Earnestine "Candydoll" Grant Bartley

On February 27, 2025, Earnestine “Candydoll” Grant Bartley, a devoted mother and woman of faith, passed away peacefully in the embrace of her heavenly father. Throughout her life, she dedicated herself to nurturing her siblings and serving as a pillar of strength in her community. She was a member and prominent figure in the Forerunners Hub in Hinesville, Georgia, under the guidance of Apostle Dr. Carlos Wright Jr. and Bishop Bernard Bennett, she embodied the spirit of a true soldier in God’s army. She was preceded in death by her parents, Betty Joe & Harvey Grant; four sisters, Patricia Ann Grant, Shirley Ann Grant, Betty Ann Grant & Angeline Summersett; three brothers, Ricky Grant, Calvin Walker and Dennis Williams. 

She leaves to cherish her husband, Eric Bartley of Savannah Georgia; her loving children, Erica Grant of Glennville, Ga, Tanashia Coltrane of South Carolina, Israel Coltrane, Cirreyiah Coltrane, Mar’kayla Bartley, and Sadiren Grant all of Glennville, GA; two kids in which she mothered, Tony Haynes of Vidalia, GA & Cory Curcio of Augusta, GA; one sister Deborah (Normon) Tootle of Glennville, GA; four Brothers, Wayne Grant, Homer Grant, Harvey Grant, Herbert Grant all of Glennville, GA; five step-sisters and two-step brothers; grandchildren, Karter & Kior Coltrane, Kashtan Ealy of Glennville, GA, Kaleb & Kylie Birch, Cassidy Hosey all of South Carolina, Za’Marion, A’Zavior, Zamond, Zayla , Zalair Grant of Glennville GA. Aunts, Emma Jean Lewis, Ruby (Pete) Johnson, Dorothy Grant of Glennville, Ga; Uncles Hilton(Catherine) Grant, Jack “Boonie” (Raycine) Grant, Ervin (Norma) Walker all of Glennville, GA; Special friends, Angie Boston of Atlanta, GA, & Cathay Caswell of Glennville GA; special nephew Harvey Nukk of Dallas, TX.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00pm on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at the First United Pentecostal Church, 750 W. Barnard St. Glennville, GA. Interment will follow at Glennville Memorial Gardens.

Glennville Funeral Home has the honor to serve the Bartley family.