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Jose Jesus Hernandez Martinez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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