Glynda Brinson Gausnell was born in Blackshear and passed away peacefully Saturday, April 4, 2026, at the age of 84 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Glynda was a talented and accomplished woman. Coming from a farming family and community, her brothers recognized that Glynda was very adept at stringing tobacco. She was an outstanding alto saxophone player for Blackshear High School and a state championship basketball finalist after lettering all four years and was voted most outstanding player her junior year, as her BHS team was regional champions in 1960. Glynda sang in the glee club all four years and was in the 4H club. She was voted most attractive in high school, as well as winning Miss Pierce County for her beauty and musical talents. Glynda went on to play basketball for Tift College in Forsyth then moved to Jacksonville, Florida to attend Jones Business College.
While in Jacksonville, Glynda met her first husband, Vernon Brinson, and it is where they started their family. In 1964, soon after the arrival of their second son, Steve, they moved to New Orleans, LA where Vernon began his career as a successful automobile dealer with Key Royal Automotive. Glynda found her greatest sports passion on the tennis courts. Her love for tennis, enhanced her competitive spirit that helped her win many singles and doubles tournaments in New Orleans.
The family ultimately moved back to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL where she continued to advance her tennis game becoming team captain and winning multiple Ponte Vedra Club Championships. Vernon and Glynda built a lovely, ocean front house and she used her exceptional interior decorating talents to create a warm, inviting home. With her sons off at school Glynda channeled her creative energy into opening a small business and storefront on 3rd street in Jacksonville Beach she named Fiddlestix. This new venture took her and her associates to buyers markets both in the U.S. and in Mexico.
Vernon and Glynda amicably agreed to go in different directions and she took to the mountains of Colorado where her oldest son Mike and wife Monica were raising their two daughters. It was here she was to meet her new love Jack Gausnell that would lead to marriage and an adventurous life spent in Europe, Colorado and finally back to the beach at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. She loved her golf and yoga friends, especially their beloved instructor Andre. Her bright spirit, warmth, kindness, big smile and love touched everyone she knew.
Glynda was the beloved daughter of William Teagle and Yvonne James DeLoach. She was predeceased by her parents, her sister Mary Ellen "Dee" Clauss, and her brother, Cleveland Wayne DeLoach.
Glynda is survived by her loving husband of 26 years, Jack Graham Gausnell. She was a devoted mother to her two sons, Michael Deloach Brinson (Monica) and Steve David Brinson (Elizabeth) and step-sons, Eric Gausnell (Kasey) and Ryan Gausnell. She was a cherished grandmother, called GB, to four grandchildren—Blake Thomas Brinson (Katie), Caroline Brinson Brewer (Hayes), Malia Brinson and Marlee Brinson—as well as a great-grandmother to Hayes Davis Brewer Jr. She also leaves behind her two brothers, Evan DeLoach and Wendell Jerome DeLoach (Beverly). In addition to her immediate family, Glynda is survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins who all loved her giving and bright spirit.
Glynda’s family would like to express their immense gratitude to the great people at the Jacksonville Mayo Clinic, especially Dr. Matthew Robertson and her hero, Dr. Gerardo Colon-Otero, for helping to extend her life beyond expectations.
She will be deeply missed and forever loved in the hearts of her family and friends.
A private celebration of life will be held for Glynda.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a contribution to the Mayo Clinic Hope Fund at www.give.mayoclinic.org/campaign/756158/donate.
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