The Transylvania Times -

Richard Merritt Britt, 82, currently of Clarkesville, Ga., passed away peacefully at Mountain View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Clayton, Ga., Aug. 19, 2019, from complications of long-term dementia.

Born Oct. 4, 1936, in Jacksonville, Fla., he spent most of his early years in Winter Park, Fla., the perfect setting for this person of enormous personal charm, good humor and sports, and creative talent. Some of his fondest memories were times spent with his father at his father’s hunting camp, and with the whole family at the “camp” on Lake Butler in Winter Garden.

An avid sw...