Eltray Brand Obit

Hunt Co TX 

Submitted by Brandon Darrow

Brand (Greenville Herald Banner, Thursday, September 9, 1971, A:2)

            Celina- Eltray Brand, 35-year-old Mesquite resident, died suddenly Wednesday.

            Funeral services are pending with Sorrells & Sons Funeral Home in Greenville.

            Mr. Brand was born in Miller Grove on June 4, 1935, son of Julius and Opal Covington Brand.  He married the former Patsy Ruth Bonneville in 1958.

            Survivors include his wife, Patsy Ruth Brand of Mesquite; his parents, Julius and Opal Brand of Celina; two sons, Gary Brand and Perry Brand, both of Mesquite; a step-son, Terry Wayne Brand of Mesquite; a daughter, Gayle Brand of Mesquite; five  brothers, L.J. Brand of Odessa, Jackie Brand of Sherman, Mickey Brand and Richard Brand, both of Celina, and Paul Brand of Greenville; three sisters, Mrs. Lennie Braden of Frisco, Mrs. Betty Ishmael of Dallas, and Mrs. Dotty Brand of Celina; four half-brothers and three half-sisters.