Gerald Bruce Woolsey

Mr. Gerald Bruce Woolsey, age 85, of Brooks, passed away on December 16, 2022. Mr. Woolsey was born on August 16, 1937 in Brooks, Fayette County, Georgia. The first child of Charles Russell and Helen Clive Hardy Woolsey. Mr. Woolsey valued education and was a life-time learner. He graduated from Fayette County High School (Class of 1955) and went on to earn a PhD in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina. He worked for DuPont for most of his career, moving around the US with his job, and retiring from the Savannah River Nuclear Site. Upon retirement, he moved back to Brooks. Mr. Woolsey loved his family, Georgia and the town of Brooks. He enjoyed meeting with his friends from Fayette County HS to share breakfast and to talk. His interests included genealogy, painting, reading, acquiring books by Southern authors, raising pine trees, analyzing stock market trends, history and stamp-collecting. He was affiliated with the Brooks Methodist Church since childhood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Marcus Lee Woolsey. Survivors include his children and their spouses, Reagan and Allen Moscon, Gail and Harry Lockman, and Michael and Carol Woolsey; grandchildren, Bryant Moscon (Gretchen), Lauren Hawes (Luke), Erica Olsen (Russ), Kevin Moscon (Lauryn), Kara Vaterlaus (Max), Steven Moscon (Tia), Shannon Moscon, and William Lockman; and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services for Mr. Gerald Woolsey will be held on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at 11:00 am at the Brooks Chapel (the former Brooks Methodist Church). Burial will follow in Brooks Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 10:30 to 11 am at the Brooks Chapel. Haisten McCullough Funeral Home, 1155 Everee Inn Road, Griffin, Ga. 30224 is in charge of all arrangements.