BUCKINGHAM, Richard

Richard Sherwood Buckingham, 73, (VP-4 54-57) died Tuesday, 11 April 2006, at Hospice House of Savannah. He was the husband of Marty for 50 years. Mr. Buckingham was born in Bridgeport, Conn., raised in Southport, Conn., and graduated from the Berkshire School in 1950 and Middlebury College in 1958. He served as an aviator with the Navy in the Far East from 1953 to 1957.
He had a 34-year career in sales and sales management with Continental Can Co. and as vice president of Cadbury Schweppes. He and his family lived in St. Louis and Wilton, Conn., before retiring to Savannah in 1995. They summered in Yarmouthport. Mr. Buckingham loved golf, genealogy, painting watercolors, traveling and woodworking. He was a member of the Golden K of Skidaway and the Landings Club.
Besides his wife, survivors include a daughter, Linda Thomson of Wilton, Conn.; a son, Steve Buckingham of Oconomowoc, Wis.; a sister, Susan McGarvey; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Skidaway Island United Methodist Church, where he was a member.
Memorial donations may be made to Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, 1659 Branham Lane, Suite F227, San Jose, CA 95118.
Published in Savannah Morning News from April 13 to April 14, 2006