James Brooks Tennyson

Published 11:25 am Tuesday, September 11, 2018

James Brooks Tennyson

September 9, 2018

Services for James Brooks Tennyson (Dr. T) 76, of Pelham, Ga. will be held Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. Ronnie Morrell will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be the class of 1960. Born May 19, 1942, in Pelham, he was the son of the late Donohue and Evelyn Brooks Tennyson.

Mr. Tennyson passed away September 9, 2018, at Archbold Memorial Hospital. He was the founder of Dr. T’s Nature Products and was founding member of the Pelham Hornet Touchdown club. He was married to Kathryn Carroll Tennyson of Pelham, who survives. Other survivors include his sons, James Brooks Tennyson Jr., of Moultrie; Lee Tennyson (Jessica) of Bainbridge; daughter Melinda Knight of Cotton; a brother Don Tennyson (Sandra ) of Barnesville; a sister Salley Tennyson Bowen of Valdosta; grandchildren, Salem Tennyson, Seth Jones, Sam Jones and Madison Knight; numerous nieces and nephews and cousins and a special little boy KoKo.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home of Pelham is in charge of arrangements.