James A.J. Brunt was a well-known banker and financier in Anderson, Indiana. He also was a philanthropist who donated $125,000 towards building the Anderson YMCA shortly before he died. (The portrait to the right is hanging in their lobby.) He never married and was known to the townspeople as "Uncle Jack".
James A.J. Brunt was a well-known banker and financier in Anderson, Indiana. He also was a philanthropist who donated $125,000 towards building the Anderson YMCA shortly before he died. (The portrait to the right is hanging in their lobby.) He never married and was known to the townspeople as "Uncle Jack".
Inscription
Words above the mausoleum: "Until the day break and the shadows flee away."
According to his obituary, these words were written by James A.J. Brunt a few days before his death and were to be inscribed in the granite as well: "I have made a good fight: I have kept the faith: my work is done: my trust is in God."
Gravesite Details
(His marble and quartz mausoleum with bronze doors, cost $15,000 at the time.)
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