WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. JOSEPH W. BRUNSON, AGE 87, WHO PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009 AT BAINBRIDGE MEMORIAL MANOR IN BAINBRIDGE, GA. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009 AT 2:00 PM AT FRIENDSHIP MEMORIAL GARDENS IN DONALSONVILLE, GA WITH REV. KEVIN HALL OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009 AT 1:00 PM AT EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME IN DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR BRUNSON WAS BORN IN SEMINOLE COUNTY ON MAY 6, 1921 TO THE LATE JOSEPH WILLIAM, SR. AND HATTIE GWYNN DICKERSON BRUNSON. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II; ATTENDED PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND OGLETHORPE MEDICAL SCHOOL. HE WAS AN AVID GOLFER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS PELL K. BRUNSON OF TALLAHASSEE, FL; TWO SONS, JOSEPH “JOEY” WILLIAM BRUNSON, III, AND HIS WIFE SHARON OF BRINSON, GA; DURAND “RANDY” BENJAMIN BRUNSON AND HIS WIFE DOROTHY JO OF TALLAHASSEE, FL; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN SHERRI HOOPER AND HER HUSBAND ERNIE, JAN BRUNSON, KALLIE JOAN DOWNS AND HER HUSBAND CLAY, ANDREW WILLIAM BRUNSON AND HIS WIFE LINDSAY; SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS JOSEPH WILLIAM, SR. AND HATTIE GWYNN DICKERSON BRUNSON; ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM AUBURY BRUNSON; TWO SISTERS, DOROTHY B. PARKER AND ANNIE SUE B. FAIN. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO BIG BEND HOSPICE OR WIREGRASS HOSPICE. EVANS SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.