Obituaries

Victoria Leigh Hill

Victoria Leigh Hill

Aug 15, 2017

Victoria Leigh Hill, 48 of Savannah, formerly of Roberta and Macon, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday August, 15, 2017, after courageously fighting her battle with cancer. She was a communicant of St. James the Less Catholic Church. Leigh was a Registered Nurse. She was an X-ray technician dealing with special procedures at The Medical Center in Macon and...

Nga Nguyen Dang

Nga Nguyen Dang

Aug 12, 2017

Nga Thi Nguyen Dang, 67, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Lang Van Dang, died Friday evening, August 11, 2017, at St. Joseph's Hospital. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 o\'clock Monday evening at Gamble Funeral Service ' 410 Stephenson Avenue. The funeral service will be held at 11 o\'clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Gamble...

Joseph Francis Tilton,

Joseph Francis Tilton,

Aug 12, 2017

Joseph Francis Tilton, Jr., 86, of Savannah, Georgia, and widower of Fredzella 'Freddie' Hodges Tilton, died Saturday afternoon, August 12, 2017, at Hospice Savannah surrounded by his family. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Joseph Francis Tilton, Sr. and the late Mary McCarthy Tilton. Mr. Tilton graduated from Benedictine Military School Class of 1948 and...

Barbara Litchfield Attaway

Barbara Litchfield Attaway

Aug 7, 2017

Barbara Jane Litchfield Attaway, 84, of Savannah, Georgia and wife of Harold Lloyd Attaway, died Sunday afternoon, August 6, 2017, at Azalealand Nursing Home. Born in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Thomas George Litchfield and the late Jessie Mae Brown Litchfield. Mrs. Attaway was a longtime member of Epworth United Methodist Church and later Cokesbury United...

Mary Grovenstein Branson

Mary Grovenstein Branson

Aug 7, 2017

Mary McGregor Grovenstein Branson, 94, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of V. Edgar Branson, died Monday morning, August 7, 2017, at Candler Hospital. Born in Miami, Florida, she was a daughter of the late Erling Grovenstein and the late Lois O'Keefe Nesbitt Grovenstein. Mrs. Branson was a longtime active member of Life Church at Ardsley Park (formerly Ardsley Park Baptist...

William David Floyd

William David Floyd

Aug 6, 2017

William David Floyd, 65, of Bloomingdale passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017, after a brief illness. While his passing came unexpectedly, his family finds great comfort knowing that he is now at peace in Heaven with his beloved mother, Pixie Lambert Floyd, and sisters, Billie Nelson, Jesse Parks, Nell Martini, Shirley Niebergall, and Clarice Levels. He was also preceded...

Pierre Maurice Olivier

Pierre Maurice Olivier

Aug 4, 2017

Pierre Henri Denis Maurice Olivier, 90, who lived a long, healthy and extraordinary life, passed away Thursday evening, August 3, 2017, at 7:20 P.M. at St Joseph's Hospital in Savannah surrounded by love ones. Born in Ch??tellerault, France on February 7, 1927, Pierre was the only child of Cecile Jeanne Grenier and Henri Olivier. During World War II, while Pierre's...

Henry Prosper Barthe

Henry Prosper Barthe

Aug 3, 2017

Henry Prosper Barthe, 87, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Helen Wagner Barthe, died Wednesday evening, August 2, 2017, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Lock No. 4, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Charles Victor Barthe and the late Augustine Castainer Barthe. Mr. Barthe was a member of Montgomery Presbyterian Church and a former member of...

Henrietta Steinheimer Victor

Henrietta Steinheimer Victor

Aug 3, 2017

Henrietta Steinheimer Victor passed away on August 3, 2017, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah at the age of 97. Savannah was her lifetime home as well as the home of many of her ancestors. Henrietta is predeceased by her dedicated and supportive parents, Lawrence Mayer Steinheimer, Sr. and Rhetta Dryfus Steinheimer as well as her devoted brother, Lawrence Mayer...

Victoria Rosaria Scalisi

Victoria Rosaria Scalisi

Aug 2, 2017

Victoria Rosaria Scalisi, of Savannah, Georgia, beloved wife of David and mother of Athena Raven Rapp, died Wednesday morning, August 2, 2017, at her home. The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 Sunday evening at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church with the Trisagion Service immediately following. The funeral service will be held at 11 o' clock Monday morning...

Theodore "Ted" Wohlgemuth

Theodore "Ted" Wohlgemuth

Aug 2, 2017

Theodore 'Ted' Wohlgemuth, 86, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Connie Lee Fisher Wohlgemuth, died Tuesday evening, August 1, 2017, at his home. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he was a son of the late Carl Jarvis Wohlgemuth and the late Margorie Pauline Echelbarger Wohlgemuth. Ted was a member of Compassion Christian Church. He was a United States Navy veteran. Ted...

Robert Quentin Elrod

Robert Quentin Elrod

Jul 29, 2017

Robert Quentin Elrod, 84, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday morning, July 29, 2017, at Candler Hospital with his family at his side. Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Thomas Jenkins Elrod and the late Fannie Blalock Elrod. Robert was a United States Navy veteran. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia Pharmacy...

Louise Lorentzson Waters

Louise Lorentzson Waters

Jul 28, 2017

Louise Carolyn Lorentzson Waters, 96, of Chamblee, Georgia and formerly of Savannah, Georgia, widow of John Alexander Waters, Jr., died Friday morning, July 28, 2017, at Sunrise of Johns Creek in Johns Creek, Georgia. Born in August, 1920, in Savannah, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Lorentz Lorentzson and Maude Johnson Lorentzson. Mrs. Waters was a former member...

Walter William Parrish,

Walter William Parrish,

Jul 24, 2017

Walter Parrish, 98, passed from this life to Glory on July 23, 2017, at Savannah Commons and under the care of The Springs staff as well as Spanish Oaks Hospice. Born in West Hoboken, New Jersey, Walter moved to Savannah in 1974, where he established a local ServiceMASTER franchise. He was a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University with a degree...

Jane Solomons Furchgott

Jane Solomons Furchgott

Jul 24, 2017

Jane Solomons Furchgott, 89, of Savannah, Georgia and widow of Charles Max Furchgott, Sr., died Sunday evening, July 23, 2017, at Memorial University Medical Center. She and her husband met at the University of Georgia and at the time of his death in 1988 had been married for 42 years. Born in Savannah, Georgia on July 27, 1927, she was...

M. Keith Siskin

M. Keith Siskin

Jul 23, 2017

M. Keith Siskin, 45, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017. He was born December 10, 1971, in Savannah, Georgia, to Jim and Madeleine Siskin. A graduate of Savannah Country Day School and Vanderbilt University, he earned his Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from the University of Georgia, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the law journal. After years of...

John Wallace Getty

John Wallace Getty

Jul 17, 2017

John Wallace Getty, 71, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Susan 'Sue' Cornelius Getty, died Monday morning, July 17, 2017, at Spanish Oaks Retreat. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Walter Kershaw Getty, Sr. and the late Hallie Mock Getty. John was a member of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church on Tybee Island. He was...

David Elkin Carter

David Elkin Carter

Jul 15, 2017

David Elkin Carter, 63, of Savannah, Georgia and husband of Patricia 'Patty' Heidt Carter, passed away Friday evening, July 14, 2017, at his home with his family at his side. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was a son of the late Champ Elkin Carter and the late Sara Elizabeth Howard Carter. David was a member of Islands Christian Church. David...

Martha Valdes Bovee

Martha Valdes Bovee

Jul 14, 2017

Martha J. Bovee 79, of Seffner, Florida, died on Thursday morning, July 13, 2017, at 11 o'clock in LifePath Hospice Care following a long illness. Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York on November 11, 1937. Martha was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church of Brandon, Florida. She was a retired piano and organ teacher for 50...

Jacquelyn Adams Brinson

Jacquelyn Adams Brinson

Jul 12, 2017

Jacquelyn 'Jackie' Adams Brinson, 89, of Thunderbolt, Georgia and widow of Wade Brinson, died Wednesday afternoon, July 12, 2017, at Memorial University Medical Center. Born in Vidalia, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Alva Jackson Adams and the late Ruth Hamilton Adams. Mrs. Brinson was an active member of First Freewill Baptist Church where she was a member...