Calvin Lee Branham, 77, of Townsend, passed away Friday, March 14, 2025, at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 1:00pm, at Chapman Funeral Chapel with Pastor Nathan Smith officiating..  A visitation for family and friends will be held at the funeral home from 12 noon until service time.  Burial will follow at 3:30pm, in the Odum Cemetery with Benjamin Rushing, Devon Campbell, Baylee Lloyd, Tony Perry, Slade Harrell, and Wayne Campbell serving as active pallbearers.

Calvin was born August 24, 1947 in Winnsboro, SC.  He moved to Brunswick in the 1960's and graduated from Glynn Academy with the Class of 1965.  He moved to Townsend in 1999, and retired from Duke Energy in 2012, where he was a welder and pipefitter, working at numerous Nuclear Plants.  He attended Golden Isles Church of God, and enjoyed playing golf, dancing, joking around, watching Old Western Movies, Star Trek and Star Wars, NHRA and NASCAR racing, Georgia Bulldog Football, going on Cruises, and loved spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Calvin is survived by his wife of 48 years, Margie Branham, daughters; Theresa Lane (Randy) and Christy Lloyd, both of Brunswick, a sister, Ann Sapp and her husband Jimmy of North Carolina, a brother, Paul Cook and his wife Dawn of Waynesville, grandchildren; Rebecca Perry (Tony), Benjamin Rushing (Ansley), Devon Campbell (Ashley), Logan Lloyd (Slade Harrell), and Baylee Lloyd (Jayden), great grandchildren; Savanna, Rayleigh, Denley, Fiona, Trenton, Matthew, Carson, Amelia and Abigail.  Calvin was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Peggy Cook, and a sister, Billie Jo Powell.