on May 4, 1917, in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of the late Charles C. Christie of Savannah, Georgia, and the late Marie Joyce Humphries of Savannah, Georgia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He...

W. Earl Price,

W. Earl Price,

Jan 13, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - William Earl Price, Jr., 81, of Savannah, Georgia, took the Golden Road to his home in Glory after succumbing to cancer. Born on September 18, 1928, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, he was a son of the late William Earl Price, Sr. and the late Hazel Ludwick Price. Mr. Price was a member of Gardi Baptist Church in...

Douglas Howard Brush

Douglas Howard Brush

Jan 7, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Douglas Howard Brush II, 56, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Tressa Anne Dodd Brush, died suddenly Monday evening, January 4, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Douglas Howard Brush, Sr. and the late Josephine Gertrude Schabacker Brush. Douglas earned his living as a service...

Dr. Gordon Verity

Dr. Gordon Verity

Jan 6, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Dr. Peter Gordon Verity, 56, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Melanie E. Mirande, died Thursday afternoon, December 31, 2009, at his home. The memorial service will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends in the social hall after the service at the...

Amy Coker Vestal

Amy Coker Vestal

Jan 5, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Amy Coker Vestal, 58, of Savannah, Georgia, wife of Joe Vestal, died Monday evening, January 4, 2010, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late George Coker and the late Roseanne Hammock Coker. Amy was a member of the Kirk O' the Isles Presbyterian Church (PCA). In Atlanta,...

Gerald Murray Pollack

Gerald Murray Pollack

Jan 4, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Gerald Murray Pollack, 81, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Riette Rabhan Pollack, died Sunday evening, January 3, 2010, at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Irving Pollack and the late Annie Cranman Pollack. Mr. Pollack was a member of Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob. He...

Charles A. King

Charles A. King

Jan 4, 2010

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Charles A. King of Savannah, age 62, died January 3, 2009 after a brief illness. A graduate of Savannah High School, he became a member of the US Air Force from 1968 - 1972.  Upon leaving the Air Force, he was employed as a sales representative for several major food companies, including Keebler, General Foods, and Quaker. ...

Arthur Lyle Anthony

Arthur Lyle Anthony

Jan 2, 2010

THUNDERBOLT, GEORGIA - Arthur "Art" Lyle Anthony, 86, of Thunderbolt, Georgia, husband of Elease Purcell Anthony, died Thursday evening, December 31, 2009, at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center under the care of Odyssey Hospice. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was a son of the late Lyle Anthony and the late Winifred Grimes Anthony. Mr. Anthony was a charter member of...

Jerry Sage Sammons

Jerry Sage Sammons

Dec 31, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Jerry Sage Sammons, 73, of Savannah, Georgia, died Wednesday afternoon, December 30, 2009, at his home. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late D. Gary Sammons and the late Lessie Buchan Sammons. Jerry was a member of Independent Presbyterian Church and was a United States Army veteran having served as a paratrooper with...

Cmsgt Force (Ret.)

Cmsgt Force (Ret.)

Dec 30, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - CMSgt Richard "Dick" Raymond Stumpf, U. S. Air Force (Ret.), 75, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Ann Frances Agonofski Stumpf, died Tuesday afternoon, December 29, 2009, at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Anthony Stumpf and the late Virginia Seng Stumpf. Dick retired as...

Robert John Strohbach

Robert John Strohbach

Dec 30, 2009

HINESVILLE, GEORGIA - Robert John Strohbach, 75, of Hinesville, Georgia, husband of Olga Bozeglav Strohbach, died Tuesday afternoon, December 8, 2009, at Riverview Healthcare under the care of Hospice Savannah. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue.

J. Allen Thompson

J. Allen Thompson

Dec 29, 2009

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - James Allen Thompson, 82 of Atlanta, GA passed away peacefully on December 10, 2009 with his family by his side. Mr. Thompson was born in Savannah, Georgia on July 3, 1927 to Ruth Hussey Thompson and James R. Thompson. Allen grew up in Darien, Georgia. He was a U.S. Marine Veteran and later relocated to Atlanta in...

Christopher Walker

Christopher Walker

Dec 29, 2009

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Christopher Walker, 42, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Tracy Ann Goodman Walker, died Friday morning, December 26, 2009, at the Tennessee Valley Health Care Service Veterans Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 o'clock Friday evening at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue. The funeral service will be held at...

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...