Victoria Cubbedge Kennickell

Victoria Cubbedge Kennickell, age 100, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at her home on Whitemarsh Island. Victoria was born December 22, 1904, in Guyton, Georgia, and her family moved to Savannah when she was very young. She lived most of her life in Savannah and Whitemarsh Island. She was the daughter of the late Maude Jenkins Cubbedge and Walter Landrum Cubbedge. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion Henry Kennickell, Sr., and two sisters, Regina Cubbedge and Maude Cubbedge New. She was a 1922 graduate of Savannah High School, and then attended State Normal School, a division of the University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia. Afterwards, she graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in elementary education. She taught elementary school for 45 years at Romana Riley (formerly, Waters Avenue School) before retiring from the Chatham County School System. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Savannah , and a longtime member of the Estherian Sunday School Class. She was a member of the professional sorority Delta Kappa Gamma, and the Whitemarsh Island Garden Club. Victoria loved to travel, garden and adored crabbing in her beloved Richardson Creek. Besides her great love of her family and dear friends, her love for teaching and the many children she taught followed her throughout her life. Victoria was a wonderful and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, who will be truly missed by her loving family. She was survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Marion H. Kennickell, Jr. and his wife Rose; grandson, Marion H. (Ken) Kennickell, III and granddaughter, Victoria Lee Kennickell Dyches and her husband Donald Dyches, Jr., several nieces and nephews, and many beloved friends. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2005 at First Baptist Church of Savannah with The Reverend Dr. John Finley officiating. Burial: Bonaventure Cemetery. Remembrances: First Baptist Church of Savan nah, Chippewa Square, P.O. Box 9551, Savannah, Georgia 31412-9551. Savannah Morning News, April 29, 2005 Please sign our Obituary Guestbook at www.savannahnow.com