Brandon Allan Lawler, 23, of Alvarado St., Carlsbad, NM, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013. Visitation will be 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2013, 2:00 PM, at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David W. Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Brandon Allan Lawler was born on June 11, 1989, in Carlsbad, NM, to Jeffrey Dean Lawler and Michele Bush Sneller. He enjoyed music and loved playing the bass guitar and was in three local bands. Brandon liked to spend time at the river and also enjoyed shooting, four wheeling and rabbit hunting. He worked for Mosaic for the last three years. Brandon loved to cook-out and spend time with family and friends. Family was very important to him. He loved to spend any spare time with his fiance, Megan. Brandon was a jokester and liked to make people laugh. He was preceded in death by his great grandmother, Leona Campbell; great-grandmother, Precious Bush; great-grandfather, Doc Hensley; great-grandmother, Viola Jones; grandfather, Jerry Lawler and grandfather, Lynn Warren. Survivors are his fiance, Megan Kale of Carlsbad, NM; mother, Michele Bush Sneller and fiance, Danny Goins of Carlsbad, NM; father, Jeff Lawler and wife, Irma of Carlsbad, NM; sisters: Tanessa Morales of Carlsbad, NM, Jaidyn Lawler of Carlsbad, NM; step-brother, Miguel Luna of Carlsbad, NM; maternal great-grandfather, Ellis "Pepa" Campbell of Carlsbad, NM; paternal great-grandmother, Verna Hensley of Carlsbad, NM; maternal grandparents, Jim Bush and wife, Judy of Carlsbad, NM; paternal grandmother, Jan Warren of Carlsbad, NM; nephews: Julean, Kamden, Aydan Morales of Carlsbad, NM, aunt, Jalan Padilla and husband, Troy of Carlsbad, NM; aunt, Winona Lawler of Oklahoma; uncle, Keith Bush and wife, Stacy of Carlsbad, NM; cousins: Brent Padilla, Kara Padilla, Tyler Bush, Ashlee Bush, Aiken Palma and numerous great-aunts, great-uncles and second cousins. Pallbearers will be Justin Medina, Eugene "Q" Quinzano, Joseph Garrett, Tyler Bush, Shaun "Schmuck" Hughes, Jacob Castillo Gonzalez and Shane "Biskits" Davis. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.