Brandi Nicole Stanley, 26, of Elizabethton, Tennessee passed away Memorial Day evening, May 25, 2015. She had beaten cancer as a child, but it returned. Fast growing, it took her life less than four weeks after first discovered on May 1.
Brandi was a 2007 graduate of Elizabethton High School, and a 2011 graduate of Northeast State with a degree in Medical Office Management and minor emphasis in Criminal Justice. She returned to college in 2012, enrolling in the EMT/Paramedic program.
She worked as a correctional officer for the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and the Carter County Sheriff's Department. She was a licensed security guard, and worked at Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital as uniformed security.
She was a young woman who left smiles in her wake, as one friend said. She had many varied interests. A musician and expert horsewoman, she loved animals, airplanes, bagpipes, Irish drums, motorcycles, trucks, martial arts, growing orchids and target shooting.
Generous, she would share anything she had with the less fortunate. Those who knew her said she 'picked up strays', both two and four-legged. The poor, sick, unfortunate and handicapped had a friend and advocate in Brandi.
True to her Celtic heritage, she loved the music of Scotland and Ireland. In elementary school, she took two years of Highland Dance, performing on stage several times. She wanted to learn to play the bagpipes at a very early age, and took lessons for several years. She also played the Celtic drum, called the Bodhran. Along the way she learned how to play a didgeridoo.
Brandi was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Proud of her Celtic heritage, she was a member of Clan Skene, one of the oldest of the Scottish Highland Clans. She loved aviation. A student pilot who liked aerobatics, she had been a member of the Commemorative Air Force, Johnson City Radio Controllers, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
She is survived by her father, Dr. Charlton Stanley of Elizabethton. Her mother, Letha Ryan Stanley, passed away in 2011, as did her nephew, Reed Longgrear. She had two surviving siblings at the time of her death, Dr. Mark Stanley of Vicksburg Mississippi, and Mary Beth Stanley of Elizabethton. Mary Beth died a year after Brandi. One of her brothers, Timothy Stanley died in 2007. She has one surviving niece, Shelby Longgrear, of Elizabethton. She was devoted to her nephew, Jack Ryan Stanley, son of Dr. Mark and Denise Stanley. Brandi had a large extended family that will miss her very much. Even larger is her circle of friends around the world, scattered from Scotland to Australia.
Brandi emphasized that she did not want a formal funeral. She disliked funerals, having attended too many already. She wanted to be remembered in a happy way, preferring her life be celebrated by a wake, where her friends could remember her in good spirits.
A wake in her memory was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton.
She was interred on the church grounds in a new rose garden dedicated in her name. The special ceremony was presided over by Fr. Tim Holder and the Rt. Rev. Brian Lee Cole, Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee. She was interred in the rose garden, beneath the engraved granite meditation bench bearing her name.
Brandi was a 2007 graduate of Elizabethton High School, and a 2011 graduate of Northeast State with a degree in Medical Office Management and minor emphasis in Criminal Justice. She returned to college in 2012, enrolling in the EMT/Paramedic program.
She worked as a correctional officer for the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and the Carter County Sheriff's Department. She was a licensed security guard, and worked at Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital as uniformed security.
She was a young woman who left smiles in her wake, as one friend said. She had many varied interests. A musician and expert horsewoman, she loved animals, airplanes, bagpipes, Irish drums, motorcycles, trucks, martial arts, growing orchids and target shooting.
Generous, she would share anything she had with the less fortunate. Those who knew her said she 'picked up strays', both two and four-legged. The poor, sick, unfortunate and handicapped had a friend and advocate in Brandi.
True to her Celtic heritage, she loved the music of Scotland and Ireland. In elementary school, she took two years of Highland Dance, performing on stage several times. She wanted to learn to play the bagpipes at a very early age, and took lessons for several years. She also played the Celtic drum, called the Bodhran. Along the way she learned how to play a didgeridoo.
Brandi was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Proud of her Celtic heritage, she was a member of Clan Skene, one of the oldest of the Scottish Highland Clans. She loved aviation. A student pilot who liked aerobatics, she had been a member of the Commemorative Air Force, Johnson City Radio Controllers, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
She is survived by her father, Dr. Charlton Stanley of Elizabethton. Her mother, Letha Ryan Stanley, passed away in 2011, as did her nephew, Reed Longgrear. She had two surviving siblings at the time of her death, Dr. Mark Stanley of Vicksburg Mississippi, and Mary Beth Stanley of Elizabethton. Mary Beth died a year after Brandi. One of her brothers, Timothy Stanley died in 2007. She has one surviving niece, Shelby Longgrear, of Elizabethton. She was devoted to her nephew, Jack Ryan Stanley, son of Dr. Mark and Denise Stanley. Brandi had a large extended family that will miss her very much. Even larger is her circle of friends around the world, scattered from Scotland to Australia.
Brandi emphasized that she did not want a formal funeral. She disliked funerals, having attended too many already. She wanted to be remembered in a happy way, preferring her life be celebrated by a wake, where her friends could remember her in good spirits.
A wake in her memory was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton.
She was interred on the church grounds in a new rose garden dedicated in her name. The special ceremony was presided over by Fr. Tim Holder and the Rt. Rev. Brian Lee Cole, Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee. She was interred in the rose garden, beneath the engraved granite meditation bench bearing her name.
Brandi Nicole Stanley, 26, of Elizabethton, Tennessee passed away Memorial Day evening, May 25, 2015. She had beaten cancer as a child, but it returned. Fast growing, it took her life less than four weeks after first discovered on May 1.
Brandi was a 2007 graduate of Elizabethton High School, and a 2011 graduate of Northeast State with a degree in Medical Office Management and minor emphasis in Criminal Justice. She returned to college in 2012, enrolling in the EMT/Paramedic program.
She worked as a correctional officer for the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and the Carter County Sheriff's Department. She was a licensed security guard, and worked at Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital as uniformed security.
She was a young woman who left smiles in her wake, as one friend said. She had many varied interests. A musician and expert horsewoman, she loved animals, airplanes, bagpipes, Irish drums, motorcycles, trucks, martial arts, growing orchids and target shooting.
Generous, she would share anything she had with the less fortunate. Those who knew her said she 'picked up strays', both two and four-legged. The poor, sick, unfortunate and handicapped had a friend and advocate in Brandi.
True to her Celtic heritage, she loved the music of Scotland and Ireland. In elementary school, she took two years of Highland Dance, performing on stage several times. She wanted to learn to play the bagpipes at a very early age, and took lessons for several years. She also played the Celtic drum, called the Bodhran. Along the way she learned how to play a didgeridoo.
Brandi was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Proud of her Celtic heritage, she was a member of Clan Skene, one of the oldest of the Scottish Highland Clans. She loved aviation. A student pilot who liked aerobatics, she had been a member of the Commemorative Air Force, Johnson City Radio Controllers, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
She is survived by her father, Dr. Charlton Stanley of Elizabethton. Her mother, Letha Ryan Stanley, passed away in 2011, as did her nephew, Reed Longgrear. She had two surviving siblings at the time of her death, Dr. Mark Stanley of Vicksburg Mississippi, and Mary Beth Stanley of Elizabethton. Mary Beth died a year after Brandi. One of her brothers, Timothy Stanley died in 2007. She has one surviving niece, Shelby Longgrear, of Elizabethton. She was devoted to her nephew, Jack Ryan Stanley, son of Dr. Mark and Denise Stanley. Brandi had a large extended family that will miss her very much. Even larger is her circle of friends around the world, scattered from Scotland to Australia.
Brandi emphasized that she did not want a formal funeral. She disliked funerals, having attended too many already. She wanted to be remembered in a happy way, preferring her life be celebrated by a wake, where her friends could remember her in good spirits.
A wake in her memory was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton.
She was interred on the church grounds in a new rose garden dedicated in her name. The special ceremony was presided over by Fr. Tim Holder and the Rt. Rev. Brian Lee Cole, Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee. She was interred in the rose garden, beneath the engraved granite meditation bench bearing her name.
Brandi was a 2007 graduate of Elizabethton High School, and a 2011 graduate of Northeast State with a degree in Medical Office Management and minor emphasis in Criminal Justice. She returned to college in 2012, enrolling in the EMT/Paramedic program.
She worked as a correctional officer for the Johnson County Sheriff's Department and the Carter County Sheriff's Department. She was a licensed security guard, and worked at Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital as uniformed security.
She was a young woman who left smiles in her wake, as one friend said. She had many varied interests. A musician and expert horsewoman, she loved animals, airplanes, bagpipes, Irish drums, motorcycles, trucks, martial arts, growing orchids and target shooting.
Generous, she would share anything she had with the less fortunate. Those who knew her said she 'picked up strays', both two and four-legged. The poor, sick, unfortunate and handicapped had a friend and advocate in Brandi.
True to her Celtic heritage, she loved the music of Scotland and Ireland. In elementary school, she took two years of Highland Dance, performing on stage several times. She wanted to learn to play the bagpipes at a very early age, and took lessons for several years. She also played the Celtic drum, called the Bodhran. Along the way she learned how to play a didgeridoo.
Brandi was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Proud of her Celtic heritage, she was a member of Clan Skene, one of the oldest of the Scottish Highland Clans. She loved aviation. A student pilot who liked aerobatics, she had been a member of the Commemorative Air Force, Johnson City Radio Controllers, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
She is survived by her father, Dr. Charlton Stanley of Elizabethton. Her mother, Letha Ryan Stanley, passed away in 2011, as did her nephew, Reed Longgrear. She had two surviving siblings at the time of her death, Dr. Mark Stanley of Vicksburg Mississippi, and Mary Beth Stanley of Elizabethton. Mary Beth died a year after Brandi. One of her brothers, Timothy Stanley died in 2007. She has one surviving niece, Shelby Longgrear, of Elizabethton. She was devoted to her nephew, Jack Ryan Stanley, son of Dr. Mark and Denise Stanley. Brandi had a large extended family that will miss her very much. Even larger is her circle of friends around the world, scattered from Scotland to Australia.
Brandi emphasized that she did not want a formal funeral. She disliked funerals, having attended too many already. She wanted to be remembered in a happy way, preferring her life be celebrated by a wake, where her friends could remember her in good spirits.
A wake in her memory was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Elizabethton.
She was interred on the church grounds in a new rose garden dedicated in her name. The special ceremony was presided over by Fr. Tim Holder and the Rt. Rev. Brian Lee Cole, Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee. She was interred in the rose garden, beneath the engraved granite meditation bench bearing her name.
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Meditation garden, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 815 East 2nd Street, Elizabethton TN.
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