Cormac Murray McGarvey

Cormac McGarvey

Cormac Murray McGarvey, 83, passed away on July 16, 2025, after a long illness. Cormac was born in Savannah on Aug. 20, 1941, son of Cormac McGarvey Sr. and Ethel Richardson McGarvey. He graduated from Glynn Academy in 1959 and the University of Georgia in 1965, where was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He served in the National Guard following college and after several years in Atlanta, he returned to live on St. Simons, where he developed real estate in Brunswick and Fernandina Beach.

Cormac was a lovable character renowned for his sense of humor and storytelling ability. He had many friends throughout Georgia and beyond.

He is survived by his precious twin grandbabies, Griffin and Adalena McGarvey; former wife, Kathryn McGarvey; sisters, Kathleen Corbitt of St. Simons, her children, Madeline Briers of St. Simons and Matthew Corbitt of Charleston, South Carolina, Carlotta Jernigan and her children, Michael, Carlotta Cannon, Tessa Powell and their children, all of Jacksonville, Florida, and Cecilia McGarvey of Savannah. His sister, Guignard; and both of his beloved sons, Kevin and Murray McGarvey predeceased him. Kevin's recent death in January and the death of Genie, his former wife, last July left him profoundly depressed. He yearned to be reunited with all those he lost and is at last with them now in God's glorious hands.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, July 25, 2025, at St. William Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery, with Howard Browning, Matthew Corbitt, Zachary Briers, Sam White, John Stubbs and Stewart Pittman serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Carroll Minnick, Johnny Cason, Raymond West, John Tuten, Joey Cruez and Richard Armstrong.

Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, www.edomillerandsons.com, is entrusted with the arrangements.

Family-placed obituary

The Brunswick News, July 22, 2025