Charles Brinson

Charles M. Brinson, 59, of Whigham, GA, passed away Monday, January 12, 2009 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Whigham Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Poppell and Rev. Bob Knight officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Whigham, GA with Tommy Logue, Jeff Brinson, Terry Parker, Eddie Long, Joel Singletary and Roger Fowler serving as active pallbearers. The Whigham High School Class of 1968 will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of South West Georgia, 1323 E. Shotwell Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Charles was born January 9, 1950 in Whigham, GA, the son of Robert Leon Brinson and Wilma Mobley Brinson. He was a graduate of Whigham High School, Class of 1968. He was a member of the Georgia National Guard, a salesman for Lance Inc., and a member of Whigham Baptist Church. He loved hunting, fishing, gardening, and his dogs, Sport and Spanky. Survivors include his wife of thirty-eight years, Pat Chastain Brinson of Whigham,GA; two daughters, Stacy Brinson of Columbus, GA and Tracy B. George and her husband Adam of Beaver Creek, OH; three brothers, Larry Brinson and his wife Sherrey of Cibolo, TX, Travis Brinson and his wife Martha of Hillsboro, GA and Raiford Brinson of Port St. Lucie, FL; two sisters, Faye Smith and her husband Don of Climax, GA and Martha Payne and her husband Larry of Cordele, GA; his mother, Wilma Mobley Brinson of Whigham, GA; and two grandchildren, Ian George and Megan George.