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Obituary - Mr. Bertram Leonard Holloway Craig R. Tremble Funeral Home, Statesboro Chapel Mr. Bertram Leonard Holloway, age 55, of Port Wentworth, Ga., passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, February 15, 2021. He was a Bulloch County native but resided in Chatham County. He was born to Grace D. Safford and the late Archie T. Holloway on July 25, 1965, in Statesboro, Georgia. He grew up in Statesboro and was educated in the Bulloch County public school system. He was a 1983 graduate of Statesboro High School. He was a hard worker and mastered everything he put his mind to. He worked for ITT Grinnell Corporation for 15 years. He later moved to Hardeeville, S.C., where he was general manager for Shoney s restaurant for several years. He went on to work many years for Jaguar Land Rover. His final position was as mechanical lead technician for the City of Savannah, where he remained until his passing. ....
Bonaventure Cemetery After Dark Lose the city tour crowds, noise & come to the uninterrupted of Savannah's ONLY After Hours Cemetery Tour celebrating 10 years! Conducted by storyist, Shannon Scott who's specialty is revealing the hidden layers of secret society topics, symbolism, root doctors, gangsters, bootleggers, murderous lovers and other clandestine story gems that Scott defines as the "Good & Evil" tales of Bonaventure. Patrons receive 18 x 24 signed poster art by Scott as the ultimate commemorative of this fascinating and mindblowing night out! ....
Savannah Morning News Savannah s squares are, in many ways, a portal to the past more than green spaces, they are a mostly-untarnished window to the nearly 288-year history of the oldest city in Georgia. But history isn t always comfortable. Contemporary values rarely resemble those of the past, and after a few hundred years of social change, prominent historic figures and the ideas they represent come to be viewed by some as antiquated, unethical, or in some cases, offensive. Last summer, the U.S. was faced with a racial reckoning. Following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, protests around the country led to calls to remove several Confederate monuments. ....
Explore Victorian-era monuments at Bonaventure Cemetery Leslie Alwiel For Savannah Morning News This is the time of year when we reflect on what we are thankful for as we plan for the new year ahead. We here at the Bonaventure Historical Society are thankful for the opportunity to tell folks about the history of Bonaventure Cemetery. Way back in 1846, Peter Wiltberger bought the property and incorporated a portion of it as the Evergreen Cemetery Company of Bonaventure Plantation. The following year, 1847, Evergreen Cemetery became the third public cemetery established in Savannah, after Colonial Park and Laurel Grove. The city of Savannah acquired Evergreen Cemetery and renamed it Bonaventure Cemetery in 1907. ....
Leslie Alwiel / For Savannah Morning News Sculptor John Walz is probably best known in Savannah for his “Little Gracie” statue created in 1890, memorializing Gracie Watson in Bonaventure Cemetery. He has over 70 sculptures in Bonaventure Cemetery and others in local cemeteries, as well as in Savannah. His own marker is another story in itself. Walz was born in Germany in 1844. He came to the United States as a young boy, originally to live with family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after the death of his parents. He returned to Europe to study his craft and eventually settled in Savannah in 1890. He married a local widow, Sarah Bell Gilmore, in 1907 when he was 63. When Walz died Nov. 27, 1922, he was buried two days later in Bonaventure Cemetery in a plot originally purchased by Charles Gilmore, Waltz’s wife’s first husband. His wife died in 1931 and was interred between her two husbands. Walz however didn’t receive a marker until April 30, 2015, ....