KRIS BRANDON BALKCOM
MIDLAND CITY, AL… Kris Brandon Balkcom, a resident of Midland City, Alabama, passed away Saturday night, September 12, 2026, at Flowers Hospital. He was 52.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 17, 2026, at the Headland Methodist Church with Reverend Clayton Lassiter and Reverend Ricky Sowell officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Wednesday night, September 16, 2026, at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made in Kris’s memory, to the TJ Northey Memorial Foundation, P.O. Box 292, Abbeville, Alabama 36310, or to the Headland Methodist Cemetery Fund, 103 West King Street, Headland, Alabama 36345.
Kris was born in Dothan, Alabama to Gayle Johnson Balkcom and the late James Douglas “Doug” Balkcom. He lived his entire life in the Midland City, Alabama and Headland, Alabama area. Kris was a 1992 graduate of Dale County High School. He also graduated with a master’s degree in Agri-Science from Auburn University in 1998. He has worked for the past twenty-five years at the Auburn Wiregrass Research and Extension Center in Headland, Alabama. Mr. Balkcom also took over the family farm in Dale County. He was such a giving person, always lending a hand or taking care of his friends. He was a founding member and board member of the Mystics Du Mayhem Mardi Gra Krewe. If you knew Kris, you always knew when you saw him, you would see that contagious smile. He will be missed by so many. He was a member of the Headland Methodist Church.
Leaving to cherish his memories are his wife, Amy Parker Balkcom; his daughters, Sela Balkcom and Elizabeth Folger (Rashard Ranie); his son, Tanner Folger (Clara); his mother, Gayle Johnson Balkcom; his brother, Kip Balkcom (Rebecca); his uncle, B.M. Balkcom; his grandson, Beau Brandon; several cousins and close friends; and his dedicated fur-baby, Maggie Elizabeth Balkcom.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Brookes Hayes, Benji Hicks, William Birdsong, Jason Harris, Richard Hartzog, Travis Northey, Judd Woods, Joey Deal, Chris Weed, and Rodney Dansby. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be his Wednesday Night Crew, Justen Hutto, Rein Rippey, Bo Owen, Will Reed, McLane Borland, Avery Harris, Bobby Smith, Wyatt Outlaw, Joe Don Marshall, Riley Grantham, Austin Ward, and Hayden McWaters.
The family wishes to express their sincere thank you to the Flowers Hospital Staff in Heart Care Services.
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