OBITUARY   Bonham, Texas -- Funeral Services for Brandon Wade Strong, age 27, of Ravenna, will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, August 11, 2004, in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Josh Linton and Bro. Darin Ivey will officiate. Burial will follow in Arledge Ridge Cemetery. Brandon passed away Saturday, August 7, 2004 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison. Brandon was born on July 11, 1977 in Dallas, the son of Wilbur Strong and Rene’ Kemp. Brandon was a graduate of Newman Smith High School and attended Dallas Co. Comm. College and Tarellton State Univ. in Stephenville. He married Melonnie Wright in Ravenna on June 8, 2002. He was a member of the Savoy Church of Christ and enjoyed hunting, fishing, roping, bulldogging and most of all spending time with his wife and kids, his many friends, playing guitar and always making everyone laugh. He was preceded in death by his father Wilbur Strong, grandparents, Sybil Wyatt and Kenneth Kemp. He is survived by wife Melonnie Strong of Ravenna, son Cameron Wade Strong of Ravenna , daughter Abigail Brooke Strong of Ravenna, father and mother Jim and Rene’ Caskey of Ravenna, grandmother Oleta Kemp of McKinney, two half brothers Everett Caskey of Brownsville and Wesley Caskey of Richardson, father-in-law and mother-in-law Cliff and Teresa Wright of Bailey sister and brother-in-law Marsha and Darin Ivey and Alexis of Leonard, and numerous cousins. Pallbearers will be Zach Perry, Aaron Wright, Jeff Hosp, Kin Stewart, Josh Garrison, Wesley Caskey, Ben Kemp, Bobby Kemp, Daniel King, and Jason Haddock. Honorary Pallbearers will be Terry Butler,Scooter Bays, David Wright, Daniel Wright, Michael Agerlid, and Michael Moore. A Memorial Trust Fund for the family is at American Bank of Texas 120 W. Sam Rayburn Dr. Bonham, Texas 75418. Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

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• In Memoriam - Newman Smith High School - Class of abt 1995
• Name: Brandon Wade Strong; Birth: 11 Jul 1977 - Dallas, Dallas Co., TX ; Death: 07 Aug 2004 - Denison, Grayson Co., TX; Marriage: 08 Jun 2002 - Fannin Co., TX; Burial: 11 Aug 2004; Arledge Ridge Cemetery; Fannin Co. TX, USA; Inscription: Husband of Melonnie