Ernest Clifford Brandenburg, Jr., age 84 of Franklin, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday morning, April 20, 2021. He was born June 17, 1936 in LaGrange, Georgia, the son of the late Ernest Clifford Brandenburg, Sr. and the late Loraine Delamar Brandenburg. 

He retired in 1990 from Ford Motor Company with 31 years of dedicated service.  He proudly served his country in the United States Army.  He was Baptist by faith, attended Macedonia Baptist Church, and was a member of the Loftin Masonic Lodge #688.  His favorite pastimes were hunting, fishing, and gardening. 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of thirty-eight years, Frankie Eleanor “Earline” Johnson Brandenburg; sons: Dan Brandenburg and Mark Brandenburg; siblings:  Joe Stitt, Jerry Ann Hubbard, Angie Sheppard, and Ray Brandenburg; and great granddaughter, Madelyn Brandenburg. Survivors include daughters and son-in-law: Kim & Mike Abercrombie of Newnan, Georgia, and Kelli Brandenburg of Douglasville, Georgia; siblings: JoAnn & Jimmy Strickland of Carrollton, Georgia, Johnny & Marie Brandenburg, also of Carrollton, Georgia, Phillip Brandenburg of North Carolina, and David & Thelma Jean Stitt of Franklin, Georgia; grandchildren:  Michelle & Hawk Gunter, Elizabeth & Kyle Kanzler, and Cliff & Taylor Brandenburg; and great grandchildren:  Grae Gunter, Walker Brandenburg, and Lydia Brandenburg. 

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM from Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with Minister David Parmer and Glen Easterwood officiating. Masonic rites will be rendered by Loftin Lodge # 688.

Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Messages of condolences can be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower.com. Martin and Hightower Heritage Chapel has charge of the arrangements.