DeWitt Marion Brandon, Jr.

DeWitt Marion Brandon, Jr., 82, of 186 Forest Hill Drive, died Tuesday, March 6, 2001 at his home after an extended illness. He was born on July 7, 1918 in Fort Moultrie, SC, the son of Dewitt Marion Brandon Sr. and Daisy Baily Brandon. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. At the time of his death, he was employed by Mother Murphy Laboratories of Greensboro, NC. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Sugg Brandon; eight children, Barbara Pope and her husband John Gregg of Rye, NY, Patricia Meckler and her husband Jack of Charlotte, NC, Margaret Boring of Charlotte, NC, DeWitt “Buzzy” Brandon, III of Murrells Inlet, SC, Cecelia “Cissy” Brown and her husband David of Asheville, NC, Susan Zaist and her husband Bill of Beaufort, NC, Robert Brandon and his wife Jean of Jamestown, NC, and Cheryl Pressly and her husband John of Austin, TX. He is also survived by nine grandchildren; Genevieve Cropp, David Pope, James Boring, Nathan and Natalie Brown, Spencer and Douglas Brandon, and Grace and Brandon Pressly. A memorial service will be held at Groce Funeral Home, Patton Avenue, on Friday, March 9 at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Donald Welborn officiating. The family will receive friends directly following the service. Memorials may be made to Eliada Homes for Children, PO Box 16708, Asheville, NC 28816.