In the moss-draped shadows of Savannah, one ghost story stands out as both chilling and heartbreakingly tender: the tale of Little Gracie Watson. Born in the 1880s as the cherished daughter of a prominent hotel family, Gracie charmed visitors and locals alike with her laughter and sweet Southern manners—until tragedy struck just before Easter of 1889. This long-form article traces Gracie’s journey from her happy days playing hostess at the grand Pulaski Hotel, through her untimely death at age six, to the creation of an eerily lifelike marble statue that now marks her grave in Bonaventure Cemetery. It explores how this innocent child became Savannah’s most beloved ghost, reportedly seen skipping through Johnson Square at night or watching over her own gravesite by moonlight.







