Kenneth Harold “Ken” Brand, 69, of Jefferson, Georgia, passed away Jan. 31, 2018.

Kenneth Harold Brand was born in Sutherland, a son to the late Virgil Lloyd Brand and the late Irma Ione Adee Brand. Ken graduated from the University of Nebraska and earned his master’s degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving in Vietnam, and was a CASA volunteer for DEFACS. Ken retired from Jackson EMC, where he served as director of technical services and was recently treasurer of the Jefferson Lions Club.

Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Alice Fisher Brand of Jefferson; daughters and son-in-law, Melanie (Perry) Sexton of Cumming, Georgia, and Stephanie McCauley of Hartwell, Georgia; sisters and brothers-in-law, Carolyn (Larry) Budler of Omaha, Shirley (Jim) Votaw of Cumming, and Cindy (Mike) Borron of Simpsonville, South Carolina; and grandchildren, Jayden McCauley, Cammeron McCauley and Grant Sexton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to CASA in honor of Ken Brand, P.O. Box 605, Jefferson, GA 30549. Online condolences may be shared at evansfuneralhomeinc.com.

Services will be at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, with the family receiving friends after the service, at the Chapel of Evans Funeral Home, 1350 Winder Highway, Jefferson, which is in charge of arrangements.