Mrs. Virginia L. Brandon
The funeral for Mrs. Virginia L. Brandon will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of J.H. Churchill Funeral Home. John Dale will officiate. Singers will be Todd and Sheila Walker. Paullbearers will be Kelly Crouse, Eric Gibson, Trent Gibson, Ted Lovett, Tommy Boggess and John Miller. Burial will follow in the Murray Memorial Gardens. Visitation was at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice, Murray-Calloway County Hospital, 803 Poplar St., Murray, KY 42071 or Romania Orphanage Fund, Glendale Road Church of Christ, 1101 Glendale Rd., Murray, KY 42071.
Mrs. Brandon, 85, Airport Road, Murray, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, at 6:20 p.m. at her home.
A member of Glendale Road Church of Christ, she had retired from Food Service of Murray City Schools.
Preceding her in death were her husband, James W. Brandon, died Jan. 1, 1998; one daughter, Anita Carolyn Crouse, died May 2002; one sister, Juanita Cohoon; and two brothers, James Futrell and William Hunter Futrell. Born Jan. 7, 1923, in Calloway County, she was the daughter of the late Joe W. Futrell and Suella Evans Futrell.
Survivors include one daughter, Margaret Gibson and husband, James, son-in-law, Elvin Crouse, and sister, Wilma Sims and husband, Joe, all of Murray; five grandchildren, Kelly Crouse and wife, Laura, Tammi Blalock and husband, Robert, and Eric Gibson and wife, Thenia, all of Murray, Trent Gibson and wife, Ashley, Eddyville, and Jayme Gibson, Nashville, Tenn.; 10 great-grandchildren, Carrie and Emily Crouse, Grayson, Tyce, Abby, Neely and Kade Gibson, Conner and Sammy Blalock, and Heather Blalock McConnell; one great-great-grandchild, Cora McConnell; several nieces and nephews.