Dean David "DD" Brittian

1932 - 2013

Dean David "DD" Brittian passed away in Denton on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Funeral: 3 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Ponder. Interment: Eakins Cemetery in Ponder. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at DeBerry Funeral Directors in Denton. Pallbearers will be Bruce Ashman, Tyler Ashman, Mike Durrett, Geoff Prose, Jeff Vardell and Jason Trosper. Honorary pallbearers will be DeRoyce Bolton, Mark "Muley" Morton, Steve Futch, Clem Deussen, Kurt Bluhm, Larry Don Deussen, Clem "Bubba" Deussen, Bert Pope, Eddie Mills, Bruce Schinder and Jim "Goog" Brooks. DD was born in Ponder on Feb. 23, 1932, to Dean and Kattie Lane Brittian. He graduated from Ponder High School in 1951 in a class of six girls with him being the only boy. He graduated from North Texas State College in 1959. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He left Ponder in 1960 to work for LTV in California. He went to work for Rockwell International in 1975 in the Philippines. He returned to Ponder in 1992. Then he went to work for James Wood Auto in Denton. DD served on the Ponder City Council, Planning and Zoning Committee and was mayor pro term. He served on the North Texas Fair and Rodeo for 17 years as a committeeman. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Steve; brothers, Pat, Melvin, Leroy and Lane; and sisters, Evelyn Bolton and Oleta Deussen. Survivors: His loving wife, Jane Stanley; daughter-in-law, Melanie Brittian; grandchildren, Jenny, Sean and Justin Brittian; stepson, George Sanchez; sister, Delane Finley; nephew, Jack Brittian and wife, Debbie; many nieces and nephews; many great-nieces and great-nephews; and a host of the most wonderful friends in the world.