On October 10, 2020, Nicholas James Brumett (Nick), loving son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend, passed away. In the city of Pompano, Florida. Nick is survived by his loving parents, George and Shannon, his siblings, Courtney and Riley and his grandparents, Jim, Sharon, George and Margie.
Nick was known as a kind, giving and intelligent man. He loved spending time in the mountains and enjoying nature. His wit, zest for knowledge, dry sense of humor and love of a good debate kept conversations lively and always entertaining. Nick faced many challenges in life but he always thought of and helped others before himself.
He will be greatly missed by his loving family and always remembered in their hearts.
All arrangements made by Guiding Light Cremations and Funerals
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Nick was a great nephew. Always had a smile and a hug to great you. He found a Holstein pattern watch at a yard sale he went to with his Mom. They had stopped on the way to our house for a gathering. He was excited to give it to me. Love that boy. Didn’t see him mush but I do miss him.
Nick…
My sweet brother.. I’m sorry I didn’t say more at your celebration of life.. I just couldn’t.. it was so hard for me and Riley to stand up there and talk about you in a “past” tense.
Because I will never remember you in a past tense. You will always for as long as I am alive be in a present tense.
For me, you were my best friend. My first friend.. shit.. my only friend.. we grew up only 2 years apart. I remember most of my childhood birthdays with you next to me. Because our parents would throw our parties together. Because even though our actual birthdays was 2 years apart, the days were only 3 weeks apart.. we’d have the best of party’s and I remember feeling so proud and happy to not only be celebrating my birthday but to be celebrating my big brothers birthday.. and I remember always looking up next to you as you blew your candles out first.. being so happy and proud that I got to celebrate not only another year of my life but of yours.. my best friend.. my hero.. my brother.
Nick, I’m so sorry that you faced the demons you did.. I wish I could’ve been there for you more than I was. I wish whatever pain you were dealing with that I could’ve helped and taken some of the pain and put them inside of me. That’s all I wanted for us and our family, I wanted to take it all away from you.
But I will always remember you. The real you. The nick that I used to hang under the bunk bed.. on the bottom bunk.. on Christmas morning.. and you’d say “hey lets go down stairs and look at the gifts… before mom and dad wake up.. I wanna see what YOU got” you were so eager to know what was under that tree.. not only for you.. but mostly for me.
I’ll always remember the day I came out as gay to you.. how you were the second person I told.. and I told you.. and you looked at me.. and you said.. “Courtney, I love you, we love you, I think that’s amazing”
You deserved more than what I gave you at your service.. and I wanted you to know that.. brother.. you in general deserved more in this life.. this life deserved more of you.. I love you so much.. I may not have agreed with your life style but I always loved and was there for you..
Until we meet again… I love you my older brother. We will make you proud.
Grandson you are loved and missed more than you will ever know. Rest in heaven and I will see you some day. I love you. NeeNee
Oh how I miss you Nick. I miss your smile, your history discussions, your excited voice and the I love you mom. You had your struggles, but you we one of the kindest young men I’ve ever known. I hope you’ve found the peace and happiness you’ve been looking for. Please give me the strength to get thru this. I love you so much – you will always be my little boy. ❤️❤️
It’s been eating at me ever since I found out. I miss you Nick. And I’m so sorry that this happened. I know your love for knowledge transcends this plane of existence and you’re having a blast. Every conversation, joke, sesh we ever had, I cherish. You taught me a lot and every time I recall something you taught me, I will remember you. Going to Alan’s won’t be the same. Watching Rick & Morty wont be the same. Nothing will. I’m going to frame the shirt you gave me. Thank you for existing. Love and god speed. – Kirren ♠️
Theres so much that can be said about nick, and that in itself desribes his character and how unique of a human he was. He was filled with so much, such a diverse and interesting person. You could leave a 5 minute conversation with him with more to reflect on than hours with another person. Nick was someone who interacted with so many people yet still left such a memorable impression on each and every one of them.
He always wanted the most out of life. He was always in search of truth and authenticity. Growing up with him I always envied and admired all of these qualities that he had. Being able to be so caring and compassionate for someone as soon as he’d meet them would always make me want to improve myself and think of others more. Having such interest in so many topics. He truly was so full of life and wanted to bring light to others as much as he could.
When I was about 11 years old I was at their house for what was probably a fun holiday gathering where I would look forward to football with the family and video games with Nick and all the cousins. I will always remember how after we were inside for a little bit he showed me a couple of bands who are still my favorite to this day. I would always look forward to whatever topic he would bring up each time I would see him and every time it would be something that my younger self had never even thought of before. He showed me these bands with strange names and totally abstract sounds that completely contradicted the average music I listened to up to that point. That essentially became what made me interested in music in general and opened up a whole new world for myself. I always appreciated this and the other countless ways Nick led me to think differently, as it is certainly rare to have that type of person in your life. Nick had such a profound effect on my world and I cant even imagine the number of people he had this same effect on.
I wish I couldve told him how much I appreciated all of these things in person and wish I couldve spent more time with him later on in his life. But i know he will always be with us and his love and unmistakable spirit will be with us forever.