Funeral Homes in Brunswick, GA

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: ReShard Lee (american football player), Glacier (wrestler and actor), Paul Phillips (musician and guitarist), Willie McClendon (american football player), Ellis E. Williams (actor and comedian), Jeff Chapman (businessperson), and Adam Wainwright (baseball player).

Brunswick /ˈbrʌnzwɪk/ is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County, Georgia, United States. The major urban and economic center of the state's lower southeast, it is also the second-largest urban area on Georgia's coast, after Savannah, and it contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District.British colonists settled the peninsula in 1738 as a buffer to Spanish Florida. It came under provincial control in 1771 and was founded as Brunswick after the German duchy of Brunswick–Lüneburg, the ancestral home of the House of Hanover. It was incorporated as a city in 1856. Throughout its history, Brunswick has served as an important port city: in World War II, it served as a strategic military location with an operational base for escort blimps and a shipbuilding facility for the U.S. Maritime Commission.Brunswick supports a progressive economy largely based on tourism and logistics with a metropolitan GDP of $3.9 billion. The Port of Brunswick handles approximately 10 percent of all U.S. ro-ro trade—third in the U.S. behind the ports of Los Angeles and Newark. The headquarters of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is located 5 mi (8 km) north of the central business district of the city and is adjacent to Brunswick–Golden Isles Airport, which provides commercial air service to the area. In the 2010 U.S. census, the population of the city proper was 15,383; the urban area, 51,024; and the metropolitan area, 112,370.Brunswick is located on a harbor of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 30 mi (50 km) north of Florida and 70 mi (110 km) south of South Carolina. Brunswick is bordered on the west by Oglethorpe Bay, East River, and Turtle River. On the south it is bordered by the Brunswick River and on the east by the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which separates it from the Golden Isles.

Brunswick Obituaries

It was written by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on May 12th, 2022 that Willou Smith (Copeland) died in Brunswick, Georgia.  Ms. Smith was 82 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Willou's life.

It was reported by New Haven Register on August 12th, 2021 that Mark Conway passed away in Brunswick, Georgia.  Conway was 58 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Mark's life.

It was written by Orlando Sentinel on June 18th, 2021 that William Henry Faulk died in Oviedo, Florida.  Faulk was 83 years old and was born in Brunswick, GA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor William Henry's life.

It was disclosed by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on March 23rd, 2021 that Gail Schmidt (Gardner) passed on in Brunswick, Georgia.  Ms. Schmidt was 82 years old and was born in Charleston, WV.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Gail's life.

It was reported by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on January 31st, 2021 that Richard Leathers Burton perished in Brunswick, Georgia.  Burton was 78 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Richard Leathers's life.

It was reported by New Bern Sun Journal on January 22nd, 2021 that Barbara Jean Wilkinson died in Brunswick, Georgia.  Wilkinson was 74 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Barbara Jean's life.

It was disclosed by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on November 29th, 2020 that Alton Hunter "Al" Hopkins passed away in Brunswick, Georgia.  Hopkins was 82 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Alton Hunter "Al"'s life.

It was noted by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on November 25th, 2020 that William Earl "Bill" Marriott perished in Brunswick, Georgia.  Marriott was 91 years old and was born in Des Moines, IA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor William Earl "Bill"'s life.

It was reported by The Times on October 30th, 2020 that Brian Clark Dobbs passed on in Brunswick, Georgia.  Dobbs was 50 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Brian Clark's life.

It was reported by Atlanta Journal/Constitution on August 16th, 2020 that Frank Hasty passed away in Brunswick, Georgia.  Hasty was 87 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Frank's life.

History

As a result, 179 were killed. Rail lines were constructed from Brunswick to inland Georgia, and, unlike many other southern cities during the Reconstruction era of the United States period, Brunswick experienced an boom and bust boom. . In 1797, the Georgia General Assembly transferred the county seat of Glynn County from Fort Frederica National Monument (on St. Brunswick is the center of Georgia's shrimp fishery and crab fisheries industry; the city is nicknamed the "Shrimp Capital of the World" due to the many wild shrimp harvested in its local waters.

File:Original city plan for Brunswick, Georgia, 1771.jpg town plan from 1771.

The official website for the city of Brunswick is https://www.brunswickga.org/.