Forest Lee Brantley

Mr. Forest Lee Brantley, age 96, of Sandersville, died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Sandersville. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 26th at 3:00pm at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Williford and the Rev. Fred Morrison officiating. Graveside committal services will be private.

Mr. Brantley was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County the son of the late Edgar J. Brantley and the late Lily Salter Brantley. He was retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation and formerly worked for the Washington Manufacturing Company. Mr. Brantley was a member of the Kendall Heights Church of God and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is predeceased by his wife Lula Pauline Sanders Brantley and his daughter Melissa Brantley Morrison.

Survivors are: his daughter, Betty Jean (Ben) Williams of Riddleville; granddaughters, Wendy D. Newsome of Milledgeville and Nicole D. (Rick) Mead of Augusta; son-in-law, Brandon Morrison of Sandersville; great- grandchildren, April Williams, Hunter Morrison, Ashley Morrison and Tristin Newsome and his sister, Sara Dunn, of Tennille.

The family will receive friends Monday from 5 to 7pm at the May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville.

May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.