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Vareta Rigdon Girardeau

Vareta Rigdon Girardeau

Jan 15, 2024

Vareta Rigdon Girardeau, 93, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Jesse Temple Girardeau, died Monday evening, January 15, 2024, at Riverview Health and Rehablitiation. Born in Bulloch County, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Carl Lee Rigdon and the late Bertha Mae Joyner Rigdon. Mrs. Girardeau was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church near Statesboro. She...

Chadwick Darrell Mills

Chadwick Darrell Mills

Jan 11, 2024

Chadwick "Chad" Darrell Mills, 50, passed away on January 11, 2024 surrounded by his family and loved ones after a hard fought seven year battle with cancer. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother, friend, coach, and mentor. He served the community of Chatham County by coaching baseball for the past twenty one years. Chad coached and mentored over...

Michael E. Strear

Michael E. Strear

Jan 11, 2024

A proud native of Denver, and a later transplant to Savannah, GA, Michael E. Strear passed peacefully on Thursday, January 11th. Michael was the eldest child of Naomi and Pine Strear, and older brother to Nancy Strear and Barbara (Marty) Dubin. With many life-long friends, Mike attended Steck Elementary, Hill Middle School, East High School and graduated in the second...

Donald Franklin Sharpe

Donald Franklin Sharpe

Jan 8, 2024

Donald Franklin. Sharpe. 88. Died at his home, Monday, January 8, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born October 30, 1935, in Quincy, Florida to the late Sam and Bessie Sharpe. He retired in 1990, after 27 years of dedicated service from National Wire of Georgia. Donald was an avid outdoorsman who loved, fishing, hunting and his beloved Atlanta...

Samuel Paul Simpson Jr

Samuel Paul Simpson Jr

Jan 7, 2024

Samuel Paul Simpson, Jr. son of Estelle Merrifield Simpson and Sam Paul Simpson MD died in his sleep of natural causes in the morning of January 7, 2024. A resident of Buckingham South since a near-fatal bout with COVID, he continued to pursue a few of his passions, especially Bridge, Politics, and the Stock Market. Sammy as many knew him...

Jack William Schultz

Jack William Schultz

Jan 7, 2024

Family and friends, It’s with heartfelt sadness along with our love and appreciation to share news about Jack William Schultz, aka ‘Poppy’, ‘Uncle Jack’, ‘Mr Yes-face’, ‘Dena’s husband’ and ‘Chief of the Fakarwee’ Indian tribe has left peacefully from our world as of Sunday, January 7th, 2024 (before sunset). He was 82 years old, 1 month shy of his 83rd...

Patricia Ann Turner

Patricia Ann Turner

Jan 6, 2024

Dr. Patricia (Pat) Ann Turner, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA, after a brief battle with cancer. Born on April 21, 1946, at Emory University Hospital, Pat was the eldest child of Ralph and Evelyn Turner. She attended Ponce de Leon Elementary School and Decatur High School. She completed her undergraduate degree at...

Mary Faye Miller

Mary Faye Miller

Jan 5, 2024

Mary Faye Miller, 89, passed Friday, January 5th at her home surrounded by family. She was born November 22, 1934 to the late Grover & Susie Mons. Mary Faye was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was known as Nana to every child she ever met. She loved Jesus with her whole heart. Mary Faye is greatly loved and...

Donald Owen Fowler

Donald Owen Fowler

Jan 5, 2024

Donald Owen Fowler of Savannah passed away peacefully at home Friday, January 5, 2024. He was 89. Born September 2, 1934, in Shoals, N.C., he was the son of Robert Wesley and Ruby Owen Fowler. A resident of Savannah since 1993, he previously lived in Asheville, N.C. Don was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,...

Sarah Elizabeth Holton

Sarah Elizabeth Holton

Jan 5, 2024

Sarah Elizabeth Harden Holton passed away peacefully under the care of Savannah Hospice at Riverview Nursing Home, with her beloved family at her bedside. She was preceded in death by her father, Harry Lewis Harden Sr.; her mother, Claudia Estelle Harden; a brother, Harry Lewis Harden, Jr.; and a grandson, Zachary Taylor Holton. Sarah is survived by her brother, John...

Clara Eppes Evans

Clara Eppes Evans

Jan 4, 2024

Clara Eppes Evans, 95, died peacefully Jan. 4, 2024, surrounded by family. Mrs. Evans was born May 20, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA., educated in the public school system of Athens, Ga., and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1948. In 1948, she married James Patrick Evans, whom she met during a winter quarter chemistry class at UGA. She helped...

Monica Nell Goodwin

Monica Nell Goodwin

Jan 3, 2024

Monica Nell Goodwin, 50, of Savannah, Ga, entered eternal rest on January 3, 2024. She was born on June 23rd, 1973, in Odessa, Texas to the late George C. Manly and Sonya B. Cowart. Monica was the beloved wife of the late Clinton “Clint” A. Goodwin, and loving mother of daughter, Laikin T. Dooley, and her Yorkie, Turtle. Monica was...

Betty R. Downs

Betty R. Downs

Jan 1, 2024

Betty R. Downs of Savannah and widow of John “Jack” Kight Downs passed away Monday morning, January 1, 2024, after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. She had just turned 96 on December 12, 2023. Born Carolyn Elizabeth “Betty” Rogers in Savannah and raised in Meldrum, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Bernard “Red” Franklin Rogers and the...

Kathleen Veronica Sullivan

Kathleen Veronica Sullivan

Dec 31, 2023

Kathleen Veronica Sullivan, 90, of Savannah, Georgia, died Sunday evening, December 31, 2023, at Azalealand Nursing Home where she had been a resident for the last 10 years. Born in County Cavan, Ireland, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Anna Mullen. She came to the United States in 1952, where she met her future husband, Frank Sullivan....

Joel Ertischek

Joel Ertischek

Dec 31, 2023

Joel was born on January 12, 1945, in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up in Great Neck, NY. He attended Post College before moving to Boston, MA, and then New Jersey, where he worked as a sales representative in the pet industry. In 1988, he moved to Marietta, GA, where he resided until moving to Nashville, TN in 2003. Joel loved...

Sara Truluck Hall

Sara Truluck Hall

Dec 29, 2023

Sara Truluck (Dodenhoff) Hall, Hilton Head Island, SC Sara Truluck Hall, 83, died peacefully on December 29, 2023 with her family by her side. She was born on July 26, 1940 in Asheville, NC to Dr. Moultrie Hearst Truluck and Anna Elizabeth (Raysor) Truluck. Sara was valedictorian of her 1958 graduating class at St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines Academy in Asheville, NC (now...

Robert B. Epstein

Robert B. Epstein

Dec 27, 2023

Robert ("Bobby") Epstein passed away very peacefully in his sleep during the evening of his mother's birthday, Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at Candler Hospital in the presence of family. He was predeceased by his parents, Albert Epstein and Joan Epstein Schwartz. He is survived by his brother, Laurence Epstein; his sister, Dawn Epstein Berlinsky (Larry); his step-mother, Sandra Epstein; his...

Harry Brodmann Jr.

Harry Brodmann Jr.

Dec 27, 2023

Harry Brodmann, 86, passed peacefully on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in the company of family and loved ones. A man after God’s own heart, Harry was a living testimony to the goodness, wisdom, and love of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The works of his life bear witness to the faith in his heart, and his testimony will continue to speak...

Mary Ann Smith

Mary Ann Smith

Dec 23, 2023

Mary Ann (Smith) Boone, 84, beloved mother and grandmother of Savannah, Georgia. She peacefully departed from this world on December 23, 2023, leaving behind a legacy of love and cherished memories. Mary Ann was born December 4, 1939 in Savannah, Ga to Laliah Price Smith, and Arthur G. Smith she was a proud resident of Savannah, and was a 1957...

Alma Joyce Sconiers

Alma Joyce Sconiers

Dec 22, 2023

Alma Joyce Todd Sconiers, born 1936, Lovingly known as JT and Memaw, age 87. Passed away on December 22, 2023 after a long battle with illness. Joyce was the daughter of Clark Howell and Alma Connell Todd. She lived most of her life in the Atlanta Area and the last nine years in Savannah GA. Joyce graduated from Roosevelt High...

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