JAMES BRANTLEY
Member for
6 years · 2 months · 17 days
Find a Grave ID
48777769
Email
[email protected]
James Morris Brantley (USAF Retired Master Sergeant) passed away at age 77 on the evening of November 19, 2020 at Soin Medical Hospital in Green County, Ohio. James was born September 11, 1943 in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky to Morris Alonzo and Pearl Ritchie Brantley. He was preceded in death by two sons, Charles Thomas Brantley and Richard Erwin Brantley and his daughter-in-law, Melissa Michelle Williams (Richard) Brantley. He is survived by his wife, a son, his sister and five grandchildren. He served in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. His first assigned duty station was Clark Air Force Base Angeles City, Philippines where he met a young Filipino woman working in a grocery store. She would turn out to be the love of his life. For the first half of his military career, he spent ten years in the Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos campaign. He was a crew chief on a C-130 Gunship/Transport plane transporting supplies to troops, picking up the dead and wounded, and covering ground fire. While serving in the Asian Theater, he survived several fiery plane crashes. On one of the plane crashes that he and his crew walked away from, they were picked up by an Army transport unit and they were ambushed by enemy fire, killing his commander and wounding Jim. His C130 and two other planes were in an air battle in which the two other planes were shot down. His plane was the only one to survive. In later years, he was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado for Avionic Training, then Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio where he was an Avionics Engineer. He commented in a message to his sister "I was in the Avionics Laboratory and called myself Chief Scientist for the Suspended Aerosol measurement. It was sort of a tongue in cheek, unofficial title that I used, but described what I did." In the last four years of his military career, he was assigned to Arnold Air Force Base Tullahoma, Tennessee. After he retired, he moved his family back to Ohio. He received a number of distinguished medals. Some of them were The Silver Star, Purple Heart and Vietnam Gallantry Cross. After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked as a Quality Control Contract Engineer for Pratt & Whitney and Meyer Tool. He really enjoyed that job but he had to drive from Dayton to Erlanger, Kentucky every day. He always had something funny to say, whether it was his puns, sarcastic comments or jokes. He was always fun to be around! Jim was an outstanding dedicated Airman to the Air Force, wonderful husband to his wife, and loving father to three boys. He was greatly loved by his sister! He will be greatly missed!
Belton Stroup Funeral Home 422 E Dayton Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn, OH 45324
(937) 879 0800
Card message: For my dear brother from all of your family in Kentucky! We love you so much! It's so hard to lose you!!! We know you've gone to heaven. You were a great guy and loved by so many! Greatly missed!
Visitation Saturday, November 28, 2020, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324
Funeral Service Saturday, November 28, 2020, 2:00 PM, Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324 Burial in Byron Cemetery at 3256 Trebein Rd., Fairborn, Oh.
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Jimmy was a lot of fun, always cracking jokes to make everybody laugh. When he was a child, he kept our mother in stitches all the time.
Member for
6 years · 2 months · 17 days
Find a Grave ID
48777769
[email protected]
James Morris Brantley (USAF Retired Master Sergeant) passed away at age 77 on the evening of November 19, 2020 at Soin Medical Hospital in Green County, Ohio. James was born September 11, 1943 in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky to Morris Alonzo and Pearl Ritchie Brantley. He was preceded in death by two sons, Charles Thomas Brantley and Richard Erwin Brantley and his daughter-in-law, Melissa Michelle Williams (Richard) Brantley. He is survived by his wife, a son, his sister and five grandchildren. He served in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. His first assigned duty station was Clark Air Force Base Angeles City, Philippines where he met a young Filipino woman working in a grocery store. She would turn out to be the love of his life. For the first half of his military career, he spent ten years in the Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos campaign. He was a crew chief on a C-130 Gunship/Transport plane transporting supplies to troops, picking up the dead and wounded, and covering ground fire. While serving in the Asian Theater, he survived several fiery plane crashes. On one of the plane crashes that he and his crew walked away from, they were picked up by an Army transport unit and they were ambushed by enemy fire, killing his commander and wounding Jim. His C130 and two other planes were in an air battle in which the two other planes were shot down. His plane was the only one to survive. In later years, he was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado for Avionic Training, then Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio where he was an Avionics Engineer. He commented in a message to his sister "I was in the Avionics Laboratory and called myself Chief Scientist for the Suspended Aerosol measurement. It was sort of a tongue in cheek, unofficial title that I used, but described what I did." In the last four years of his military career, he was assigned to Arnold Air Force Base Tullahoma, Tennessee. After he retired, he moved his family back to Ohio. He received a number of distinguished medals. Some of them were The Silver Star, Purple Heart and Vietnam Gallantry Cross. After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked as a Quality Control Contract Engineer for Pratt & Whitney and Meyer Tool. He really enjoyed that job but he had to drive from Dayton to Erlanger, Kentucky every day. He always had something funny to say, whether it was his puns, sarcastic comments or jokes. He was always fun to be around! Jim was an outstanding dedicated Airman to the Air Force, wonderful husband to his wife, and loving father to three boys. He was greatly loved by his sister! He will be greatly missed!
Belton Stroup Funeral Home 422 E Dayton Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn, OH 45324
(937) 879 0800
Card message: For my dear brother from all of your family in Kentucky! We love you so much! It's so hard to lose you!!! We know you've gone to heaven. You were a great guy and loved by so many! Greatly missed!
Visitation Saturday, November 28, 2020, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324
Funeral Service Saturday, November 28, 2020, 2:00 PM, Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324 Burial in Byron Cemetery at 3256 Trebein Rd., Fairborn, Oh.
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Jimmy was a lot of fun, always cracking jokes to make everybody laugh. When he was a child, he kept our mother in stitches all the time.
JAMES BRANTLEY
Member for
6 years · 2 months · 17 days
Find a Grave ID
48777769
Email
[email protected]
James Morris Brantley (USAF Retired Master Sergeant) passed away at age 77 on the evening of November 19, 2020 at Soin Medical Hospital in Green County, Ohio. James was born September 11, 1943 in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky to Morris Alonzo and Pearl Ritchie Brantley. He was preceded in death by two sons, Charles Thomas Brantley and Richard Erwin Brantley and his daughter-in-law, Melissa Michelle Williams (Richard) Brantley. He is survived by his wife, a son, his sister and five grandchildren. He served in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. His first assigned duty station was Clark Air Force Base Angeles City, Philippines where he met a young Filipino woman working in a grocery store. She would turn out to be the love of his life. For the first half of his military career, he spent ten years in the Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos campaign. He was a crew chief on a C-130 Gunship/Transport plane transporting supplies to troops, picking up the dead and wounded, and covering ground fire. While serving in the Asian Theater, he survived several fiery plane crashes. On one of the plane crashes that he and his crew walked away from, they were picked up by an Army transport unit and they were ambushed by enemy fire, killing his commander and wounding Jim. His C130 and two other planes were in an air battle in which the two other planes were shot down. His plane was the only one to survive. In later years, he was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado for Avionic Training, then Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio where he was an Avionics Engineer. He commented in a message to his sister "I was in the Avionics Laboratory and called myself Chief Scientist for the Suspended Aerosol measurement. It was sort of a tongue in cheek, unofficial title that I used, but described what I did." In the last four years of his military career, he was assigned to Arnold Air Force Base Tullahoma, Tennessee. After he retired, he moved his family back to Ohio. He received a number of distinguished medals. Some of them were The Silver Star, Purple Heart and Vietnam Gallantry Cross. After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked as a Quality Control Contract Engineer for Pratt & Whitney and Meyer Tool. He really enjoyed that job but he had to drive from Dayton to Erlanger, Kentucky every day. He always had something funny to say, whether it was his puns, sarcastic comments or jokes. He was always fun to be around! Jim was an outstanding dedicated Airman to the Air Force, wonderful husband to his wife, and loving father to three boys. He was greatly loved by his sister! He will be greatly missed!
Belton Stroup Funeral Home 422 E Dayton Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn, OH 45324
(937) 879 0800
Card message: For my dear brother from all of your family in Kentucky! We love you so much! It's so hard to lose you!!! We know you've gone to heaven. You were a great guy and loved by so many! Greatly missed!
Visitation Saturday, November 28, 2020, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324
Funeral Service Saturday, November 28, 2020, 2:00 PM, Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324 Burial in Byron Cemetery at 3256 Trebein Rd., Fairborn, Oh.
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Jimmy was a lot of fun, always cracking jokes to make everybody laugh. When he was a child, he kept our mother in stitches all the time.
Member for
6 years · 2 months · 17 days
Find a Grave ID
48777769
[email protected]
James Morris Brantley (USAF Retired Master Sergeant) passed away at age 77 on the evening of November 19, 2020 at Soin Medical Hospital in Green County, Ohio. James was born September 11, 1943 in Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky to Morris Alonzo and Pearl Ritchie Brantley. He was preceded in death by two sons, Charles Thomas Brantley and Richard Erwin Brantley and his daughter-in-law, Melissa Michelle Williams (Richard) Brantley. He is survived by his wife, a son, his sister and five grandchildren. He served in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years. His first assigned duty station was Clark Air Force Base Angeles City, Philippines where he met a young Filipino woman working in a grocery store. She would turn out to be the love of his life. For the first half of his military career, he spent ten years in the Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos campaign. He was a crew chief on a C-130 Gunship/Transport plane transporting supplies to troops, picking up the dead and wounded, and covering ground fire. While serving in the Asian Theater, he survived several fiery plane crashes. On one of the plane crashes that he and his crew walked away from, they were picked up by an Army transport unit and they were ambushed by enemy fire, killing his commander and wounding Jim. His C130 and two other planes were in an air battle in which the two other planes were shot down. His plane was the only one to survive. In later years, he was assigned to Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado for Avionic Training, then Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton Ohio where he was an Avionics Engineer. He commented in a message to his sister "I was in the Avionics Laboratory and called myself Chief Scientist for the Suspended Aerosol measurement. It was sort of a tongue in cheek, unofficial title that I used, but described what I did." In the last four years of his military career, he was assigned to Arnold Air Force Base Tullahoma, Tennessee. After he retired, he moved his family back to Ohio. He received a number of distinguished medals. Some of them were The Silver Star, Purple Heart and Vietnam Gallantry Cross. After his retirement from the Air Force, he worked as a Quality Control Contract Engineer for Pratt & Whitney and Meyer Tool. He really enjoyed that job but he had to drive from Dayton to Erlanger, Kentucky every day. He always had something funny to say, whether it was his puns, sarcastic comments or jokes. He was always fun to be around! Jim was an outstanding dedicated Airman to the Air Force, wonderful husband to his wife, and loving father to three boys. He was greatly loved by his sister! He will be greatly missed!
Belton Stroup Funeral Home 422 E Dayton Yellow Springs Rd, Fairborn, OH 45324
(937) 879 0800
Card message: For my dear brother from all of your family in Kentucky! We love you so much! It's so hard to lose you!!! We know you've gone to heaven. You were a great guy and loved by so many! Greatly missed!
Visitation Saturday, November 28, 2020, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324
Funeral Service Saturday, November 28, 2020, 2:00 PM, Belton-Stroup Funeral Home
422 E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324 Burial in Byron Cemetery at 3256 Trebein Rd., Fairborn, Oh.
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Jimmy was a lot of fun, always cracking jokes to make everybody laugh. When he was a child, he kept our mother in stitches all the time.
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