Birth date: Oct 30, 1962 Death date: Dec 30, 2021
Bryan Kelly Warden, aged 59, died on December 30th 2021. Bryan was born on October 30th, 1962 at Ramey Air Force Base in Aquadilla, Puerto Rico. Bryan attended Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduation Br Read Obituary
Bryan was my brother in law but more than that my friend maybe the best friend I have had. He was an amazing musician I will miss jamming with him and going to concerts together. He was generous and giving of his time. He was invaluable with his help in making the Tampa Comic Book Convention a success literally my right hand in that endeavor. His kindness toward animals evidenced in his taking in and rehabilitating stray cats was well known. His passion for "big foot" was legendary I do hope he recorded his "Big Foot" song and finished his book on the subject (I would hope to read a copy and hear the song sometime). I do hope he had some years of happiness I believe he did he so deserved joy and peace in life and so may he now rest in peace and let those who knew Bryan remember the joyful times we got to spend with him.
Bryan was a wonderful and generous man. In the short time which I knew him he was always kind and considerate of others. He will surely be missed.
I met Bryan when we were both 9 years old in St Pete, 4th grade and we were generally inseparable all the way through high school. Around age 11 we both took an interest in playing chess. I have a number of memories of being locked in each other's head lock and rolling around the yard to settle arguments on whether a chess move was really a chess move.
We set chess aside as too violent and moved on to catching snakes in Fossil Park. I can remember proudly carrying a bag of water snakes to my backyard for closer study. After taking a weekend to catch 30 or so and then examining them for an hour or so we just dumped the bag out in my backyard and forgot about them.
We didn't do the snakes any favors but they were all OK because my mom found them all over when she went to hang out laundry.
One or both of us were grounded most of the time for the next few years...I would still be grounded today if all our shenanigans were discovered.
We had so many Tom Sawyer/ Huckleberry Finn adventures that if they were published would be treated as wildest exaggeration. We laughed, cried, sweated and bled together and occasionally set ourselves or each other on fire.
Good times.
Chance Anderson
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My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Sincerely and with love,
Shaneka Demps, BayCare Health System Value Analysis Manager
Me and Bryan were favorite cousins. :) The one thing that we definitely had in common was our passion for music, be it live or otherwise.. Brian was a very talented musician and I often sat and just watched him play his guitar. He always took an interest in teaching me music theory and different techniques until one day he finally realized that I was never gonna make it as a guitar player and abruptly asked: "Have you ever considered taking up the bass?" 😂 We laughed so hard. The day Bryan passed I was at FedEx returning a turntable and had a myriad of reasons to do so. That's when my Dad called to break the news.. I was in the middle of the transaction and it felt like I had been punched in the stomach. It didn't take very long for me to understand the irony in the situation. I quickly returned to the counter, grabbed my turntable and as I was walking out the door I said to myself "This one's for you Bryan, an instrument we can all play..." Bryan would approve.
Rest In Peace cousin. I remember taking this photo with all the cousins so clearly. So many special memories at your house! So much laughter! Music! Great food! And family. There is no love like cousin love! We grew up together. I will miss you so much! Thank you for speaking at my moms dinner. It meant so much! I hope that your with her now.
