A native of Lockhart, he was retired from the U.S. Army after 23 years, having served in Vietnam. A former employee of the Hardin Memorial Hospital, he was a member of the South Fork Baptist Church near Hodgenville, the DAV Chapter 3 in Elizabethtown, where he had served as Chaplain and was currently serving as Commander. A member of the VFW in Radcliff, the Department of Kentucky DAV, the AUSA American Veterans and was a Kentucky Colonel and a Freemason.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Becky Barnes; his parents, Grady Sr. and Nellie Rochester Brannon; three sisters, Sarah Gregory, Mary Cox and Peggy Walker and two brothers, Walter Brannon and Barney "Sonny" Brannon.
Surviving in addition to his wife are four daughters, Machelle McDowell of Magnolia, Ky., Lavonna Shive of Elizabethtown, Angela Key and Penny Brannon, both of Killeen, Texas; three sons, Walter Brannon of Cooperai Cave, Texas, Jeffrey Brannon of Weatherford, Texas and Todd Akin of Bardstown; five sisters, Carolyn Rash and Tincy Inman, both of Lockhart, Nancy Hope and Guynita Brannon, both of Union and Brenda Petty of Leesville, La.; two brothers, Clifton Brannon and Grady Brannon Jr. , both of Lockhart and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at the South Fork Baptist Church with the Rev. Norm Brock officiating. Burial will follow in the South Fork Church Cemetery.
Visitation will begin after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home in Hodgenville, Ky.
Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A native of Lockhart, he was retired from the U.S. Army after 23 years, having served in Vietnam. A former employee of the Hardin Memorial Hospital, he was a member of the South Fork Baptist Church near Hodgenville, the DAV Chapter 3 in Elizabethtown, where he had served as Chaplain and was currently serving as Commander. A member of the VFW in Radcliff, the Department of Kentucky DAV, the AUSA American Veterans and was a Kentucky Colonel and a Freemason.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Becky Barnes; his parents, Grady Sr. and Nellie Rochester Brannon; three sisters, Sarah Gregory, Mary Cox and Peggy Walker and two brothers, Walter Brannon and Barney "Sonny" Brannon.
Surviving in addition to his wife are four daughters, Machelle McDowell of Magnolia, Ky., Lavonna Shive of Elizabethtown, Angela Key and Penny Brannon, both of Killeen, Texas; three sons, Walter Brannon of Cooperai Cave, Texas, Jeffrey Brannon of Weatherford, Texas and Todd Akin of Bardstown; five sisters, Carolyn Rash and Tincy Inman, both of Lockhart, Nancy Hope and Guynita Brannon, both of Union and Brenda Petty of Leesville, La.; two brothers, Clifton Brannon and Grady Brannon Jr. , both of Lockhart and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at the South Fork Baptist Church with the Rev. Norm Brock officiating. Burial will follow in the South Fork Church Cemetery.
Visitation will begin after 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home in Hodgenville, Ky.
Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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