Funeral services for Monroe Brand, 81, of Brashear will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. David Burns and Bryan Hutchinson officiating. Burial will follow in Brashear Cemetery with Orlando Garcia, Jackie Brand, Jimmy Hale, Earl Duvall and Billy Bob Stewart serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be William Garner, Jack Smith, Raburn Smith, Sonny Stewart and J.W. "Bill" Garner. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at the Funeral Home.
Mr. Brand died on Monday, March 17, at his residence.
He was born on Dec. 13, 1921, in Cumby, to Julius Lee and Mary Jane Sanders Brand. He married Gertrude Millsap on May 8, 1942, in Brashear. She survives.
Mr. Brand was a longtime farmer. He was a wood worker with a church furniture maker, Ward Manufacturing of Greenville. He was a member of Brashear Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
Other survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Brett Darrow of Cumby, five brothers, L.J., Jackie, Paul, Richard and Mickey Brand; two half-sisters, Betty Jo Ishmael and Lenny Mae Braden; and two grandchildren, Brandon and Bradley Darrow.
Mr. Brand was preceded in by his parents; three brothers; two half-brothers; four sisters; and two half-sisters.
*Johnny Darrow was a pallbearer. The funeral home forgot to list him.
Funeral services for Monroe Brand, 81, of Brashear will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. David Burns and Bryan Hutchinson officiating. Burial will follow in Brashear Cemetery with Orlando Garcia, Jackie Brand, Jimmy Hale, Earl Duvall and Billy Bob Stewart serving as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be William Garner, Jack Smith, Raburn Smith, Sonny Stewart and J.W. "Bill" Garner. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at the Funeral Home.
Mr. Brand died on Monday, March 17, at his residence.
He was born on Dec. 13, 1921, in Cumby, to Julius Lee and Mary Jane Sanders Brand. He married Gertrude Millsap on May 8, 1942, in Brashear. She survives.
Mr. Brand was a longtime farmer. He was a wood worker with a church furniture maker, Ward Manufacturing of Greenville. He was a member of Brashear Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
Other survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Brett Darrow of Cumby, five brothers, L.J., Jackie, Paul, Richard and Mickey Brand; two half-sisters, Betty Jo Ishmael and Lenny Mae Braden; and two grandchildren, Brandon and Bradley Darrow.
Mr. Brand was preceded in by his parents; three brothers; two half-brothers; four sisters; and two half-sisters.
*Johnny Darrow was a pallbearer. The funeral home forgot to list him.
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