Charlotte Observer 08/10/2005 Ex-Observer editor was rock of newsroom
Charlotte's Stan Brennan, a former Observer editor who made more friends and shepherded more stories into the paper than anyone can count, died early Tuesday at Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy.
He was 74. Complications from liver disease took him, but not before he filled his life with family, jazz, books, bridge games and a colorful career.
Brennan was the slot man in the newsroom, the calm soul in the middle of a storm who helped oversee the metro desk at night...
In the mid-80s, I worked at the Observer, writing obituaries and the weather page...and sat close to Stan, who was at the center of the Metro Desk. He was, indeed, the rock, and the calm soul...and was one of my favorite people at the paper. He knew how to put people at ease, and with a variety of deadlines, every day, ease and calm was an otherwise rare commodity. I will always remember his jocular laugh, and extraordinary sense of humor. I will miss him. Many will. He was a good man and consummate journalist.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Sharon Memorial Park, 5400 Monroe Road. Visitation will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Rollins' home, 8513 Tintinhull Lane in Union County.
