Guy Edwin Brantley

b. 23 May 1908, d. September 1986
  • Guy Edwin Brantley was born on 23 May 1908 in Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  • He married Ora L. Abercrombie, daughter of James Holman Abercrombie and Sarah Louisa Davis.
  • Guy Edwin Brantley died in September 1986 at age 78 in Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, at Jackson Parish Hospital.
  • His wife Ora L. Abercrombie became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Garden of Memories, Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
  • The following appeared in the News Star World: (Jonesboro) Guy E. Brantley, 78, died Wednesday at Jackson Parish Hospital after a long illness.
         Services will be at 3 p.m. today at Edmonds Funeral Home chapel in Jonesboro with Dr. Herb Dickerson officiating.
         Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Hodge.
         He was a native of Arcadia and a retired bookkeeper for the Woodland Division in Hodge. Survivors include his wife Ora Abercrombie Brantley of Jonesboro; one son, Leonard Bosch of Jonesboro, two daughters, Sallie McKeown of La Plata, MD. And Betty Ann Sharp of Mobile, AL; two sisters, Grace Reynolds and Cloteal Wright, both of Arcadia, 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
         Pallbearers are grandsons.
  • Last Edited: 27 Apr 2013

Family: Ora L. Abercrombie b. 11 May 1912, d. 12 November 1988