Matthew Glenn Brinkley

Matthew Glenn Brinkley Matthew Glenn Brinkley, 37, who was employed by the Florida Public Service Commission, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, in a bicycling accident near Blairsville, Ga. The service will be at 10 a.m. EDT Friday at First Baptist Church in Tallahassee, with burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. EDT today at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Riggins Road Chapel (850-877- 8191). In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a church or favorite charity. He was a 1985 graduate of Lincoln High School, where he played trumpet in the band. He also was a graduate of Florida State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in accounting and a Master of Business Administration. He received his Certified Public Accountants designation immediately after. While at FSU he was a member of the Marching Chiefs and the Flying High Circus. For many years, he was a member of the orchestra at First Baptist Church. He played trumpet with various community and church bands, including the Riverboat Ramblers Dixieland Band. Until his death he was a member of the Tallahassee Swing Band. He was an avid bicyclist, having attended a recent Tour-de-France race, and last year, the tour-de-Georgia, which he planned to attend this year. Survivors include his father, Carl DeVon Brinkley of Tallahassee; a sister, Carol Brinkley of Jacksonville; a brother, Mark Brinkley of Chicago; an aunt, Margaret Johnson of Thomaston, Ga.; and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Martin Brinkley.