Jeffrey Stephen Brasher

Jeffrey Stephen Brasher begrudgingly came into this world three weeks late on April 14, 1997. Once he decided to make his appearance it only took 22 minutes to deliver him. Just as he quickly came into the world, he quickly left it on July 18, 2020. He only needed 23 years to impact people in a way most never do in an entire lifetime.
Jeff leaves behind an extensive family including his father Jeff Brasher, mother Stephanie Perryman and sister Lindsey Corson. Jeff was blessed with bonus parents including father Brian Perryman, mother Shari Brasher, as well as bonus siblings including sisters Aaren Osmon, Ashley Osmon, Jennifer Senter, Sarah Stein and brother Chris Perryman. Jeff was abundantly blessed with grandparents including Steve and Ellen Hall, grandparents Dennis and Carole Brasher, grandparents Chuck and Vicky Hamblin and grandparents Rod and Sylvia Lunos. He was loved by Aunts Bridgett Hall, Jennifer Hamblin Greer, Kathy Brasher, Lynette Gomez and his Uncle John Brasher. Jeff had numerous cousins and nephews as well. Brothers not by birth but brothers he grew up with including Bryan Lunos, Jake Goodman, Bryce Carrasco, Sebastian Esquivel, and Mason Gillespie. A list that I know if penned by Jeff would include many more.
Jeff acquired friends that were as much family to him as those he was related to. He was a part of so many families that loved him and considered him a son that there is no doubt their love, patience and guidance helped shape the amazing young man he became. These families are left to grieve in the same manner as his own family. Those families include the Goodman family, the Carrasco family, the Lunos family, the Dennen family, the Gillespie family, the Brown family, the Wenk family, the Blanton family, the Ferris family, and others that will forgive the lack of clarity in writing this. One family he cherished as much as any was the young people of Kareless. These young people were his brothers and sisters at heart.
Jeff graduated from Trinity High school in 2015 and went on to graduate Universal Technical Institute in 2016. At the time of his death he was working for UPS as a diesel mechanic and had a bright future with the company.
Jeff loved cars more than anything. He was known for trading cars, fixing them up, mostly tearing them down it seemed. They never went back the same but were always much louder than before. He thrived on finding and tearing up any track, street, or mud hole he could find. He enjoyed video games, liked to cook, but more than anything just loved hanging out with his buddies. He forged friendships most people only dream of having and was known for his big bear hugs.
It’s difficult to articulate the light he brought to our lives. He had the most exquisite sense of humor that often was inappropriate and something which he and his sister, Lindsey, used to antagonize their mother. Babies and small animals flocked to him and maybe it was those great big hands and strong arms that made them know they were safe with him. If a man raised a hand to a woman he would break that hand. If you went after his friends you had to go through him first. For someone who would hunt with his elders, he would just as likely bring home a rescued animal as shoot one. He had a heart that hurt and empathized for others so much so that he himself would take on that pain.
I don’t know where we will go next. I don’t know how reincarnation works, but I know this, he was a limited time blessing. I’ve somehow always known that his life was like a shooting star not meant to burn long but burn brighter than the moon. I know that our soul entanglement is binding. I will be with him again and he will see me to that day, because that is what he did; he saw me through to what was next. When life had taken me to my knees my children were the reason I got up. I felt his first heart beats and I could not be there for the last one which will torture my mind all the rest of my days. We do not fear hell for we have now walked through its gates and emerge from its grip mangled and beaten.
We are not whole nor do we ever expect to be, but the light that he brought will see us through the darkness. The love that he gave will keep our hearts from turning cold. We will find gratitude for the years we were given and let the anger of those we were cheated out of go so that we are not poisoned by the longing deep within us to hold him close, to feel his presence, to hear him say I love you.
We will continue forward, keeping his memory close, acknowledging every sign that he is still with us and knowing he loved us. He loved so big, so much bigger than he stood.
Good night my sweet gentle giant for I can never say goodbye. We pray God holds you in His grace til we see you again.

A link will be provided here at 1:00 PM on Friday that can be used for a live stream of Jeff's Memorial Service.

https://video.ibm.com/channel/DURgpAb2EXm