Our Staff

Jeff Brant is the co-owner of the BRANT FUNERAL SERVICE IN SCIOTOVILLE.  After graduating from East High School and Rio Grande College, he became a teacher at Clay High School.  Following that tenure, he became a United State Air Force veteran of the Viet Nam War, leaving the service as a 1st Lieutenant.  Because of Jeff’s G.I. benefit, he went on to graduate from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.  He has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer for 50  years.  Jeff, and his wife, Barb, have a daughter and son-in-law, Kristi and Darrell Murphy and a grandson and granddaughter, Kole and Abby Murphy.

Barbara Brant is the co-owner of the BRANT FUNERAL SERVICE IN SCIOTOVILLE.  She graduated from East High School, and later earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Ohio University and an M.A. in Multiple Intelligences from the University of Rio Grande.  A retired teacher from Portsmouth City Schools, she had 30 years of service and is non-licensed. 

Todd Preston is a graduate of Wheelersburg High School, attended Marshall University, and has a Bachelor’s degree from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. Todd has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer for 30 years and is married to Jill Williams Preston. She is a graduate of Wheelersburg High School, Morehead State University, and the University of Phoenix. Jill is employed at Southern Ohio Medical Center, where she is the Manager of Workforce Development and Community Health and Wellness. They have one son, Tanner, who is employed as a Medical Staff Services Departmental assistant at Southern Ohio Medical Center and a miniature schnauzer, Griffin.

Georgianna is a native of Scioto County, a graduate of Clay High School and Grant Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus.

She retired in 2019 after 58 years in nursing, having worked Medical Surgical patient care, Pediatrics, Public Health/School Nurse and Nursing Rehabilitation.

Georgianna attends the Cedar Street Church of Christ in Christian Union in New Boston and her hobbies are reading and crafts.  She has one son, Bill Mershon. 

She joined the Brant Funeral Service staff in July 2022.