B.J. Cohn
Brandon James “B.J.” Cohn, 46, of Obion passed away Monday morning, Oct. 31, 2022, at Lauderdale Community Hospital in Ripley as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Funeral services were to be conducted 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Matt Hoffman was to officiate. Burial was to follow in Shady Grove Cemetery.
Visitation was to be held at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the hour of services today.
Pallbearers were to be Jordan Davis, Jared McIntosh, Billy Lucas, Bobby Lucas, Jamie Whitehead, Bobby Joe Roberson, Paul Stroud and Eric Island.
B.J. was born Nov. 9, 1975, in Kettering, Ohio, son of Garry Cohn of Samburg and Debbie (Burke) Aker of Obion. He married Dianne (Pollock) Cohn June 7, 1998. She survives. B.J. was a 1994 graduate of Obion County Central High School and held a bachelor of science degree and master’s degree in school counseling. He was employed as the school counselor at Ripley Middle School. B.J. was a member of Samburg Assembly of God, where he was the former youth director for many years. He was a former member of the Obion Fire Department, which he had served as chief.
He is also survived by one sister, Tassie Smith (Jeremy) of Troy; his stepfather, Thomas Aker of Obion; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Janice Pollock of Union City; his sister-in-law, Melisa Pollock of Union City; two nieces, Jordan Lynch (Jacob) of Hornbeak and Holly Kussmann (Josh) of Union City; one nephew, Rusty Smith (Christan) of Hornbeak; and his great- nieces and great-nephews, Burke Lynch, Paityn Lynch and Tinzlee Joe Smith, all of Hornbeak, and Karsyn Kussmann and Eevee Kussmann, both of Union City.
He was preceded in death by his infant son, Jacob Alan Cohn; and his grandparents, John and Margaret Burke and Russell and Norma Cohn.
To leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Messenger 11.3.22
hey, my name is Nevaeh i’m a 6th grade student at Ripley middle school. Now I know I know I only knew couch B.J for a few months not even a year yet but i wish he would have made it. For Halloween we picked each other’s Halloween costumes i was Judy B. Jones and he were supposed to be Spider man and that Friday before he passed we were laughing and joking in his office. I made several posters and notes for him while he was here and when he left us and i will continue. He was my only Bestfriend and the only person i could really talk to without getting judged and he will always be in my heart. He would always help me and make me laugh and that Monday at lunch i was asking everyone in the building where couch B.J is and no one told me because no one knew at the time. He was the only person that sat with me at lunch because nobody would and we had a hand shake and matching bracelets and all. when he passed i made him a poster and put my bracelet on it because it said “friends in Christ “and i know that many people may have commented but in my book no one loved him more then me other then his family but i felt like family. He called me his daughter and showed me a picture of his wife and told me i could meet her next year …………. but he didn’t make it to next year. i told the football team to make him proud next year because he told them they were going to be better next year i know that he’s watching over me and wouldn’t want me crying but on Halloween i lost me Bestfriend to a car crash. I’ve been looking at this for a couple days now but couldn’t comment but i think its time to tell how i’m feeling.I released a balloon to him on his birthday November, 9th and i’m going to look up at him on my birthday November, 20th and tell him “we made it to chapter 12 and no matter how old i get you will always be on my mind never forgotten” i love him very much his warm hugs, him making me laugh, sitting with me, our handshake and more but most of all i miss the smiles and long talks we shared together.I hope he can see me and know i miss him very much and how much of my heart broke when he left. Now i have to go to 3 different therapists and i had an asma atack when i found out he left me in this world by myself. well i know others miss him too and I want to give my condolences to his family i hope they are taking this better than me.