03/31/2026
🕊️ Celebrating the Life of William Henry Friend
As we gather to honor and celebrate the life of William Henry Friend, we honor an unsung hero who improved the quality of life in Brunswick, Georgia. He helped to maintain property value, and balanced firmness with fairness. He was a liaison between the city of Brunswick and residents, often managing difficult situations with fairness.
Although he was required to enforced the rules, he often acted with compassion toward the residents of this city. We thank him for his commitment to making our city a better place to live and for his years of dedicated service and professional integrity. He was a true professional who worked hard to uphold the standards of our community.
While we realize that his physical presence is gone, but his spirit and the love he shared for teaching others about history especially Black history will continue to illuminate in the lives he touched. Please keep his family members in prayer because life will never be the same without the patriarch of the Friend family. We know that his memory will live on in the hearts of those loved ones and friends that he leaves behind.