From: James Johnsen <omlandjim@yahoo.com>
To: William C Hill <billodpi@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:42:15 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Robert Brandon

Bill,

Sorry I didn't get this to you sooner, but Robert Brandon passed away. Here is his obituary.

Regards,

Jim

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Robert Brandon, 53, died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, at the Carington Health Center in Huntsville, Ala. A native of West Point and a former resident of Columbia, S.C., and Amelia Island, Fla., he had lived in Huntsville for the past 2 1/2 years. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in computer engineering. He was a supervisory computer engineer for NCR Corp. and a member of the First United Methodist Church. He was the son of the late Annabel Johnson Brandon Fuqua and Boyd Brandon.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Bishop officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Survivors include two brothers, Larry Brandon and wife, Olivia, of Gurley, Ala., and James Brandon of Georgetown, Ky.; nieces and nephews, Amy and Christie Brandon, and Paul and Amy E. Williamson, all of Huntsville.

Pallbearers will be Don Johnson, Terry Johnson, Mike Smith and Paul Williamson.

Visitation will be from noon to service time Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be sent to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 966, West Point MS 39773 or Alzheimer's Association of Mississippi, 5925 Galaxie Drive, Suite D, Jackson MS 39206.

Hi Vic,

Yes, it's very sad. Robert had Picks Disease, which is a rare, degenerative brain disease. Apparently it's a lot like Alsheimers, but it progresses more rapidly. He retired from NCR in 2000, and has been in a nursing home for a while now (I think a couple of years). I sent some Email to his brother with the picture of the E&M Orlando gang (the same picture I sent to Bill). His brother said that he occasionally would respont to names of people he knows, or pictures. I'm not sure if he responded to that, though. He was pretty far gone. This was probably about a year ago.

I hope you are well, and I'm sorry it's news like this that got us to correspond.

Regards, Jim.