Obituaries

Terry Cruthirds Bruce

Terry Cruthirds Bruce

Mar 24, 2019

Terry Lee Cruthirds Bruce, 74, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday afternoon, March 24, 2019, at her home. Born in Houston, Texas, she was a daughter of the late Mattie Fay Miller Jackson and the late TSgt William Thomas Jackson, U. S. Air Force (Ret.). Terry was a member of the Church of Christ. She owned and operated the Assisted Recovery...

Spc Army (Ret.)

Spc Army (Ret.)

Mar 23, 2019

SPC Victor 'Vic' Wilford Howell, United States Army (Ret.), 69, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday morning, March 23, 2019, at Candler Hospital. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was the son of Wilton Vestel Howell and the late Mary Elease Hyers Howell. Vic retired from the United States Army where he was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded in action....

Mary Smith Burnsed

Mary Smith Burnsed

Mar 22, 2019

Mary Elsie Smith Burnsed, (known to all as 'Nana'), died Thursday evening, March 21, 2019, at the age of 95 surrounded by her adoring family. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Helen Kay and Liston B. Smith who moved the family to Savannah when Nana was a toddler. She attended Savannah High School where she met...

Marvin Frederick Eichelbaum

Marvin Frederick Eichelbaum

Mar 20, 2019

Marvin Frederick Eichelbaum, 80, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Marilyn Lee (Franklin) Eichelbaum, died Wednesday morning, March 20, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was a son of the late Martin Eichelbaum and the late Elizabeth Wandruff Eichelbaum. Marvin was a member of Congregation Mickve Israel. He and his late wife of 57 years...

Norma Thomas Warren

Norma Thomas Warren

Mar 19, 2019

Norma Geraldine 'Jeri' Warren, 91, entered heavens gates on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 11:12 p.m. at her home in Guyton under the care of her family and Kindred Hospice. Jeri was born in Malvern, Arkansas she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Esther Borland Thomas. Jeri was a homemaker and a member of the Bethesda Methodist Church...

Steven Richard Walker

Steven Richard Walker

Mar 19, 2019

Steven R. Walker aka 'Pops', 72, of Savannah, Georgia was pronounced as passed on Tuesday afternoon, March 19, 2019, at Presence Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois after complications arising in-flight while returning home from a trip to California to attend the funeral of his longtime business partner and dear friend Thomas Lang. Born in Los Angeles, California, Mr. Walker...

Mildred Craig Hollingsworth

Mildred Craig Hollingsworth

Mar 13, 2019

Mildred 'Jerry' Craig Hollingsworth, 97, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Claude Edward Hollingsworth, died Tuesday morning, March 12, 2019, at Spanish Oaks Hospice. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

Neil Haysman

Neil Haysman

Mar 13, 2019

Neil Haysman, 65, of Savannah, Georgia, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Aaron Haysman and the late Florence Rubnitz Haysman. Neil was of the Jewish faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Dr. Philip Haysman, Steven...

Myrtice Hodges Parrish

Myrtice Hodges Parrish

Mar 12, 2019

Myrtice Elizabeth Hodges Parrish, 86, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Robert Harvey Parrish, died Monday evening, March 11, 2019, at Hospice Savannah surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Statesboro, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Ben Hodges and the late Onie Hodges Roberts. Mrs. Parrish was of the Baptist faith. She formerly owned and operated Gay...

Stephen Joseph Magliaro

Stephen Joseph Magliaro

Mar 11, 2019

Stephen Joseph Magliaro was received by the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father on Monday, March 11, 2019. A kind-hearted, generous man, quick with a joke and brimming with ebullience, Steve will be fondly remembered by all who loved him. Stephen was born on January 15, 1960, exactly 31 years after Martin Luther King, Jr. Steve shared many of Dr. King's...

Roger William Kelly

Roger William Kelly

Mar 10, 2019

Roger William Kelly, 76, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Bonnie Logue Kelly, died Sunday afternoon, March 10, 2019, at Hospice Savannah with his family by his side. Born in Moultrie, Georgia, he was a son of the late William Everett Kelly and the late Harriett King Kelly. Roger was an active member of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal...

Jose Rodriguez Reyes

Jose Rodriguez Reyes

Mar 6, 2019

Jose Manuel Rodriguez Reyes, 64, of Savannah, Georgia, died Tuesday evening, March 5, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue.

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...