Vernon Marion Ulmer, 75, of Savannah, Georgia, husband of Christine Mitchell Ulmer, died Friday afternoon, November 14, 2008, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he graduated from Savannah High School in 1951. Mr. Ulmer was the eldest Son of the late Vernon Morse Pop Ulmer and the late Bertha Mae Hinely Ulmer. He was a member of First Christian Church and a former member of the Civil Air Patrol. Mr. Ulmer retired as a conductor with CSX, formerly Seaboard Coast Line, after 44 years of service. During his railroad career he once rescued a child from a railroad trestle and, during the 1959 Meldrim train wreck, was instrumental in saving the lives of several people. Mr. Ulmer was a Civil Defense volunteer and an avid Boy Scout member where he earned the Eagle Scout award. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Kathleen Purvis. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Christine Mitchell Ulmer of Savannah, Georgia; one daughter, Deborah Joy Ulmer Forbes and her husband, Tim, of Rincon, Georgia; one son, Antonio Tono W. Ulmer and his wife, Tracy, of Stafford, Virginia; a niece whom they reared, Julie Ann Mitchell Oliver and her husband, Wayne, of Rincon, Georgia; two sisters, Louise White and her husband, Gene, of Bloomingdale, Georgia, and Avis Lanier and her husband, Jake, of Savannah, Georgia; one brother, Larry Ulmer and his wife, Kay, of Bloomingdale, Georgia, five grandchildren, Chrissie Williams and her husband, John, Jamie Forbes, Amanda Ulmer, Alex Ulmer and Weston Oliver, and two great-grandchildren, Jacob Williams and Griffin Williams. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 oclock Monday at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue. The funeral service will be held at 11 oclock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Savannah Morning News November 17, 2008.
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