Brenda Toole Clemens, 79

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mrs. Brenda Toole Clemens, age 79, of Garfield, on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin. Graveside services were conducted Friday, January 31, at 11 a.m. at the Hebron Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Garfield with Reverend Ben Gay officiating.

Brenda was born December 6, 1945, in Savannah, to Carroll Earl and Grace Viola Byington Toole. She was a member of Garfield Baptist Church where she attended and played the piano. Brenda was a teacher for 34 years at Swainsboro Elementary School. She loved her grandchildren, enjoyed sewing and drag racing. Brenda was an only child, and it was said that “she liked things her own way and in her own time”. Mrs. Clemens is preceded in death by her parents; and husband of 50 years, Jimmy Fred Clemens.

Survivors include her sons, David Carroll Clemens (Victoria) and Dana Eugene Clemens (Diana McKinley), all of Garfield; grandchildren, AnnaKade Marie Clemens, Briley Brooke Clemens, Brayden Si Clemens and Tinley Brenna Clemens.

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors was in charge of arrangements.