Cliff McGlamry, Alan Bissett, Jeff Ruff, Alan Mangum

Taken at a get together with friends in Marina Del Ray in 2005. 

Taken at a get together with friends during a period where he was working at LAX on a network upgrade project.

Georgia National Cemetery

Alan was my oldest friend.  We met in kindergarten, he was my best man when I was married 30 years ago, and was the brother I never had.  We would see each other as he traveled each year to see his Mom up North and would pick up right where we left off.  Over the last 50 plus years there were too many stories, but more memories- those I will always cherish.  Until we meet again Bud…,,,

Alan was an usher when Nancy and I got married in 2017.  In the  photo (L to R), Cliff McGlamry, Alan Bissett, Jeff Ruff, Alan Mangum

He was a good man. Enjoyed his dry humor and working with him RIP he got his wings

Alan and I met back in the early/mid 1990's while we were both serving in the US Naval Reserve unit supporting the USS Saratoga CV-60.  Alan had left active duty on a long term plan to go fly as an airline pilot.  Unfortunately, after he submitted his resignation from active duty, the economy contracted, and the airlines began laying off pilots.  He never had the chance he wanted.  He started working with me at my company not long after that, and we became life long friends.  We had the opportunity to work together serveral times in Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles.  After ultimately returning to Atlanta, Alan lived a relatively quiet life, and worked nights at a hotel for the last 15 years or so of his life.  We tried to get together periodically just to catch up.  Alan would typically go back home to New Jersey to visit his mom once a year, and he would rave about the  canolis (an italian treat) he would get while at home from his favorite place.  He never married and had no children, but was an absolutely solid friend.  He would regularly come stay with our pets when I would have to go out of town, and as he went through hospice care, one of our dogs could regularly be found at his bedside checking on him.   Alan was a wonderful friend, and I will certainly miss him. 

ALAN STUART BISSETT

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