Nashville Banner Wednesday Afternoon, July 20, 1932 p1 col 3; p2 col 4
Robert Brannan Dies Unexpectedly
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Widely Known Automobile Dealer and Civic Leader Succumbs Early Wednesday
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Robert Bugg (Bob) Brannan, president of the Brannan Huggins Motor Company and one of the most widely known and popular business men of Nashville, died unexpectedly this morning at 1:30 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Although he had complained of not feeling well for several days, Mr. Brannan had gone to his office as usual Tuesday. That evening he was in an especially cheerful mood and talked to members of his family until after 10 o'clock, when he became ill.
Mr. Brannan had been a resident of Nashville for the past twenty-one years, during which he had gathered perhaps as many friends as any man in the city. He was a tireless worker for the common good of his business and for public welfare.
A native of Buford Station, Giles County, he was born October 13, 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brannan. He was educated at Pulaski, Webb School at Bell Buckle, and the University of Tennessee.
He was married to Miss Nettie Tate of Lynnville January 24, 1899. They made their home at Pulaski, where Mr. Brannan was engaged in the hardware business.
He traveled throughout Middle Tennessee as representative of the Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company fror a number of years until he and Mrs. Brannan moved to Nashville in 1911, when he organized the Hermitage Hardware Company, which he operated until 1925. Previously he had opened the first Federal truck agency here.
He then formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company, but a short while later organized the Bob Brannan Motor Company, using the name by which he was familiarly known throughout Middle Tennessee. Sometime later the firm became the Brannan Huggins Motor Company.
DIRECTED AUTO SHOW
Mr. Brannan was very active in the Nashville Automobile Dealers' Association and, as president of that body, directed the last automotive show here. He also acted in a supervisory capacity in connection with the recent giant General Motors exhibit here. His loss will be sincerely mourned on automobile row.
He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1916 and had been a member of the board of directors for several years. An active member of the Nashville Rotary Club, he had also headed that organization as its president, and several years ago represented the Nashville club at the Rotary International convention at San Francisco. He had been a leader in the Community Chest movement and other charities here. He was an active member in the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife and one son, Henry Miller Brannan of Nashville. His mother, Mrs. H. M. Brannan; two sisters, Miss Pattie and Miss Annie Brannan, and one brother, Henry Brannan, Survive at Morrelton, Ark. Another sister, Miss Lizzie Mae Brannan of Tulsa, Okla. and a brotehr, George Brannan of Little Rock, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home, 2007 Terrace Place. Dr. Thomas C. Barr will officiate. Following the services the body will be conveyed to Lynnville for burial at 3:30 o'clock.
Oallbearers will be Laird Smith and Dr. Justin Towner, and the following nephews: Clarence Brown Tate, Edward Jarmen Tate, Tate Huggins, and Ellis Huggins.
The Nashville Tennessean Thursday, July 21, 1932 p4 col 2
Robert B. Brannan.
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Robert Bugg Brannan, whose death occurred unexpectedly at his home here Wednesday morning, had been outstandingly successful first as a hardware man and later in the automobile business.
He was an active churchman and a leader in civic and business circles here.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Brannan came to Nashville as an experienced hardware man in 1910 and organized the Hermitage Hardware Company and was its president until its disolution in 1925. In 1915 the automobile industry was expanding rapidly. Mr. Brannan was one of those who realized the importance in our lives which the automobile was destined to assume and he became an agent for Federal trucks, operating an agency in connection with his hardware business. When his haredware company discontinued business Mr. Brannan formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company and shortly afterward organized the Brannan-Huggins Motor Company and became its president.
He was widely popular, being lovingly known to thousands of Middle Tessesseans as "Bob" Brannan. He was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce and at the time of his death he was president of the Nashville Auto Dealers' Association.
Robert Brannan Dies Unexpectedly
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Widely Known Automobile Dealer and Civic Leader Succumbs Early Wednesday
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Robert Bugg (Bob) Brannan, president of the Brannan Huggins Motor Company and one of the most widely known and popular business men of Nashville, died unexpectedly this morning at 1:30 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Although he had complained of not feeling well for several days, Mr. Brannan had gone to his office as usual Tuesday. That evening he was in an especially cheerful mood and talked to members of his family until after 10 o'clock, when he became ill.
Mr. Brannan had been a resident of Nashville for the past twenty-one years, during which he had gathered perhaps as many friends as any man in the city. He was a tireless worker for the common good of his business and for public welfare.
A native of Buford Station, Giles County, he was born October 13, 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brannan. He was educated at Pulaski, Webb School at Bell Buckle, and the University of Tennessee.
He was married to Miss Nettie Tate of Lynnville January 24, 1899. They made their home at Pulaski, where Mr. Brannan was engaged in the hardware business.
He traveled throughout Middle Tennessee as representative of the Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company fror a number of years until he and Mrs. Brannan moved to Nashville in 1911, when he organized the Hermitage Hardware Company, which he operated until 1925. Previously he had opened the first Federal truck agency here.
He then formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company, but a short while later organized the Bob Brannan Motor Company, using the name by which he was familiarly known throughout Middle Tennessee. Sometime later the firm became the Brannan Huggins Motor Company.
DIRECTED AUTO SHOW
Mr. Brannan was very active in the Nashville Automobile Dealers' Association and, as president of that body, directed the last automotive show here. He also acted in a supervisory capacity in connection with the recent giant General Motors exhibit here. His loss will be sincerely mourned on automobile row.
He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1916 and had been a member of the board of directors for several years. An active member of the Nashville Rotary Club, he had also headed that organization as its president, and several years ago represented the Nashville club at the Rotary International convention at San Francisco. He had been a leader in the Community Chest movement and other charities here. He was an active member in the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife and one son, Henry Miller Brannan of Nashville. His mother, Mrs. H. M. Brannan; two sisters, Miss Pattie and Miss Annie Brannan, and one brother, Henry Brannan, Survive at Morrelton, Ark. Another sister, Miss Lizzie Mae Brannan of Tulsa, Okla. and a brotehr, George Brannan of Little Rock, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home, 2007 Terrace Place. Dr. Thomas C. Barr will officiate. Following the services the body will be conveyed to Lynnville for burial at 3:30 o'clock.
Oallbearers will be Laird Smith and Dr. Justin Towner, and the following nephews: Clarence Brown Tate, Edward Jarmen Tate, Tate Huggins, and Ellis Huggins.
The Nashville Tennessean Thursday, July 21, 1932 p4 col 2
Robert B. Brannan.
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Robert Bugg Brannan, whose death occurred unexpectedly at his home here Wednesday morning, had been outstandingly successful first as a hardware man and later in the automobile business.
He was an active churchman and a leader in civic and business circles here.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Brannan came to Nashville as an experienced hardware man in 1910 and organized the Hermitage Hardware Company and was its president until its disolution in 1925. In 1915 the automobile industry was expanding rapidly. Mr. Brannan was one of those who realized the importance in our lives which the automobile was destined to assume and he became an agent for Federal trucks, operating an agency in connection with his hardware business. When his haredware company discontinued business Mr. Brannan formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company and shortly afterward organized the Brannan-Huggins Motor Company and became its president.
He was widely popular, being lovingly known to thousands of Middle Tessesseans as "Bob" Brannan. He was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce and at the time of his death he was president of the Nashville Auto Dealers' Association.
Nashville Banner Wednesday Afternoon, July 20, 1932 p1 col 3; p2 col 4
Robert Brannan Dies Unexpectedly
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Widely Known Automobile Dealer and Civic Leader Succumbs Early Wednesday
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Robert Bugg (Bob) Brannan, president of the Brannan Huggins Motor Company and one of the most widely known and popular business men of Nashville, died unexpectedly this morning at 1:30 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Although he had complained of not feeling well for several days, Mr. Brannan had gone to his office as usual Tuesday. That evening he was in an especially cheerful mood and talked to members of his family until after 10 o'clock, when he became ill.
Mr. Brannan had been a resident of Nashville for the past twenty-one years, during which he had gathered perhaps as many friends as any man in the city. He was a tireless worker for the common good of his business and for public welfare.
A native of Buford Station, Giles County, he was born October 13, 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brannan. He was educated at Pulaski, Webb School at Bell Buckle, and the University of Tennessee.
He was married to Miss Nettie Tate of Lynnville January 24, 1899. They made their home at Pulaski, where Mr. Brannan was engaged in the hardware business.
He traveled throughout Middle Tennessee as representative of the Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company fror a number of years until he and Mrs. Brannan moved to Nashville in 1911, when he organized the Hermitage Hardware Company, which he operated until 1925. Previously he had opened the first Federal truck agency here.
He then formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company, but a short while later organized the Bob Brannan Motor Company, using the name by which he was familiarly known throughout Middle Tennessee. Sometime later the firm became the Brannan Huggins Motor Company.
DIRECTED AUTO SHOW
Mr. Brannan was very active in the Nashville Automobile Dealers' Association and, as president of that body, directed the last automotive show here. He also acted in a supervisory capacity in connection with the recent giant General Motors exhibit here. His loss will be sincerely mourned on automobile row.
He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1916 and had been a member of the board of directors for several years. An active member of the Nashville Rotary Club, he had also headed that organization as its president, and several years ago represented the Nashville club at the Rotary International convention at San Francisco. He had been a leader in the Community Chest movement and other charities here. He was an active member in the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife and one son, Henry Miller Brannan of Nashville. His mother, Mrs. H. M. Brannan; two sisters, Miss Pattie and Miss Annie Brannan, and one brother, Henry Brannan, Survive at Morrelton, Ark. Another sister, Miss Lizzie Mae Brannan of Tulsa, Okla. and a brotehr, George Brannan of Little Rock, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home, 2007 Terrace Place. Dr. Thomas C. Barr will officiate. Following the services the body will be conveyed to Lynnville for burial at 3:30 o'clock.
Oallbearers will be Laird Smith and Dr. Justin Towner, and the following nephews: Clarence Brown Tate, Edward Jarmen Tate, Tate Huggins, and Ellis Huggins.
The Nashville Tennessean Thursday, July 21, 1932 p4 col 2
Robert B. Brannan.
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Robert Bugg Brannan, whose death occurred unexpectedly at his home here Wednesday morning, had been outstandingly successful first as a hardware man and later in the automobile business.
He was an active churchman and a leader in civic and business circles here.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Brannan came to Nashville as an experienced hardware man in 1910 and organized the Hermitage Hardware Company and was its president until its disolution in 1925. In 1915 the automobile industry was expanding rapidly. Mr. Brannan was one of those who realized the importance in our lives which the automobile was destined to assume and he became an agent for Federal trucks, operating an agency in connection with his hardware business. When his haredware company discontinued business Mr. Brannan formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company and shortly afterward organized the Brannan-Huggins Motor Company and became its president.
He was widely popular, being lovingly known to thousands of Middle Tessesseans as "Bob" Brannan. He was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce and at the time of his death he was president of the Nashville Auto Dealers' Association.
Robert Brannan Dies Unexpectedly
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Widely Known Automobile Dealer and Civic Leader Succumbs Early Wednesday
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Robert Bugg (Bob) Brannan, president of the Brannan Huggins Motor Company and one of the most widely known and popular business men of Nashville, died unexpectedly this morning at 1:30 o'clock following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Although he had complained of not feeling well for several days, Mr. Brannan had gone to his office as usual Tuesday. That evening he was in an especially cheerful mood and talked to members of his family until after 10 o'clock, when he became ill.
Mr. Brannan had been a resident of Nashville for the past twenty-one years, during which he had gathered perhaps as many friends as any man in the city. He was a tireless worker for the common good of his business and for public welfare.
A native of Buford Station, Giles County, he was born October 13, 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brannan. He was educated at Pulaski, Webb School at Bell Buckle, and the University of Tennessee.
He was married to Miss Nettie Tate of Lynnville January 24, 1899. They made their home at Pulaski, where Mr. Brannan was engaged in the hardware business.
He traveled throughout Middle Tennessee as representative of the Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company fror a number of years until he and Mrs. Brannan moved to Nashville in 1911, when he organized the Hermitage Hardware Company, which he operated until 1925. Previously he had opened the first Federal truck agency here.
He then formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company, but a short while later organized the Bob Brannan Motor Company, using the name by which he was familiarly known throughout Middle Tennessee. Sometime later the firm became the Brannan Huggins Motor Company.
DIRECTED AUTO SHOW
Mr. Brannan was very active in the Nashville Automobile Dealers' Association and, as president of that body, directed the last automotive show here. He also acted in a supervisory capacity in connection with the recent giant General Motors exhibit here. His loss will be sincerely mourned on automobile row.
He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1916 and had been a member of the board of directors for several years. An active member of the Nashville Rotary Club, he had also headed that organization as its president, and several years ago represented the Nashville club at the Rotary International convention at San Francisco. He had been a leader in the Community Chest movement and other charities here. He was an active member in the First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his wife and one son, Henry Miller Brannan of Nashville. His mother, Mrs. H. M. Brannan; two sisters, Miss Pattie and Miss Annie Brannan, and one brother, Henry Brannan, Survive at Morrelton, Ark. Another sister, Miss Lizzie Mae Brannan of Tulsa, Okla. and a brotehr, George Brannan of Little Rock, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home, 2007 Terrace Place. Dr. Thomas C. Barr will officiate. Following the services the body will be conveyed to Lynnville for burial at 3:30 o'clock.
Oallbearers will be Laird Smith and Dr. Justin Towner, and the following nephews: Clarence Brown Tate, Edward Jarmen Tate, Tate Huggins, and Ellis Huggins.
The Nashville Tennessean Thursday, July 21, 1932 p4 col 2
Robert B. Brannan.
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Robert Bugg Brannan, whose death occurred unexpectedly at his home here Wednesday morning, had been outstandingly successful first as a hardware man and later in the automobile business.
He was an active churchman and a leader in civic and business circles here.
A native of Giles County, Mr. Brannan came to Nashville as an experienced hardware man in 1910 and organized the Hermitage Hardware Company and was its president until its disolution in 1925. In 1915 the automobile industry was expanding rapidly. Mr. Brannan was one of those who realized the importance in our lives which the automobile was destined to assume and he became an agent for Federal trucks, operating an agency in connection with his hardware business. When his haredware company discontinued business Mr. Brannan formed a connection with the Stockell Motor Company and shortly afterward organized the Brannan-Huggins Motor Company and became its president.
He was widely popular, being lovingly known to thousands of Middle Tessesseans as "Bob" Brannan. He was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce and at the time of his death he was president of the Nashville Auto Dealers' Association.
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