Janice Louise Buchan

Janice Louise Buchan, 78, of Brunswick, departed this life Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at her daughter’s residence in Waynesville. Funeral services will be conducted at 11AM Monday, October 14, 2019 in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Reverend Jim Crandall officiating. Interment will follow in Brunswick Memorial Park with Jeremy Lai, Jonathan Lai, Matthew Maxwell, Morgan Ponsell, Ryan Moxley, Jeffrey Ayala, Ashley Boyd, Kimberly Hanks, Mackenzie Ponsell, and Makayla Ponsell serving as pallbearers.

Born January 13, 1941 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Allen Watson and Clydie Udell B. Guest, she was a graduate of Glynn Academy Class of 1959. Mrs. Buchan was a lifelong resident of Glynn County and was well known to the community as a waitress as Captain Joe’s Seafood where she worked for many years. She was of the Baptist Faith, loved music, enjoyed gardening, animals and being a grandmother. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by, her husband of 58 years, Lester “Buck” Buchan, a son, Robert Edward Buchan, her siblings Robert Edward McHale, Norma Virginia Guest Smith, Clarice Guest, Kenneth Guest, (her twin brother) Gerald Allen Guest, Douglas Eugene Guest, Linda Patricia Guest McLendon, and Catherine Allean Guest Bullock.

Survivors include six daughters, Janet Purdy (Bob) of Nova Scotia, Canada, Tammy McDonald (Cliff) of Nashville, TN, June A. Buchan of Brunswick, Susan Ponsell (Leon) of Brunswick, Maria Brooker (Todd) of Brunswick, and Melissa Ridenour (William) of Hortense, fourteen grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, two sisters, Mary Eleanor Beckworth Burgess of Brunswick, and Judy Guelda Guest Bergeron of Belmont, NH, and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Monday morning, October 14, 2019 from 10AM until the funeral hour at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Heartland Hospice. www.edomillerandsons.com