Bryan Carroll was born September 20, 1961. He passed away March 28, 2019 in Crescent City, California, following a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure.
An incredibly private person, I won’t share very much about my brother Marine. In fact he’d be embarrassed, not for himself, but for me, knowing that I am crying as I write this.
Further, Bryan would chastise me, reminding me that he knew and loved Jesus and that he was in a better place now. Suffice it to say, Bryan did not have the easiest life.
Anyone who knew Bryan, knew he adored the comic strip ‘Peanuts,’ and he loved to tell about the time he went to Charles Schulz’ home with his dad as a kid. In one of our last conversations, he told me that he couldn’t decide if he were more like ‘Charlie Brown’ or ‘Snoopy.’
I still say ‘Snoopy,’ because of his love for dogs.
He grew up in Gasquet, California, attending school there. Bryan graduated from Del Norte High School in 1979, joining the U.S. Marine Corps shortly afterwards.
Following his Honorable Discharge in 1982, Bryan settled in Occoquan, Virginia. Aside from working as an electronic technician and computer repairman, Bryan was an avid kayaker from an early age, enjoyed photography, was a train enthusiast and an amateur historian.
Bryan was actively volunteering at a local homeless shelter in Crescent City. He was 57-years-old.
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