Aubrey Homer Brannon, 87 of Burleson, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2016.
Interment is Friday, July 1, 2016, at 3 p.m., Laurel Land Memorial Park, Garden of Ascension, 7100 Crowley Rd.
Aubrey was the seventh child born to Charles Clinton and Alice Leona Kemp on September 16, 1929, in Roscoe, TX. He graduated from Lorraine High School in Lorraine, Texas. He is preceded in death by brothers, Charles Brannon, JW Brannon and Clinton Brannon; sisters, Zonelle West, Cecil Marie Coates, and Mary Martha Brannon and grandson Michael Keith Hodge II.
Aubrey married Janette Nalley on January 27, 1950, and they were married 66 years. He is survived by his wife, Janette; children, Terry Brannon and wife Cecilia of Tyler, Texas, and Lori Hodge and husband Michael of Burleson; five grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren, with another due in September.
Aubrey was a Texas Christian University alumni and worked as an Engineer for General Dynamics and LTV, and retired from Westinghouse Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland. He found his passion following retirement in teaching others; as a substitute teacher at Burleson High School and teaching ESL and Spanish in the community. He was a self-taught pianist and would play for hours as his health allowed. He was a US Marine Corps veteran, member of Worth Baptist Church, and a Mason.