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James F. Hyde, Jr., of Ripon, Wisconsin, died August 1 at the age of 83. Born June 6, 1933, in Corning, New York, he earned a bachelor’s degree in German from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1955, and master’s and doctoral degrees in German from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1957 and 1960, respectively. He taught at the University of California, Davis, and was appointed assistant professor of German at Stanford University in 1961. From 1964 until his retirement in 1999, Hyde taught at Ripon College in Wisconsin. In 1968, he founded an international study center in Germany, initially in Hamburg but later moved to Bonn. Hyde was proficient on violin, piano, and organ and was concertmaster for the Ripon College Orchestra. His expertise in architectural acoustics and organ building led to several consulting jobs for organ installations in churches; he served on the editorial board of the Acoustical Society of America. 

James F. Hyde, Jr., is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Sylvia and George Schuster, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, a niece, Katherine Schuster of Gainesville, Florida, a nephew, Thomas Schuster of Tigard, Oregon, as well as extended family members. 

Temple Painter, organist and harpsichordist, died August 6. He was 83. Born June 14, 1933, in Pulaski, Virginia, Painter was a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. He performed as solo organist with members of the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center under Hermann Scherchen, as harpsichord soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy, and as solo harpsichordist for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He performed as solo pianist, harpsichordist, and organist with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and concertized extensively in the United States, Europe, and Israel.

Painter was for 40 years the harpsichordist for the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and for 45 years the organist at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Painter was also served as associate professor of music at Haverford College from 1969 to 1982, and lecturer in music at both Immaculata University and Temple University. Among his several recordings, “Temple Painter-Harpsichord Recital” (Artia-Parliament label, 1962) was cited by the New York Times in 1964 as “the most satisfying” of five harpsichord recordings reviewed that year. Painter also championed the music of American composer Harold Boatrite, recording his harpsichord music and commissioning his Harpsichord Concerto. 

Temple Painter is survived by friends and extended family.

Robert J. Shepfer, 96, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away May 26. He was born July 25, 1919, in Defiance, Ohio. He attended Wittenberg College, now University, Springfield, Ohio, and the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Illinois. At Wittenberg, he studied with E. Arne Hovdesven, and at American with Frank Van Dusen. He met and studied with Marcel Dupré during the latter’s visits to Detroit, Michigan, in 1957 and 1961, and studied again with him in Paris in 1962 and 1964. As a recitalist, he performed throughout the Midwest and the East Coast. He was organist-choirmaster for Forest Park United Methodist Church of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and the First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak, Michigan. From 1966 until 1996, he served as organist-choirmaster for Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis. At Second Church, he developed an extensive choir school program, with many ensembles having a waiting list to participate. The choirs frequently traveled the Midwest to present workshops and clinics. Early in his tenure, the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. installed its Opus 1490, a four-manual instrument in the church, finished in 1968. In 1974, Casavant Frères, Limitée, installed its Opus 3239, a two-manual organ in the chapel.

Robert Shepfer is survived by his wife of 66 years, Rosa Dene Shepfer, his daughter Susan David, son Graham Shepfer, and granddaughter Rosa Dene David. A memorial service was held August 6 at Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis.

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Richard William Knapp, 80, of West Simsbury, Connecticut, died February 21. Born in Mineola, New York, on May 15, 1935, Knapp earned a bachelor of science degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957 and a master’s degree in nuclear science from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center, in 1959.

A pianist, organist, harpsichordist, and choral conductor, his early musical studies were with his father-in-law Glenn H. Smith of West Hartford. Knapp won the American Guild of Organists Hartford Chapter “Young Organist Award” in the late 1940s. A church musician for sixty years, he served as organist and director of music at the First United Methodist Church, Hartford, from 1957 through 1988.

As a teenager, Knapp installed a pipe organ in the family residence in West Hartford. Later, he designed, sold, and installed numerous instruments throughout New England as regional representative of Casavant Frères, of St-Hyacinthe, Québec, from 1966 until his death.

A firm believer in the positive role of nuclear power in promoting clean air and energy independence, Knapp worked for forty years in the commercial nuclear power field, starting as an experimental physicist with Combustion Engineering, Inc., in Windsor, Connecticut; he retired as director of nuclear systems business development for ABB-Combustion Engineering in 1997. He authored and presented numerous technical papers and received two patents and various awards for his work in nuclear power.

Richard William Knapp is survived by his wife Ann Stanford Baird Knapp, daughter Charlotte Knapp of Silver Spring, Maryland, son Jonathan of Tolland, Connecticut, daughter Lucelia Fryer of Tariffville, Connecticut, son William of Palm City, Florida, and several grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Demaris Smith Knapp, in 2005 and brother Peter J. Knapp in 2014.

Organist and physician Robert B. Scoggins, 83, died March 27 in Richmond, Virginia, where he and his wife of 56 years, the former Nancy Lee King, moved in 1965. The Scogginses became members of St. James’s Episcopal Church, where Bob substituted regularly on the four-manual Austin organ and twice served as interim organist. He served on organ committees at St. James’s that selected the 80-rank Rieger organ installed in 1974 and destroyed in the fire of 1994 and the 61-stop Fisk Opus 112 that was dedicated in 1999.  

A dermatologist trained at Emory and Harvard and an officer of the U. S. Public Health Service at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, where he conducted research, Dr. Scoggins came to Richmond to join the medical faculty at the Medical College of Virginia (now Virginia Commonwealth University). He entered private practice in 1969, remaining as a volunteer on the medical school’s faculty, eventually as clinical professor of dermatology, until his retirement at age 70. 

Born January 18, 1933, in Athens, Georgia, he took organ lessons there before entering high school at age 12. He was appointed organist of St. George’s Episcopal Church, Griffin, Georgia, playing the 1929 Pilcher 2-manual organ while completing high school. He worked as an organist for churches in Atlanta and elsewhere during his undergraduate and medical training at Emory University, including St. Paul’s and Grace United Methodist Churches. The Scogginses were married in 1960 in Atlanta at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, where Bob was the organist. During his residency in dermatology and work as a Harvard research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Scoggins pursued his musical interests with organ lessons given by John Cook.

Bob and Nancy Scoggins served many arts and cultural organizations, including the Richmond Symphony, the Richmond Fan District Association, the Federated Arts Council of Richmond, the Virginia Opera, the Riverside School, and the Vestry and various committees of St. James’s Church. Robert Scoggins is survived by his wife Nancy, daughter Elizabeth of Richmond, son Robert and grandson Ben of Colorado, and sister Joanne Taylor of Tallahassee, Florida. ν

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Margaret Smith McAlister died September 11, 2017. Born November 20, 1923, she was a lifelong resident of Tampa, Florida. McAlister’s early organ study began at the age of 13 with Nella Crandall, organist of First Christian Church, Tampa. At age 14, McAlister became organist at Highland Avenue Methodist Church. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music education and a certificate in organ studies from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she studied with Margaret Whitney Dow and Ramona Beard. Her organ studies continued as a graduate student at The Juilliard School in New York City with Vernon de Tar.

In 1947, McAlister became organist at First Presbyterian Church, Tampa, where she served faithfully until her retirement in 2012. During her 65-year tenure at the church, she also served as music director at various times. She served two terms as dean of the Tampa Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and several terms as AGO district convener for Florida. Each year, the Tampa Chapter of the AGO provides a scholarship in McAlister’s name to a local organ student. 

McAlister was a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, national music honorary, and was a member of the music faculties at University of Tampa and Clearwater Christian College. She served as music department accompanist for 25 years at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor Campus, Tampa. McAlister served as state chairman and member of the national executive board of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, and was a Certified Associate Church Musician in that organization. McAlister also served as a member of the worship subcommittee of the Presbytery of Tampa Bay.

Margaret Smith McAlister is survived by a sister, six children, seven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. A funeral service was held September 23 at First Presbyterian Church, Tampa. The choir, which she had accompanied for 65 years, performed her favorite anthem, My Eternal King, by Jane Marshall, as well as two responses composed by McAlister.

Hugh John McLean, organist, choirmaster, and musicologist, died July 30, 2017, in Naples, Florida. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on January 5, 1930. McLean began organ study as a teenager with Hugh Bancroft in Vancouver. At age 15, he was appointed organist to St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Winnipeg, and at 17, presented his first broadcast organ recital on CBC. Attending the Royal College of Music, England, on an organ scholarship in 1949, studying with Arthur Benjamin (piano), William Harris (organ), and W. S. Lloyd Webber (composition), McLean was the first Canadian to be named Mann Organ Scholar at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, under Boris Ord, 1951–1956. He made his London debut in 1955 at the Royal Festival Hall with Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the premiere of Malcolm Arnold’s Organ Concerto, a command performance in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. Returning to Vancouver, Hugh served as organist and choirmaster at Ryerson United Church (1957–1973). He founded and conducted the Vancouver Cantata Singers, the Hugh McLean Consort, and the CBC Vancouver Singers. He taught at the universities of Victoria (1967–1969) and British Columbia (1969–1973) before joining the faculty of music at the University of Western Ontario, London. While at Western (1973–1995) he served as dean (1973–1980) and taught organ, harpsichord, and music history. During his tenure as organist at St. John the Evangelist, London, he collaborated with organbuilder Gabriel Kney on the installation of an organ for the church, and again for the Roy Thompson Hall organ, Toronto, performing at the instrument’s inaugural gala concert in 1985.

McLean retired from University of Western Ontario to assume the post of organist and choirmaster at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Winter Park, Florida (1995–2010). The parish Senior Choir undertook four summer sojourns as guest choir in residence in Anglican cathedrals of the UK and Ireland. In addition to broadcasts on the CBC, McLean also broadcast with the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Swiss Radio, and NHK Japan. The first Canadian organist to tour the USSR, he also performed in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and two of Bach’s churches (Muhlhausen and Leipzig’s Thomaskirche). He gave many Canadian premieres including Hindemith’s Organ Concertos No. 1 and No. 2, Vancouver (1970–1972) and appeared as organ soloist with the Toronto Symphony in 1979, 1982, and 1985. Specializing in 17th- and 18th-century musicology studies and awarded Canada Council grants to research at archives in Japan, Poland, and the the former East Germany, he served on the editorial board of the new C. P. E. Bach edition and wrote 19 articles for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

Hugh John McLean is survived by his wife, Florence Anne, and their children, Ross Alan and Olivia Anne, his sons Robert Andreas, John Stuart, and Hugh Dundas (by his late wife, Gunlaug Julie Gaberg), nine grandchildren, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews.

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Harry Lyn Huff, minister of music for Old South Church, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, died November 3, of complications from a brain aneurism. Born October 25, 1952, in Sevierville, Tennessee, he studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, and later at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He won competitions sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, the National Society of Arts and Letters, and the Music Teachers’ National Association. He was guest artist at the Aspen, Spoleto, Mostly Mozart, Copenhagen, and Avignon summer festivals, and appeared with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the American Composer’s Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the New York Pops, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

From 1978 until 2004, he enjoyed a career in New York City that included collaborations with artists as varied as Jessye Norman, Judy Collins, Al Hirt, and Lar Lubovitch. His recording projects included organ music of late composers Calvin Hampton and Chris DeBlasio. More recent solo organ recital appearances included the E. Power Biggs Celebrity Series Recitals at Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Peter Schickele’s “PDQ Bach” concerts in Carnegie Hall, New York City.

From 1984 until 2004, Huff was director of music for Calvary Episcopal Church and from 1986 until 2004 organist and artist-in-residence at Union Theological Seminary, both in New York City. He also served as adjunct organist at St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, organist of Temple Shaaray Tefita, and director of choral activities for the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, City University of New York, and artistic director for St. George’s Choral Society.

Harry Huff became minister of music for Old South Church, Boston, in September 2007, supervising the church’s music program including its multiple choirs, jazz ministry, the Old South Ringers, and concert series. He was also lecturer on ministry at Harvard Divinity School, chapter organist in the Memorial Church, Harvard, as well as associate in the music department and an affiliate of Lowell House of Harvard, as well as artist associate of the St. Botolph Club of Boston.

Harry Lyn Huff is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Don and Beth Stanton, nephews Bruce, Billy, and Wesley, and their families. A memorial service was held at Old South Church, Boston, on November 19. Donations may be made to the Harry L. Huff Memorial Fund, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.

Gary Jenkins died September 29, 2016, at the age of 74. He was born in Rockford, Illinois; his parents moved shortly thereafter to Terre Haute, Indiana, then later to Chicago, Illinois, where he spent most of his life. Jenkins served in churches of various denominations, including Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, United Brethren, and United Church of Christ congregations, as well as a synagogue. The churches he served included the First United Methodist Church of Park Ridge, Illinois, and St. Genevieve Catholic Church of Chicago. He also taught at the Park Ridge School for Girls, Park Ridge, Illinois. Jenkins returned to Terre Haute in 2000 to care for his mother. There he served as minister of music for Central Presbyterian Church.

Gary Jenkins is survived by his stepbrother, Patrick O’Malley, of Terre Haute. A memorial service was held October 8 at the Carmelite Monastery of Terre Haute.

Sue Ellen Page Johnson, 67, died November 27, 2016, of brain cancer. She was born June 29, 1949, in Osceola, Iowa, to parents who were church musicians. Johnson earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education and sacred music at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, New Jersey, and taught there as an adjunct instructor. She received a specialist diploma from the Orff Institute of the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. She conducted choral festivals for children and youth and taught teacher training seminars around the United States and abroad. She was well known for her arrangements and compositions for children and youth singers.

From 1982 until 2016 she was director of choirs for children and youth at Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, and was founder in 1989 of the Trenton Children’s Chorus, serving as its artistic director until 2004. Among her awards were a New Jersey Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and the distinguished alumni award from Westminster Choir College.

In 1972, she married Eric Johnson, who survives her. Also surviving are her four children: Amanda, Luke, Ben, and Mandy; four brothers: Bill, Richard, Bob, and Dave; and seven grandchildren.

A memorial service for Sue Ellen Page Johnson was held December 20 at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Memorial gifts may be made to the Trenton Children’s Chorus (www.trentonchildrenschorus.org) or CASA for Children (www.casaforchildren.org).

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Joseph Edwin Lee, Jr., 95, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died February 6. He was born January 22, 1922, in Moscow, Idaho, and raised in rural towns of North Dakota and Wisconsin. Lee attended Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, graduating in 1944 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that year to participate in the Manhattan Project of World War II as an electrical engineer. Having studied piano and organ, he formed Lee Organ, Inc., building and maintaining organs in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama. Lee was a charter member of the American Institute of Organbuilders. Joseph Edwin Lee, Jr., is survived by his six children: Pat (Dave) Arnett of Florida, Becky Szymanski of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Debbie Ice of Texas, Joe (Julie) Lee of Oak Ridge, Cathy Lee of Kansas, and Ardyce Lee of Oak Ridge; one brother, Reverend Paul (Barbara) Lee of Wisconsin; six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Helen Skuggedal Reed, 68, died March 19 in Evansville, Indiana. An organist, harpsichordist, and pianist, she also served as librarian of the William H. Miller Library in the Vanderburgh Circuit and Superior Courts, Evansville, for more than 30 years.

Born June 19, 1948, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, she began piano studies at age three, later studying piano, organ, and music theory with Maitland Farmer. She earned an associate diploma (Piano) from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (English) with honors from Dalhousie University, Halifax, in 1969, and a Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of Michigan as a student of Robert Glasgow in 1971.

At the University of Evansville, she served as organist of Neu Chapel (1976–-1983) and as adjunct professor of organ and harpsichord (since 2015). She also served as organist of Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church, Evansville (1984–1990), and Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Evansville (since 1991). She performed as principal harpsichordist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra (since 1984) and was recently honored for “20 Years of Excellence.” She was a founding member and harpsichordist of the Evansville Chamber Orchestra (1981) and performed with the Harmonie Consort and the Evansville Chamber Singers.

Helen Reed performed numerous solo harpsichord and organ recitals throughout the eastern United States and Canada, for the Royal Canadian College of Organists National Convention in Halifax and for the Historical Keyboard Society of North America Conference at McGill University. Most recently, she was the treasurer for HKSNA. She was an active member of the Evansville AGO chapter for which she served as dean for several years.

Reed’s work as librarian began at the University of Michigan Law School where she worked as an assistant (1972–73). She then became the librarian of the Hochstein Music School, Rochester, New York (1973–1975). After serving as acting archivist in the University of Southern Indiana library (1978–1980), she worked at the William H. Miller Law Library in Evansville. She served as archival consultant of Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences (1984–85) and executive board member of Four Rivers Area Library (1988–1991).

Helen Skuggedal Reed is survived by her son, Eric Reed; daughter-in-law Sarah Zun; grandson, Oliver Reed; brother and sister-in-law, John Skuggedal and Deirdre Floyd; and former spouse, continued friend, and trusted colleague, Douglas Reed.

A memorial service and concert will be held at First Presbyterian Church, Evansville, on May 20. Contributions may be made to the Evansville Chapter AGO for the restoration of the historic Giesecke Organ, named in her memory: 609 SE Second Street, Evansville, Indiana 47713.

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Peter McNeely Fyfe, 92, died May 7 in Nashville, Tennessee. For 35 years, he served as organist and choirmaster for Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in downtown Nashville. He was an adjunct instructor of organ at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University. Born August 23, 1923, in Covington, Tennessee, Fyfe became organist for St. Matthew Episcopal Church in his hometown while he was in high school. In 1943, he left for service in the U. S. Army in World War II, and while in battle in North Africa, played a pump organ for chapel services. Returning from service, he earned degrees from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and the Union Theological Seminary School of Sacred Music in New York City.

Peter Fyfe married Lois Gainer Fyfe on November 28, 1953. In January 1959, the Fyfes moved to Nashville, when Peter was appointed to Christ Church. In 1993, Lois established Lois Fyfe Music of Nashville. At the 2012 national convention of the American Guild of Organists, Peter and Lois Fyfe were presented the Guild’s Edward Hansen Leadership Award. Lois Gainer Fyfe passed away June 18, 2014.

Peter Fyfe is survived by one daughter, Catharine Fyfe McEacham, two grandsons, Charles and Joseph, all of St. Paul, Minnesota, and one sister, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier, of Austin, Texas. Funeral services were conducted June 6 at Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville.

Robert (“Bob”) Triplett (1936–2016), former organist and director of music of Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City, died on April 25. A native of Chester, South Carolina, he studied at the University of Georgia and later earned graduate degrees at Union Theological Seminary, where he studied organ with Robert Baker. He taught at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and in 1964 joined the faculty of Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he served as professor of music until his retirement in 2001. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Iowa. During his tenure at Cornell, he studied with Anton Heiller in Vienna. He was one of the founders of the River Valley Chapter of the AGO and was active throughout his career as a recitalist, teacher, and church musician.

Triplett was the director of music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City from 1986 to 2000. After retirement, he returned to his native South Carolina and lived in the city of Columbia where he was active as an organist and as a docent at several important historic homes in the city. He had profound interests in art, architecture, history, antiques, music, and performance. His book Stagefright: Letting It Work for You led to classes and lectures throughout the United States, influencing many individuals in various walks of life. At his death he was revising that text. Robert Triplett is survived by two sisters-in-law and several nieces. 

Brandon F. Woods, voicer of Goulding & Wood Pipe Organs who defined the musical character of the company’s instruments for over thirty years, died May 25 at age 65 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Born in Indianapolis, he spent much of his childhood and adolescence there along with three brothers and two sisters. By 1969 he worked for Edward H. Holloway Corporation tuning and maintaining area pipe organs and then training as a voicer. His budding career was interrupted when he was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1971 and served a two-year stint in the military police. Following his return to Indianapolis, Brandon voiced countless instruments through the 1970s and early 1980s for the Holloway Corporation, eventually becoming a partner in the firm. 

After Goulding & Wood Organbuilders was established, Brandon joined fellow former Holloway employees John Goulding and Thomas Wood. He voiced and finished all organs beginning with the firm’s sixth instrument and continuing through their most recently completed installation in Mobile, Alabama. Notable projects in his career include the Catholic cathedral in Atlanta, Georgia; the Episcopal cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana; St. Meinrad Benedictine Archabbey in southern Indiana; Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana; Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois; and large organs in Greenville, South Carolina; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Dallas, Texas. He also completed refurbishments of large, historically significant Aeolian-Skinner organs at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago and East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.

Brandon maintained a dedication to and intense care for every project, regardless of size or locale, with an uncompromising attention to detail and meticulous approach to voicing. A lifelong student of the art, he actively sought out techniques and skills from contemporary voicers and by studying historic instruments. Brandon’s greatest gift, however, was his instinctive understanding of the physics of sound, the principles of acoustics, and the aesthetics of musical taste. He synthesized these dynamics and used his perception of human audiology to produce organs of exquisite beauty.

Brandon complemented his artistic pursuits with pipe organs with a number of outside interests. He was a lifelong musician and an accomplished guitarist in the jazz-rock genre. He preferred the sound of Fender Stratocaster guitars with an aggressive playing style that accentuated the inherent nature of the design. Brandon was a fervent fan of motor racing, particularly around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He attended the famed Indy 500 religiously from an early age, and he was actively preparing to attend the 2016 100th race at the time of his death. Brandon was also an avid tennis player for many years, reaching a high level of accomplishment in amateur competitions and casual matches.

Brandon Woods is survived by his wife, Linda Passwater Woods; stepchildren Chris Beatty, Nikki Smythe, Tiffany Cornelius, Lia Cornelius-Glenn, and Danica Park; brothers Monte, Loren, and Lyle Woods, sisters Fontane andMarcy Woods, and eleven grandchildren.

—Jason Overall