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Jose Jesus Hernandez Martinez
Sep 21, 2019
Jose Jesus Hernandez Martinez, 69, of Brunswick passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at Hospice of the Golden Isles. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center/ Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be made by the family at a later date.
Lorraine M. Martin
Sep 20, 2019
Lorraine M. Martin, 74, of St. Simons Island, passed away in her home on Friday, September 20, 2019. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center/ Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be made by the family at a later date.
Derry Lee Gray
Sep 19, 2019
Derry Lee Gray, 81, of Brunswick, passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at the Robinson Center. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center/ Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be made by the family at a later date.
Henry Kimble Priest
Sep 17, 2019
Henry Kimble Priest, 77, of Brunswick, GA died on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at Southeast Georgia Health Systems in Brunswick, Georgia. Born on April 8, 1942, to Troy and Louise Priest in Sylvester, Georgia, he married Bernice (Johnson) on March 2, 1995, in Brunswick. Henry is survived by wife, Bernice Priest; daughter, Gail Priest (Tony); grandchildren, Lisa Raines and Raymond...
Dicy "Louise" Coffey
Sep 17, 2019
Dicy 'Louise' Coffey, 86, of Brunswick, GA died on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, Georgia. Born on September 4, 1933, to Kenneth Slater Futch and Gertie Futch Westberry in Glennville, Georgia, she was married to the late Van Buren Coffey Jr. Survivors include her children Debra Coffey Yarbrough, Diane Coffey Parmenter (Gary) and...
Martha "Arlene" Courtemanche
Sep 15, 2019
Martha Arlene Courtemanche, 89, a longtime resident of St. Simons Island, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center/ Brunswick Memorial Park and Funeral Home. A graveside service is to be held on Friday, September 20, 2019, at Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens at 10 AM Survivors include son, Joseph M. Fisher (Donna McDonough);...
David Paul Cravey
Sep 10, 2019
David P. Cravey, 64, a resident of Brunswick died Tuesday afternoon September 10, 2019, at Hospice of the Golden Isles. He is survived by three sisters, Ruth Creamer of Brunswick, Naomi Griffin (Travis) of Hoboken, Anna Rivers of Hampton, SC; and four brothers, James Cravey (Tia), John Cravey (Carol), Phillip Cravey (Joyce), and Chris Cravey (Lynn), all of Brunswick, and...
Nanette Lynn Helscher
Sep 9, 2019
Nanette Lynn Helscher, 71, of Saint Simons Island, passed away at Hospice of the Golden Isles on Monday, September 9, 2019. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center / Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Bertha Marie Hinson
Sep 5, 2019
Bertha Marie Hinson, 84, of Brunswick, passed away Thursday, September 5, 2019 at Southeast Georgia Health Systems. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center / Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Private services may be held by the family at a later date.
Nellene G Paulk
Sep 4, 2019
Nellene G Paulk, 84, of Brunswick, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at Baptist Village Nursing Home. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center / Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be made by the family at a later date.
Barbara Joan Howard
Sep 3, 2019
Barbara Joan Howard, of Brunswick, Ga., was born on May 4, 1960, and passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sept. 3, 2019, after a long illness. Barbara grew up in Watchung, N.J., the youngest of five girls. She was a graduate of the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Plainfield, N.J., and received her B.A. from Ithaca College. She moved to Georgia...
Norma T. Platts
Aug 29, 2019
Norma T. Platts, 62, of Richmond Hill passed away at Candler Hospital in Savannah on August 29, 2019. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center / Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be announced by the family at a later date.
Louise Carter
Aug 26, 2019
Louise Carter, 94, of Brunswick, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2019. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center/ Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be made by the family at a later date.
Callie Medlin Harber
Aug 25, 2019
Callie Medlin Harber, 75, of Brunswick, GA entered eternal rest on Sunday, August 25, 2019, just four days before her 76th birthday. She passed at home after a brief illness. She was a native of Augusta, GA, and daughter of the late Walter Taylor Medlin III and Elsie Horne Medlin. She graduated from Richmond High School in 1962. Shortly after...
Kathryn Akeroyd Rumbaugh
Aug 20, 2019
Kathryn 'Kate' Rumbaugh, 98, of Jekyll Island, GA died on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, Georgia. Born on December 8, 1920 in Lakewood, Ohio, she has called Jekyll Island her home for the past 42 years. She was active in the weavers guild, the United Methodist Women Association, a singer in her church,...
Lorraine Burson
Aug 19, 2019
Lorraine Deller Burson, 79, of Brunswick, GA, and Chillicothe, MO., passed away August 19, 2019, at Hospice of the Golden Isles. Born March 13, 1940, in Americus, KS to Arthur O. Deller and AnnaBelle Dotson Deller. She moved to Brunswick with her parents in the mid-1950s, she remained here until she moved back to the Midwest in 1981. She worked...
Elizabeth B. Carroll
Aug 18, 2019
Elizabeth B. Carroll, 96, of Brunswick, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at Southeast Georgia Health System. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center / Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Laura Nell Kiff
Aug 16, 2019
Laura Nell Kiff, 74, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 16, 2019, at Gracemore Nursing Home in Brunswick, Georgia. Laura was born on January 26, 1945, in Brunswick to William Paul and Fannie Mae Buchanan. She grew up in Darien with her family including her older sister Janice Andrews. She attended and graduated from Darien High school in i963. She...
Sarah Mae Gray Mccall
Aug 16, 2019
Sarah Gray McCall, 82, of Brunswick went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 16, 2019. She was the 7th child out of 10 born to Annie and John Willie Gray. She is survived by her only child, Charlotte Flor (Francisco); granddaughter, Briana Spence (William); great-granddaughter, Audriana Lynn; sister, Daphine Spratlin; brothers, Roger and Kenneth Gray; and...
Charles Brantley
Aug 15, 2019
Charles Brantley, 66, of Brunswick, passed away at Southeast Georgia Health System on Thursday, August 15, 2019. Cremation services were provided by Golden Isles Cremation Center / Brunswick Memorial Park Funeral Home. Arrangements may be announced by the family at a later date.
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