Bernice Echols Grant

Bernice Echols Grant came to Brunswick as Glynn County’s Extension Agent in 1927 and was instrumental in reorganizing the county’s garden club program while providing design guidance for the landscape of the Historic Glynn County Courthouse. During World War II, she taught families how to provide for their own needs while raising food for the war effort, and through the County Extension’s 4-H program and numerous home economics clubs, she helped young people expand their horizons and prepare for their futures. After her retirement from the Extension Service in 1960, a Southern Magnolia was planted in Machen Square in her honor. She continued serving her community as an advocate of education and conservation throughout the rest of her 99 years. As chairman of the Brunswick Park and Tree Commission from 1943 to 1966, and as a charter member of the Marshes of Glynn Association and a member of the Georgia Nature Conservancy, she worked tirelessly to save Brunswick’s treasured green spaces and helped prevent environmentally irresponsible development from destroying the area’s natural beauty.

Brunswick, Georgia · United States