MR. BRANDON DWAYNE SIMPSON, 36 of Cedar Bluff, Alabama passed away unexpectedly, February 1, 2026 at his residence. He was born in Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia, April 21, 1989, son of the late Roger Brewster and Donna Kay Simpson who survives. Brandon was a General Contractor by trade.Brandon was larger than life. To know him was to love him and to love him meant you were going to laugh. And laugh, we did, often and loudly. Brandon always had a story to tell and never met a stranger. If you bumped into Brandon at the grocery store, you walked out 45 minutes later feeling like you’d just reconnected with an old friend. Brandon loved his family, he loved his wife and kids and was always up for an adventure whether it was shopping for furniture or riding across a snowy mountain rescuing others who had gotten stuck. Brandon was one of a kind, there will never be another like him. If Brandon loved you, he loved you with a fierceness like no other. His wife, Courtney, was his best friend and he was her rock. A love like theirs is a once in a lifetime kind of love, the kind of love that makes you crazy in all the best ways. That kind of love never dies. The love they shared filled their lives with so much joy, they enjoyed every moment together and no moment was too small to be celebrated together. Although Preston and Sarah may not have shared Brandon’s last name, he loved them deeply as his own and was so proud of everything they did from Sarah’s pageants and color guard to Preston graduating high school and entering a trade. His eyes twinkled when he bragged on their kids, he was so excited to watch them grow and thrive. Brandon loved to talk, anyone that knew him knew a conversation could last anywhere from 5 minutes to 5 hours. And more than likely, it was going to be 5 hours. He loved to talk about his family, his wife, his kids, his nephews and his nieces, he was so very proud of every one of them and he loved to brag on all of their accomplishments. You could hear the love and pride in his voice as he’d tell you about their grades, their sports accomplishments, their jobs or even the work they were doing on a project car. His nephews and his nieces hung the moon if you ever asked Brandon and he kept them all laughing with little inside jokes and nicknames. They all loved Uncle Brandon just as much as he loved them. Brandon was a true Mama’s boy, looking at Brandon and his mom, you felt like you were looking at twins. There were very few days that went by that Brandon didn’t call his Mom. He usually called just to chat about his day and to make plans for the weekend. Brandon was always on the hunt for a good place to eat and his Mom, Roger and the rest of the family were always along for the ride. You could see the line of jeeps driving anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours for a good bite.The memories made along the way were always way better than the food, and the food was pretty dang good. Those memories of a Mother and her Son will live on forever. Brandon’s PawPaw was his idol, he spent his youth all the way up to adulthood admiring everything about his PawPaw. If you ever got to hear any of his childhood stories growing up with his PawPaw, you were in for a treat because they always came with a good laugh and usually a lesson learned. Brandon strived daily to be more like the man he admired so greatly, one comfort that can be found is
knowing that Brandon has reunited with his PawPaw and oh the stories he’s probably filling his PawPaw’s ear with. Weekends and summer were Brandon’s favorite, he loved being in or near the water or cruising with the top off of their jeep. The stories that jeep could tell, trips to the mountains, the beach, the lake or the river with his wife, kids and extended family. There was no better time than standing beside a grill with Brandon, watching the kids play in the water and a good, classic country song in the background. If Brandon gets to pick his spot in Heaven, I just know a river runs through it. Brandon will be so deeply missed by his family. The memory of his laugh which was so contagious will help his family through the days, weeks and years to come. If Brandon was laughing, everyone around him was laughing, that was a guarantee. He had a laugh that carried through the entire room no matter how full it was and his personality demanded attention. You wanted to hear his stories because they were always good ones, so good that sometimes you questioned their authenticity just to find out later on, the details were spot on.
To know Brandon was to love him and oh, how we all loved him. We will miss him as much as we loved him and the love that Brandon and his entire family share is too great to be measured. If Brandon was here, I’m sure he wouldn’t want us to cry but that’s impossible. As Chaplin Robert Orr said, “Where there is deep grief, there is great love.” Brandon will live on through every life he touched, through every “Only Brandon” story that we will tell over the years, through the love that we all shared that binds us together even in these most difficult moments. Brandon may not physically be here with us any longer but his laugh and his love will always remain in every single one of us. So, tell the tales, relive the moments and always laugh…often and loudly and always for Brandon.Surviving are his wife, Courtney Simpson; mother Donna Kay Simpson, father-Roger Brewster; children, Preston Wooten, and Sarah Thomas; sister, Nicole White and Mandy Bowman (Kyle Moore).Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 2 p.m. from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with family members and friends sharing cherished memories; interment in Dixon Chapel Cemetery, Gaylesville, Alabama. Active Pallbearers will be Justin Fletcher, Eric Willingham, Todd White, Brandon Hollis, Alan Simpson, Aaron Green and Blake Fletcher. Honorary Pallbearers will be Ricky Simpson, Matthew Kinnamont, Aiden Fletcher, Andrew Kinnamont, James Gilliland, Glenn Fletcher, Ryan Fletcher, Matt Veatch and Jeff Simpson. Visitation will be held from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at the Funeral Home.Earle Rainwater Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Brandon Dwayne Simpson who passed away Sunday.
