Richard "Dick" Allen Brandon

Mr. Richard "Dick" Allen Brandon, 76, of China Grove, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Liberty Lane VA Hospice House in Salisbury.

A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Mike Roper will officiate. Military Honors will be provided at the Salisbury National Cemetery at 10:00 am Thursday, September 25, 2025

The family will receive friends from 1 to 1:45 pm Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home.

Mr. Brandon was born October 21, 1948 in Concord. He was a son of the late George Bagby Brandon, Jr. and Dorothy Cornelia Patterson Brandon. Growing up in Kannapolis, Dick was an Eagle Scout. While attending A. L. Brown High School, he excelled in football, where he was selected to be a member of the All-Conference team. After high school, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to joining the Air Force I in 1968. He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, with overseas tours of duty in DaNang and Thailand.

After the Air Force, he attended the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Civil Engineering Technology degree.

Dick was a registered Land Surveyor and worked on major construction and land development projects in North Carolina and Saudi Arabia. He founded Brandon Land Surveying Company in Kannapolis, which he operated for several years prior to his retirement.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by brother, George Bagby Brandon, III.

Mr. Brandon is survived by daughter, Erin Gaines and partner, Chris Hancock of Knightdale; brother, Tom Brandon and wife Georgeann of Virginia; granddaughter, Taylor Dickson; and two nephews, Matthew Brandon and wife Maggie of Ballwin, MO and David Brandon and wife Ginny of Richmond, VA.

Memorials may be sent to Liberty Lane VA Hospice House, 1601 Brenner Avenue, Salisbury, NC 28144.