More detail on this person: OCILLA - Norman L. Brantley, 61, of the Pinetta Community of Irwin
County, Georgia, died Friday, June 2, 2006 at Emory University Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 5, 2006, at Central United Methodist Church,
with the Rev. Steve Waldorf and the Rev. B.J. Funk officiating. Interment will follow in Pinetta
Cemetery, Irwin County. Visitation will be held today (Sunday) from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the funeral
home in Ocilla.
Mr. Brantley was born August 21, 1944 in Alamo, Georgia to the late Lester and Eloyce Maddox
Brantley. He was a graduate of Armstrong State University and the University of Colorado School of
Banking. He was Chief Executive Officer, South Georgia Division of Planter's First Banks. He was an
active member of Central United Methodist Church, where he served on various committees. Mr.
Brantley was a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver Award. He was
a Captain in the U.S. Army serving as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, where he was
awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Mr. Brantley was a member of the Fitzgerald Rotary Club and
American Legion Post 100. As Post Commander, he was instrumental in the recent erection of the
Ocilla-Irwin County Veterans' Memorial.
He is survived by his wife, Linda Mulkey Brantley of the Pinetta Community of Irwin County; son,
Blake (Kay) Brantley of Albany; brother, Harold Brantley of Sumner; and two sisters, Faith Tyson of
Tifton, and Mary Ann Bryan of Sparks.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials or make donations to Central United Methodist
Church, Fitzgerald or the Boy Scouts of America.
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