Brandon Alan Crawford

Those we have held in our arm for a little while, we hold in our hearts forever…Our hearts were broken on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 with the sudden and unexpected loss of our son, brother, grandson, nephew and cousin Brandon "Turtle" Alan Crawford, 21, of RR 1, Box 206M, Rome, Pa. Brandon was born on February 9, 1987 in Towanda, Pa the son of Teresa and Chad Evans and the son of Alan Crawford. Brandon was a graduate of Northeast Bradford High School Class of 2005. He was currently employed by XLC as a forklift operator. Brandon enjoyed playing "Rockband" 4-Wheeling, snowboarding, hunting and just hanging out with his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends. In addition to his parents: Teresa and Chad Evans of Rome, and Alan Crawford of Sugar Run; Brandon is survived by his sister Brandy Carr; his grandparents Lee and Louise Walters; John and Louise Evans; William Capwell, Sr., Doris and Lloyd Crawford; his great grandmother Olive Holcombe; aunts and uncles: Polly Evans; Ron and Linda Hunsinger; Rick and Yvonne Basher; John and Cindy Evans; Mike and Vicki Hitchcock; Richard and Cindy Hutchinson; William and Katrina Capwell; Todd and Kathy Crawford; Dawn and Tom Linn; many great aunts, uncles, cousins and his girlfriend Nicole Benscoter. Brandon was predeceased by his sister Stephanie Evans; great uncles: Howard and Victor Brown and his aunt Margaret Evans. A time of remembering the special gift Brandon was to all of us will be held on Monday, October 20th at 12 noon at the Sutfin Funeral Chapel, 273 South Main St., Nichols with Pastor Charles Bishop, officiating. Interment will follow in the Rome Cemetery. A period of visitation and time of sharing memories will be held on Sunday, October 19th from 3 to 5 pm at the Sutfin Funeral Chapel. A period of visitation will also be held on Monday from 11 am until the time of the service at noon. Friends who wish may kindly consider a memorial contribution to the PA Cancer Coalition, Trout Run Business Center, 344 N. Reading Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522 in loving memory of Brandon "Turtle" Crawford.