Stacey Bruff

Stacey Alan Bruff, 57, of Union City died Wednesday morning, Sept. 23, 2020, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Funeral services were held 11 a.m. today at White-Ranson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jim Hamblin officiating. Burial followed in Bruff Cemetery in Skullbone.
Pallbearers were Taylor Bruff, Jackson Bruff, Todd Theobold, Hal Bynum, Scott Cummings, Carlton Fisher, Geoff Vestal, Jimmy Flood and Frank Groves.
The family received friends from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Stacey was born on Nov. 9, 1962, in Columbia, S.C., son of Johnny and Patsy (Knott) Bruff. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture. He obtained his master’s degree from Mississippi State University and his doctorate degree from Louisiana State University.
He married the former Sherri Randolph on Sept. 21, 2020. She survives. He was a divisional seed manager for Nutrien Ag Solutions.
He was a member of Southwest Church of Christ in Jonesboro, Ark., and an alumni of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
The family requests memorials be sent to: Young Life of Arkansas, 1901 Napa Valley Drive, Little Rock, AR 72212.
Stacey is also survived by a daughter and her husband, Adeline (Kyle) Cook; a son, Colton Bruff of Jonesboro; two brothers and their wives, Tracy (Jennifer) Bruff and Gordon (Amanda) Bruff, both of Union City; two nieces, Allison Bruff of Washington, D.C., and Abby Bruff of Union City; two nephews, Taylor (Kelsy) Bruff of Raleigh, N.C., and Jackson Bruff of Union City; his aunt, Dean Rogers; and his cousin/sister and her husband, Cindy (Jimmy) Tate, both of Paris.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 9.29.20