Brandon Rundles

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- Brandon Corey Rundles, 30, a resident of Metropolis and formerly of Ballard County, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois, died Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner, Louisiana.

Born July 2, 1989, to Kenneth Joe Rundles and Lisa Marie Washam Rundles, who survive of Lovelaceville, Kentucky, he grew up in Cairo, where he was an active and longtime member of Mighty Rivers Regional Worship Center. The family later moved to Ballard County, where he graduated from Ballard County High School and went on to attend Nashville Auto Diesel College. He was currently employed as an engineer with Ingram Barge Co. of Paducah, Kentucky.

On July 26, 2014, he married Brittany Annette Ford, who survives of the home.

In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by his daughter, Alissa Marie Rundles of the home; two brothers, Christian Blake (Seth) Rundles of Paducah and Chase Evan Rundles of Lovelaceville; his grandparents, Frances Bledsoe Rundles and Yukie T. Washam, both of Cairo; his mother-in-law, Glenda Jett, and his father-in-law, Kevin Ford, both of Metropolis; also a number of aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Joseph H. Rundles Sr. and Herbert "Duke" Washam.

Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Mighty Rivers Regional Worship Center in Cairo, where funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Dr. Larry L. Potts, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, Illinois, under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri.

Pallbearers will be Alex Washam, Clint Shackles, Kyle Gardner, Chase Rundles, Tanner Calvert and John Ford.

Memorials may be made to Mighty Rivers Regional Worship Center, 10th Street and Poplar Street, Cairo, IL 62914.

Online condolences may be shared at www.mcmiklefuneralhome.com.