In Loving Memory of Brandon Hurley

This past week was one of the hardest weeks of my life. Craig received that breath taking, heart stopping phone call on Tuesday morning. When he called me I was just stunned, speechless and every other emotion you can think of. He told me that Brandon had been in a serious car wreck on Monday night and he was life support. I turned around and walked out of Wal-Mart like a zombie. I rushed home and literally started throwing clothes in bag, and hoped that we packed everything we needed. Then we got the phone call......Death is NEVER easy to deal with, but when you lose such a young soul....it makes it SO much worse. Any unexpected death is hard, no matter the age. But to loss your life at 17 years old, look at the many things he never experienced. I know it was the Lord's plans and Brandon is in a better place now. Brandon is watching over all of us now!

I want to thank everyone who kept our family and all his close friends in your thoughts and prayers, but please continue to keep praying.

BRANDON RYAN HURLEY, 17 years of age of Hurley, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born October 1, 1991, in Tazewell County, Virginia, he was the son of Edgar Bill and Clara Allen Hurley. He attended the Union Light Freewill Baptist Church, Paw Paw, Kentucky and also the Lords Prayer Church, Phelps, Kentucky. He was an 11^th grade student at the Hurley High School, enjoyed playing music and restoring automobiles.

He is also survived by 1- Sister: Sandra Kay Spurlock, Vernon, Florida, 4-Brothers: Austin Tyler Hurley, Of the Home, Kermit Hurley, Hurley, Virginia, Craig and wife Hollie Hurley, Harriman, Tennessee, Dennis and wife Tammy Hurley, Hurley, Virginia, Cousins: Riley & Hayden Hurley, Harriman, Tennessee, Joshua, Jonathan and Karissa Hurley, Hurley, Virginia

Also, survived by several aunts and uncles and his girlfriend, Christine Blankenship, Stopover, Kentucky.

Funeral Services for BRANDON RYAN HURLEY, will be conducted Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. at the Union Light Freewill Baptist Church, Paw Paw, Kentucky with Reverands: William Prater and Joe Jackson officiating with burial to follow in the Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock, Virginia.

Friends may call at the Union Light Freewill Baptist Church Thursday evening at 4:00 P.M. with services at 7:00 P.M. Thursday and Friday evenings.

Active Pallbearers will be Cody Estep, Ricky Baker, Travis Light, Travis Matney, Travis Hensley, Justin Vandyke, Justin Hurley, Heath Justus and Mark Blackburn.

Honorary Pallbearers will be 2009 Junior Class of Hurley High School.