Clinton Otis Pearson

Born July 18, 1941, in Waynesville, Georgia to the late Troy and Mildred Pearson, he moved to Florence, South Carolina at an early age and was a graduate of McClenaghan High School in 1959. Clinton moved back to Brunswick after graduation and worked for Brunswick AM stations WMOG and later WGIG as a disc jockey in the golden age of radio. He was an avid fan and collector of music over his lifetime. He attended Brunswick Community College in its first years of inception and went on to graduate from University of Georgia in 1967 with a degree in Political Science. After graduating from UGA he clerked for a prominent law firm in Brunswick while attending the John Marshall Law School in Savannah, Georgia, where he obtained his Bachelor of Law in 1973, and was subsequently admitted to the Georgia Bar.

Clinton practiced law for several years before being appointed Glynn County Juvenile Court Judge in 1977. He served as Juvenile Court Judge from 1977 through 1988 and following his tenure on the bench entered private law practice in Downtown Brunswick. He was a prominent fixture in the legal community and Brunswick’s downtown for many decades and was recently honored for being a select member of the Georgia Bar still practicing for over 50 years.

Clinton was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Anita "Katy" Lenz Pearson.

Survivors include three children, Beth Finland and husband Jason, of Charlotte, North Carolina, Clinton O. Pearson Jr. and wife Beverly, of Germantown, Tennessee, and Michael Pearson and wife, Suzanne, of St. Simons Island; five grandchildren, Thomas Finland, Brent Finland, Mary Finland, Lana Pearson and Andrew Pearson; and his two sisters Kathy Walker and husband, James, and Betty Pearson, of Brunswick.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 27 at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 28 at Edo Miller and Sons.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Morning Star Youth Children and Family Services at www.morningstarcfs.org.

Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, www.edomillerandsons.com, is in charge of the arrangements.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.edomillerandsons.com for the Pearson family.