Rev. Kenneth Brandon, 86, of Pocola passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in Talihina. He was born Sept. 6, 1921, in Parks. He was a minister.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at Murry Spur Freewill Baptist Church in Spiro with interment at Macedonia Cemetery in Pocola with the Rev. Bill Burgess and the Rev. Jackie Edwards officiating.
He is survived by one daughter, Alta Brandon of Fort Smith; three sons, Dennis Brandon of Pocola, David Brandon of Pocola and Carl Brandon of Oklahoma City; one sister, Montene Duckworth of Granite City, Ill.; one brother, Joseph C. Brandon of Fort Worth, Texas; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Rev. Brandon was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the Marine Corps, receiving a Purple Heart for wounds received during the Bougainville Island campaign. He started and pastored many Freewill Baptist Churches in his lifetime. He never had much in the way of material wealth; he gave everything he had to the less fortunate. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oneta; an infant son, John Lovell Brandon; and his parents, Joseph Burse "JB" and Madgie (Barnes) Brandon.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at Murry Spur Freewill Baptist Church in Spiro with interment at Macedonia Cemetery in Pocola with the Rev. Bill Burgess and the Rev. Jackie Edwards officiating.
He is survived by one daughter, Alta Brandon of Fort Smith; three sons, Dennis Brandon of Pocola, David Brandon of Pocola and Carl Brandon of Oklahoma City; one sister, Montene Duckworth of Granite City, Ill.; one brother, Joseph C. Brandon of Fort Worth, Texas; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Rev. Brandon was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the Marine Corps, receiving a Purple Heart for wounds received during the Bougainville Island campaign. He started and pastored many Freewill Baptist Churches in his lifetime. He never had much in the way of material wealth; he gave everything he had to the less fortunate. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oneta; an infant son, John Lovell Brandon; and his parents, Joseph Burse "JB" and Madgie (Barnes) Brandon.
Rev. Kenneth Brandon, 86, of Pocola passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in Talihina. He was born Sept. 6, 1921, in Parks. He was a minister.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at Murry Spur Freewill Baptist Church in Spiro with interment at Macedonia Cemetery in Pocola with the Rev. Bill Burgess and the Rev. Jackie Edwards officiating.
He is survived by one daughter, Alta Brandon of Fort Smith; three sons, Dennis Brandon of Pocola, David Brandon of Pocola and Carl Brandon of Oklahoma City; one sister, Montene Duckworth of Granite City, Ill.; one brother, Joseph C. Brandon of Fort Worth, Texas; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Rev. Brandon was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the Marine Corps, receiving a Purple Heart for wounds received during the Bougainville Island campaign. He started and pastored many Freewill Baptist Churches in his lifetime. He never had much in the way of material wealth; he gave everything he had to the less fortunate. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oneta; an infant son, John Lovell Brandon; and his parents, Joseph Burse "JB" and Madgie (Barnes) Brandon.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at Murry Spur Freewill Baptist Church in Spiro with interment at Macedonia Cemetery in Pocola with the Rev. Bill Burgess and the Rev. Jackie Edwards officiating.
He is survived by one daughter, Alta Brandon of Fort Smith; three sons, Dennis Brandon of Pocola, David Brandon of Pocola and Carl Brandon of Oklahoma City; one sister, Montene Duckworth of Granite City, Ill.; one brother, Joseph C. Brandon of Fort Worth, Texas; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
The Rev. Brandon was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the Marine Corps, receiving a Purple Heart for wounds received during the Bougainville Island campaign. He started and pastored many Freewill Baptist Churches in his lifetime. He never had much in the way of material wealth; he gave everything he had to the less fortunate. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oneta; an infant son, John Lovell Brandon; and his parents, Joseph Burse "JB" and Madgie (Barnes) Brandon.
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