local obituaries

Kenneth Leon Davis

Kenneth Leon Davis

Oct 21, 2015

Pooler-Mr. Kenneth Leon Davis, 77, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at his home. Kenneth was born in Jefferson County to the late Leon & Josephine Davis. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Melissa Kaye Davis, and a sister, Carolyn Herndon. He was a graduate of Wrens High School in 1957. He served his country in...

Amelia Heidt Dominy

Amelia Heidt Dominy

Oct 20, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Mrs. Amelia Heidt Dominy Rincon- Mrs. Amelia Heidt Dominy, 82, lost her life, but never her spirit, to cancer on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Born September 29, 1933, in Marlow, GA, to the late Jacob & Willie Lee Heidt, Amelia was the...

Vanlee Mercer

Vanlee Mercer

Oct 20, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Vanlee Mercer Clyo- Vanlee Mercer, 77, died Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at his home. The Effingham County native was a member of Silver Hill United Methodist Church, Georgia Hunting and Fishing Federation, Clyo Breakfast Club, and Sure Shot Hunting Club. He had worked for the Plumbers & Steamfitters...

Marshall C. Turner

Marshall C. Turner

Oct 18, 2015

Ellabell-Marshall C. Turner, 60, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Marshall was born in Homerville to the late Marion Charlton Turner and Mary Meeks Turner. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church, loved his horses, playing his guitar, and riding his tractor, but the thing that he loved most was spending time...

Charlotte Rahn Pittman

Charlotte Rahn Pittman

Oct 15, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Charlotte Rahn Pittman Springfield – Charlotte Rahn Pittman, 90, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at her residence after a long illness. Born October 13, 1925 to the late Frank C. and Lila Shearouse Rahn she was a lifelong active...

Elizabeth Pittman

Elizabeth Pittman

Oct 14, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman Rincon- Mrs. Elizabeth Pittman "Sis Crawford", 87, of Rincon, GA, wife of the late Ernie Pittman, passed away on October 14, 2015 at her home after a brief illness. The Coward, SC native was born in Florence County on September 19, 1928. She moved to...

Alvin "Gene" Johnson, Sr.

Alvin "Gene" Johnson, Sr.

Oct 14, 2015

Port Wentworth-Mr. Alvin "Gene" Johnson, Sr., 81, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at his home. Gene was born in Savannah to the late Emory & Geneva Johnson. He was also preceded in death by a son, Alvin Eugene Johnson, Jr., a grandson, John Cheshier Johnson, and his brother, James Perry Johnson. He was a member of Chapel in...

Doris Nichols Clark

Doris Nichols Clark

Oct 13, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Doris Nichols Clark Savannah – Doris Nichols Clark, 82, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Hospice Savannah. The South Carolina native was a member of the Unity Church Of Savannah and retired from the GA Air National Guard. She was preceded...

Wayne Fleming Lippy

Wayne Fleming Lippy

Oct 13, 2015

Savannah-Mr. Wayne Fleming Lippy, 69, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. Wayne was born in Richmond, VA to the late Fleming Lacy Lippy & Myrtle Aurelia Clarke Lippy. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, class of 1963. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VA Tech), class of 1967, where he was a member of the Corps of Cadets,...

Lester Nolan Sheppard

Lester Nolan Sheppard

Oct 13, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Lester Nolan Sheppard Guyton – Lester Nolan Sheppard, 70, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at his residence. He was born May 12, 1945, was a U.S. Navy veteran, a police officer, and a carpenter. He was preceded in death by his...

Doris "Dot" Shauck Mattox

Doris "Dot" Shauck Mattox

Oct 12, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Doris "Dot" Shauck Mattox Orange Park, FL – Doris "Dot" Shauck Mattox, 85, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 after a short illness. The Effingham County native was the daughter of the late John Klee and Verna Alma Graham Shauck. She retired...

Evelyn L. Waller Mccarty

Evelyn L. Waller Mccarty

Oct 9, 2015

Evelyn L. Waller McCarty Bloomingdale - Evelyn L. Waller McCarty, 76, passed away October 9, 2015 at Hospice Savannah after having suffered with long term multiple illnesses. The Bloomingdale native was a member of First Baptist Church of Bloomingdale, where she formerly served as Sunday School Secretary in the Children's Department. Survivors include her husband, William J. McCarty; her daughter...

Olivia Weitman

Olivia Weitman

Oct 9, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Olivia Exley Weitman Springfield- Olivia Exley Weitman, age 95, passed away on October 9, 2015 at Effingham Extended Care Center. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. She retired from the Effingham County Board of Education where she worked in the cafeteria at Springfield Elementary School....

Leroy E. Harvey, Jr.

Leroy E. Harvey, Jr.

Oct 7, 2015

Savannah-Mr. Leroy E. Harvey, Jr., 85, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at his home. Mr. Harvey was born in Savannah to the late Leroy E. Harvey, Sr. & Gertrude Gray Harvey. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Engle C. Harvey; a son, Leroy "Butch" Harvey, III, and a brother, Teddy Harvey. He was a...

William J. "Bill" Smith, Jr.

William J. "Bill" Smith, Jr.

Oct 6, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 William J. "Bill" Smith, Jr. Clyo – William J. "Bill" Smith, Jr., 83, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Hospice Savannah. The Bulloch County native was a member of Turkey Branch Baptist Church and retired from Johns Manville. He was preceded...

Muriel Oetgen

Muriel Oetgen

Oct 5, 2015

Bloomingdale - Muriel Nelson Oetgen, 84, died October 5, 2015 at her home. The Lancashire, England native was owner/operator of Oetgen Ranch. She was married in the Church of England and was a longtime member of Alpha United Methodist Church where she had been active in the Watson Davis Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Carolyn Wilkins

Carolyn Wilkins

Oct 4, 2015

Savannah-Mrs. Carolyn Wilkins passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her home. Carolyn was born in Chatham County and was preceded in death by her daughter, April Ann Wilkins. Survivors include her husband, Larry Wilkins; grandchildren, Kathy Wilkins, Dalton Davis, and Justin Clay. The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the Thomas C....

Mabel Malphus

Mabel Malphus

Oct 2, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Mabel E. Malphus Sylvania- Mabel E. Malphus, 80, died Friday, October 2, 2015 at Hospice Savannah. The Effingham County native was a homemaker. Survivors include her sons, Charles Bernard Hodges (Dianne), Neal Malphus (Susan), and Darrell Malphus (Amy); a sister, Wilma Floyd; a brother, Nathaniel Hodges; 6 grandchildren;...

Cindy Smiley Saxon

Cindy Smiley Saxon

Oct 2, 2015

Glenwood-Mrs. Cindy Smiley Saxon, 58, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. Cindy was born to the late Henry S. Smiley, Sr. & Helen Miness Smiley. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Gerald "Jerry" Smiley, Sr. She was a member of the Glenwood Church of God where her husband is...

Jackie (Jack) Lee Stevens

Jackie (Jack) Lee Stevens

Oct 1, 2015

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Jackie (Jack) Lee Stevens Guyton – Jackie (Jack) Lee Stevens was born December 26, 1949 in Williamstown, KY, and died October 1, 2015 in Savannah Georgia. Preceded in death by his Mother Helen Roseanna Keal Stevens and his Father William Avery Stevens....

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