Danny Brazil

Mt. Vernon - Daniel Hugh Danny Brazil, 59, died Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at his residence in the Mt. Vernon Community. A Lee County native, he was born September 2, 1949, to Robert Edwin and Alma Edna Wilson Brazil. He graduated from Belden High School. He was a U.S. Marine Corp Veteran of Vietnam which caused him to later become 100 % disabled. He also worked for the Tupelo Fire Department and was a member of Chesterville Baptist Church.

Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 2009 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Rev. Joe Lusby and Rev. Dave Jensen officiating. Burial will be in Chesterville Memorial Cemetery.

Survivors include his mother, Edna Brazil; one brother, Charles Edwin Brazil; one nephew, Robbie Brazil all of Tupelo.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Edwin Brazil; a brother, Curtis Brazil; a niece Shealie Brazil; and a nephew, Joel Curtis Brazil.

Pallbearers will be Danny Raper, Jim Cheek, Gerald McDaniel, Douglas Johnson, Jim Lusby, and Mike Holcomb.

Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 12 p.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans of Tupelo.
Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com