Aaron Michael Keith Fender, 24, died Sunday, June 21, 2009.
Mr. Fender was described as "a dear son, a loving brother, a compassionate uncle and a fierce friend."
He enjoyed spending his time fishing, playing his guitar, caring for the ones he loved and making others laugh. Family and friends knew him as "a kind soul" and a "gentle giant."
Mr. Fender was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Troy and Mary Gilbert, Clarence and Hilda Proffitt and Roscoe and Emily Shelton; and grandparents, Euit and Thelma Fender and Lynn Gilbert.
Survivors include his parents, Brinson Fender and wife, Debby, Erwin, and Marsha Schorr and husband, Dan, Cape Coral, Fla.; grandmother, Margie Gilbert, Erwin; sisters, Kerri Kochelek and husband, Josh, Lynchburg, Va., Brianne Fender, Johnson City, Summer Pakrul and husband, Matt, Johnson City, and Nelly Hensley, Johnson City; brother, Dustin Walden, Johnson City; fiancé, Megan Hogan, Cape Coral, Fla.; and nieces and nephews, Marli Fender, Henry Kochelek, Cassius Ahrens and Peyton Pakrul.
Funeral servicse were held Saturday, June 27, at 1 p.m. in the Valley Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Harold Blankenship and James Lynch officiated.
Graveside services immediately followed the service at Evergreen Cemetery Mausoleum.
Active pallbearers were Jason Hensley, Jonathon Cooper, Dustin Walden, Eric Walters, Christopher Mills and Cory McCormick. Honorary pallbearers were Jordan Cooper, Ian West and all of Aaron's many teammates and friends.
Aaron Michael Keith Fender, 24, died Sunday, June 21, 2009.
Mr. Fender was described as "a dear son, a loving brother, a compassionate uncle and a fierce friend."
He enjoyed spending his time fishing, playing his guitar, caring for the ones he loved and making others laugh. Family and friends knew him as "a kind soul" and a "gentle giant."
Mr. Fender was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Troy and Mary Gilbert, Clarence and Hilda Proffitt and Roscoe and Emily Shelton; and grandparents, Euit and Thelma Fender and Lynn Gilbert.
Survivors include his parents, Brinson Fender and wife, Debby, Erwin, and Marsha Schorr and husband, Dan, Cape Coral, Fla.; grandmother, Margie Gilbert, Erwin; sisters, Kerri Kochelek and husband, Josh, Lynchburg, Va., Brianne Fender, Johnson City, Summer Pakrul and husband, Matt, Johnson City, and Nelly Hensley, Johnson City; brother, Dustin Walden, Johnson City; fiancé, Megan Hogan, Cape Coral, Fla.; and nieces and nephews, Marli Fender, Henry Kochelek, Cassius Ahrens and Peyton Pakrul.
Funeral servicse were held Saturday, June 27, at 1 p.m. in the Valley Funeral Home Chapel. The Revs. Harold Blankenship and James Lynch officiated.
Graveside services immediately followed the service at Evergreen Cemetery Mausoleum.
Active pallbearers were Jason Hensley, Jonathon Cooper, Dustin Walden, Eric Walters, Christopher Mills and Cory McCormick. Honorary pallbearers were Jordan Cooper, Ian West and all of Aaron's many teammates and friends.
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