James Brantley
Funeral services for Mr. James Brantley of Soperton will be held Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 12:00 noon in the Chapel of Higgs Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Red Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery in Treutlen County. His brother, Bud Brantley will officiate. Mr. Brantley died Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
“Last night, we lost my daddy after a short but hard fought fight. I owe who I am to him and I strive to be more like him every day. The definition of hard work. His drive in life was unmatched and he left me and my sister a lifetime of memories of what growing up loved is supposed to be. He came from nothing. Farming behind a mule and plow from the time he was old enough to rig the mule. And what he made out of life, it was done with calloused hands and by the sweat of his brow. Love you always, daddy. Proud to be your son.” Jimbo
James was the son of the late Lige & Ruby Simpson Brantley. He was born in Soperton on February 14, 1945 and was a “Class of 1963” graduate of Adrian High School. He was a 25-year employee of Robins Air Force Base as a supervisor of the x-ray of airplanes and he also built and owned three assisted living centers in Northeast Georgia. But he most enjoyed working on the farm and “squirrel hunting and fishing” on his land along the river. His brother, Frank Brantley and two sisters, Nettie B. Eitel and Vestine Zech, all preceded him in death.
Survivors include his son, Jimbo (Heather) Brantley of Good Hope; daughter, Susann B. (Seth) Allen of Clarkesville; two brothers, Hoke (Alisha) Brantley of Augusta and Bud (Keri) Brantley of Ailey; three sisters, Paula (Teddy) Guy of Waycross, Mary Jo (Wally) Taylor of Covington and Martha Darter of Houston, TX; four grandchildren, Ethan Brantley, Parker Brantley, Bralen Allen and Brantley Allen and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visitation will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday at the funeral home prior to the service.
“Last night, we lost my daddy after a short but hard fought fight. I owe who I am to him and I strive to be more like him every day. The definition of hard work. His drive in life was unmatched and he left me and my sister a lifetime of memories of what growing up loved is supposed to be. He came from nothing. Farming behind a mule and plow from the time he was old enough to rig the mule. And what he made out of life, it was done with calloused hands and by the sweat of his brow. Love you always, daddy. Proud to be your son.” Jimbo
James was the son of the late Lige & Ruby Simpson Brantley. He was born in Soperton on February 14, 1945 and was a “Class of 1963” graduate of Adrian High School. He was a 25-year employee of Robins Air Force Base as a supervisor of the x-ray of airplanes and he also built and owned three assisted living centers in Northeast Georgia. But he most enjoyed working on the farm and “squirrel hunting and fishing” on his land along the river. His brother, Frank Brantley and two sisters, Nettie B. Eitel and Vestine Zech, all preceded him in death.
Survivors include his son, Jimbo (Heather) Brantley of Good Hope; daughter, Susann B. (Seth) Allen of Clarkesville; two brothers, Hoke (Alisha) Brantley of Augusta and Bud (Keri) Brantley of Ailey; three sisters, Paula (Teddy) Guy of Waycross, Mary Jo (Wally) Taylor of Covington and Martha Darter of Houston, TX; four grandchildren, Ethan Brantley, Parker Brantley, Bralen Allen and Brantley Allen and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visitation will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday at the funeral home prior to the service.