Alma Y. Brinson

Alma Young Brinson, 93, died Tuesday, July 10, 2012. A graveside service will be held on Friday, July 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Oakland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Christian Family Services, 2720 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32607. She was born on July 17, 1918 in Cedar Key, Florida. After graduating from Cedar Key High School, she attended secretarial school. She lived and worked in Jacksonville, Florida, Rhode Island and San Diego, California, before moving to Tallahassee after the end of World War II. In 1947, she married James Charlton “Jimmy” Brinson. Until retiring in 1981, she worked for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office and for the Florida Department of Insurance. She was a member of the Timberlane Church of Christ.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, William Riley Young and Belle Young, three brothers, George Young, Benny Young, and Riley Young, and by four sisters, Myrtle Arline, Zellie Sheppard, Roberta Stewart, and Loraine Graves. She is survived by several nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews including Rhonwyn Geiger and Hope Keating of Tallahassee, and T.S. Arline of Faceville, Georgia. The family wishes to express their deep appreciation and gratitude to the staff of Clare Bridge of Tallahassee for their loving care of Alma for the past eight years.