Judge Braswell Drue Deen, Jr., age 95, formerly of Alma was born on August 16, 1925 and passed on December 24,2020 after a brief illness at Wellstar Tranquility Hospice in Marietta, Georgia.
Braswell Drue Deen, Jr., is one of five children of the late U.S. CongressmanBraswell Drue Deen, Sr., and Corinne Smith Deen.
Born on August 16, 1925, in McRae, Georgia, Braswell Junior grew up during theGreat Depression. Braswell’s early education included attendance at school inAlma and Brunswick, Georgia along with Washington D.C., where he also served as acongressional page. After graduating from high school in Alma, Georgia, Braswelltraveled to Kingsport, Tennessee to fulfill his dream of trying out for a class D minorleague baseball team. As World War II engulfed the globe but before coming of ageso as to enlist, Braswell worked in Brunswick, Georgia as a roofer and then as anoutside machinist building Liberty ships that carried wartime equipment and supplies.
On October 20, 1943, Braswell, at the age of 18, joined the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to the 2 nd Platoon, Company K, 3 rd Battalion, 1 st Regiment of the 1 st Marine Division. Braswell was stationed in the Pacific Theater and took part in the invasions of the Peleliu and Okinawa Islands. He was wounded by a Japanese knee mortar, and later was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Braswell earned a bachelor of laws degree in 1950 from the University of Georgia, and then formed the law firm of Deen and Powell in Alma, Georgia; later becoming Deen and Jacques. Braswell made his first jump into politics winning election as
Bacon County’s representative to the Georgia General Assembly and served a total of four terms in that body from 1951-1960. Braswell left a lasting mark in the legislature when authoring the Georgia Women’s Juror Bill that extended the rights of women by allowing their service on juries which also doubled the number of citizens available for jury duty. In addition to his terms in the legislature, Braswell served as Bacon County Attorney for a period of ten years, and in 1955 was named by the Georgia Jaycees as one of its “Five Outstanding Young Men in Georgia.”
Braswell also was a recipient of the Kotz Bennett Cup for Outstanding Citizen of theYear along with receiving a Citation of Merit from the Georgia GerontologySociety.
In 1965, Governor Carl E. Sanders appointed Braswell as Judge of the GeorgiaCourt of Appeals, and he was subsequently elected to multiple terms on the court until retirement on December 7, 1990.
Following retirement from the bench and having authored over 14,000 judicial opinions, Braswell continued work as a mediator and arbitrator along with teaching classes on Constitutional Law, chess, and origins of man through Emory and Oglethorpe Universities. Braswell has written numerous books including Deen’s List: ABC’s on ADR, A Handbook On Alternative Dispute Resolution (1995), Trial By Combat (2000), Roots and Origins
(2001), Retired Judge Deen’s Views on National and Political Issues (2016), along with a World War II memoir entitled And Some Gave All which was completed twelve days before his death.
Braswell was preceded in death by his father (Braswell D. Deen, Sr.), mother(Corinne Smith Deen), sisters (Annie Lois Deen and Mildred Louise Deen Galusha),brother (Walter George Deen), wife (Jean Buie Deen), and second wife (Marie LovellDeen).
Braswell is survived by son Braswell D. Deen, III, MD (and family Mambwe, Emma Jean, and Ryan James Deen); son Sanders Buie Deen (and family Linda Kay, Alexander Buie, and Jackson Braswell Deen); brother Ralph Lee Deen; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and friends.
Graveside services for Mr. Deen will be held on December 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., at Rose Hill Cemetery in Alma, Georgia. Due to ongoing concerns with the Covid-19 pandemic, the service is limited to immediate family.
Crosby Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
Braswell Drue Deen, Jr., is one of five children of the late U.S. CongressmanBraswell Drue Deen, Sr., and Corinne Smith Deen.
Born on August 16, 1925, in McRae, Georgia, Braswell Junior grew up during theGreat Depression. Braswell’s early education included attendance at school inAlma and Brunswick, Georgia along with Washington D.C., where he also served as acongressional page. After graduating from high school in Alma, Georgia, Braswelltraveled to Kingsport, Tennessee to fulfill his dream of trying out for a class D minorleague baseball team. As World War II engulfed the globe but before coming of ageso as to enlist, Braswell worked in Brunswick, Georgia as a roofer and then as anoutside machinist building Liberty ships that carried wartime equipment and supplies.
On October 20, 1943, Braswell, at the age of 18, joined the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to the 2 nd Platoon, Company K, 3 rd Battalion, 1 st Regiment of the 1 st Marine Division. Braswell was stationed in the Pacific Theater and took part in the invasions of the Peleliu and Okinawa Islands. He was wounded by a Japanese knee mortar, and later was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Braswell earned a bachelor of laws degree in 1950 from the University of Georgia, and then formed the law firm of Deen and Powell in Alma, Georgia; later becoming Deen and Jacques. Braswell made his first jump into politics winning election as
Bacon County’s representative to the Georgia General Assembly and served a total of four terms in that body from 1951-1960. Braswell left a lasting mark in the legislature when authoring the Georgia Women’s Juror Bill that extended the rights of women by allowing their service on juries which also doubled the number of citizens available for jury duty. In addition to his terms in the legislature, Braswell served as Bacon County Attorney for a period of ten years, and in 1955 was named by the Georgia Jaycees as one of its “Five Outstanding Young Men in Georgia.”
Braswell also was a recipient of the Kotz Bennett Cup for Outstanding Citizen of theYear along with receiving a Citation of Merit from the Georgia GerontologySociety.
In 1965, Governor Carl E. Sanders appointed Braswell as Judge of the GeorgiaCourt of Appeals, and he was subsequently elected to multiple terms on the court until retirement on December 7, 1990.
Following retirement from the bench and having authored over 14,000 judicial opinions, Braswell continued work as a mediator and arbitrator along with teaching classes on Constitutional Law, chess, and origins of man through Emory and Oglethorpe Universities. Braswell has written numerous books including Deen’s List: ABC’s on ADR, A Handbook On Alternative Dispute Resolution (1995), Trial By Combat (2000), Roots and Origins
(2001), Retired Judge Deen’s Views on National and Political Issues (2016), along with a World War II memoir entitled And Some Gave All which was completed twelve days before his death.
Braswell was preceded in death by his father (Braswell D. Deen, Sr.), mother(Corinne Smith Deen), sisters (Annie Lois Deen and Mildred Louise Deen Galusha),brother (Walter George Deen), wife (Jean Buie Deen), and second wife (Marie LovellDeen).
Braswell is survived by son Braswell D. Deen, III, MD (and family Mambwe, Emma Jean, and Ryan James Deen); son Sanders Buie Deen (and family Linda Kay, Alexander Buie, and Jackson Braswell Deen); brother Ralph Lee Deen; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and friends.
Graveside services for Mr. Deen will be held on December 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., at Rose Hill Cemetery in Alma, Georgia. Due to ongoing concerns with the Covid-19 pandemic, the service is limited to immediate family.
Crosby Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
Judge Braswell Drue Deen, Jr., age 95, formerly of Alma was born on August 16, 1925 and passed on December 24,2020 after a brief illness at Wellstar Tranquility Hospice in Marietta, Georgia.
Braswell Drue Deen, Jr., is one of five children of the late U.S. CongressmanBraswell Drue Deen, Sr., and Corinne Smith Deen.
Born on August 16, 1925, in McRae, Georgia, Braswell Junior grew up during theGreat Depression. Braswell’s early education included attendance at school inAlma and Brunswick, Georgia along with Washington D.C., where he also served as acongressional page. After graduating from high school in Alma, Georgia, Braswelltraveled to Kingsport, Tennessee to fulfill his dream of trying out for a class D minorleague baseball team. As World War II engulfed the globe but before coming of ageso as to enlist, Braswell worked in Brunswick, Georgia as a roofer and then as anoutside machinist building Liberty ships that carried wartime equipment and supplies.
On October 20, 1943, Braswell, at the age of 18, joined the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to the 2 nd Platoon, Company K, 3 rd Battalion, 1 st Regiment of the 1 st Marine Division. Braswell was stationed in the Pacific Theater and took part in the invasions of the Peleliu and Okinawa Islands. He was wounded by a Japanese knee mortar, and later was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Braswell earned a bachelor of laws degree in 1950 from the University of Georgia, and then formed the law firm of Deen and Powell in Alma, Georgia; later becoming Deen and Jacques. Braswell made his first jump into politics winning election as
Bacon County’s representative to the Georgia General Assembly and served a total of four terms in that body from 1951-1960. Braswell left a lasting mark in the legislature when authoring the Georgia Women’s Juror Bill that extended the rights of women by allowing their service on juries which also doubled the number of citizens available for jury duty. In addition to his terms in the legislature, Braswell served as Bacon County Attorney for a period of ten years, and in 1955 was named by the Georgia Jaycees as one of its “Five Outstanding Young Men in Georgia.”
Braswell also was a recipient of the Kotz Bennett Cup for Outstanding Citizen of theYear along with receiving a Citation of Merit from the Georgia GerontologySociety.
In 1965, Governor Carl E. Sanders appointed Braswell as Judge of the GeorgiaCourt of Appeals, and he was subsequently elected to multiple terms on the court until retirement on December 7, 1990.
Following retirement from the bench and having authored over 14,000 judicial opinions, Braswell continued work as a mediator and arbitrator along with teaching classes on Constitutional Law, chess, and origins of man through Emory and Oglethorpe Universities. Braswell has written numerous books including Deen’s List: ABC’s on ADR, A Handbook On Alternative Dispute Resolution (1995), Trial By Combat (2000), Roots and Origins
(2001), Retired Judge Deen’s Views on National and Political Issues (2016), along with a World War II memoir entitled And Some Gave All which was completed twelve days before his death.
Braswell was preceded in death by his father (Braswell D. Deen, Sr.), mother(Corinne Smith Deen), sisters (Annie Lois Deen and Mildred Louise Deen Galusha),brother (Walter George Deen), wife (Jean Buie Deen), and second wife (Marie LovellDeen).
Braswell is survived by son Braswell D. Deen, III, MD (and family Mambwe, Emma Jean, and Ryan James Deen); son Sanders Buie Deen (and family Linda Kay, Alexander Buie, and Jackson Braswell Deen); brother Ralph Lee Deen; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and friends.
Graveside services for Mr. Deen will be held on December 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., at Rose Hill Cemetery in Alma, Georgia. Due to ongoing concerns with the Covid-19 pandemic, the service is limited to immediate family.
Crosby Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
Braswell Drue Deen, Jr., is one of five children of the late U.S. CongressmanBraswell Drue Deen, Sr., and Corinne Smith Deen.
Born on August 16, 1925, in McRae, Georgia, Braswell Junior grew up during theGreat Depression. Braswell’s early education included attendance at school inAlma and Brunswick, Georgia along with Washington D.C., where he also served as acongressional page. After graduating from high school in Alma, Georgia, Braswelltraveled to Kingsport, Tennessee to fulfill his dream of trying out for a class D minorleague baseball team. As World War II engulfed the globe but before coming of ageso as to enlist, Braswell worked in Brunswick, Georgia as a roofer and then as anoutside machinist building Liberty ships that carried wartime equipment and supplies.
On October 20, 1943, Braswell, at the age of 18, joined the United States Marine Corps and was assigned to the 2 nd Platoon, Company K, 3 rd Battalion, 1 st Regiment of the 1 st Marine Division. Braswell was stationed in the Pacific Theater and took part in the invasions of the Peleliu and Okinawa Islands. He was wounded by a Japanese knee mortar, and later was a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Braswell earned a bachelor of laws degree in 1950 from the University of Georgia, and then formed the law firm of Deen and Powell in Alma, Georgia; later becoming Deen and Jacques. Braswell made his first jump into politics winning election as
Bacon County’s representative to the Georgia General Assembly and served a total of four terms in that body from 1951-1960. Braswell left a lasting mark in the legislature when authoring the Georgia Women’s Juror Bill that extended the rights of women by allowing their service on juries which also doubled the number of citizens available for jury duty. In addition to his terms in the legislature, Braswell served as Bacon County Attorney for a period of ten years, and in 1955 was named by the Georgia Jaycees as one of its “Five Outstanding Young Men in Georgia.”
Braswell also was a recipient of the Kotz Bennett Cup for Outstanding Citizen of theYear along with receiving a Citation of Merit from the Georgia GerontologySociety.
In 1965, Governor Carl E. Sanders appointed Braswell as Judge of the GeorgiaCourt of Appeals, and he was subsequently elected to multiple terms on the court until retirement on December 7, 1990.
Following retirement from the bench and having authored over 14,000 judicial opinions, Braswell continued work as a mediator and arbitrator along with teaching classes on Constitutional Law, chess, and origins of man through Emory and Oglethorpe Universities. Braswell has written numerous books including Deen’s List: ABC’s on ADR, A Handbook On Alternative Dispute Resolution (1995), Trial By Combat (2000), Roots and Origins
(2001), Retired Judge Deen’s Views on National and Political Issues (2016), along with a World War II memoir entitled And Some Gave All which was completed twelve days before his death.
Braswell was preceded in death by his father (Braswell D. Deen, Sr.), mother(Corinne Smith Deen), sisters (Annie Lois Deen and Mildred Louise Deen Galusha),brother (Walter George Deen), wife (Jean Buie Deen), and second wife (Marie LovellDeen).
Braswell is survived by son Braswell D. Deen, III, MD (and family Mambwe, Emma Jean, and Ryan James Deen); son Sanders Buie Deen (and family Linda Kay, Alexander Buie, and Jackson Braswell Deen); brother Ralph Lee Deen; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and friends.
Graveside services for Mr. Deen will be held on December 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., at Rose Hill Cemetery in Alma, Georgia. Due to ongoing concerns with the Covid-19 pandemic, the service is limited to immediate family.
Crosby Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
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