J.D. (Tige) Brantley, 66, of 2282 Knott St., a railroad conductor, was killed yesterday in a five car derailment of a Central of Georgia freight train between Macon and Athens.

L.W. Parks, also of Macon, was injured in the accident which occurred at Minneta, three miles south of Monticello in Jasper County. The five cars were hauling pulpwood and were part of a train en route from Macon to Athens. Railroad officials were investigating to determine cause of the derailment.

Brantley was listed dead on arrival at the Jasper County Memorial Hospital. Parks was taken to the medical facility for treatment.

Funeral services for Mr. Brantley will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary, with the Rev. Smith Haley and the Rev. Earl Duke officiating. Burial will be in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Brantley was born in Washington County, the son of Joseph Daniel Brantley and Mrs. Beulah Haddock Brantley, and had lived in Macon most of his life. He had been associated with the Central of Georgia for 42 years and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. He was a member of the Second Street Methodist Church and had planned to retire at the end of this year.

Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Eva Mae Harper of Macon; four daughters, Mrs. Doyle G. Inman of Warner Robins, Mrs. John B. Campbell of Albany, Mrs. Edwin M. Johnson and Mrs. Terry Carswell, both of Macon; three sons, J.E. Brantley of Smyrna, J.D. Brantley, Jr. of Macon and Marshall Weir Brantley of the U.S. Navy; 14 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Sophronia Hartley of Atlanta and Mrs. Luther Bonner of Haddock; two brothers, Beverley Brantley of Valdosta and T.C. Brantley of Milledgeville; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Campbell, Jackie Johnson, Mike Tucker, Joe Tucker, William A. Stokes and Edward W. Stokes, Jr. Railway trainmen and conductors, and engineers will constitute an honorary escort.