Brannon, Jim GILMER -- Services for Jim Brannon, 83, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, October 19, 2006, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home Chapel of Gilmer. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Brannon died October 16, 2006, in Longview. Born May 27, 1923, in Garland, he was a retired truck driver and member of Union Ridge Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Sibyl Brannon; and son, Tim Brannon. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/18/2006.