Brandon (Hercules) Lamar Morgan

Mr. Brandon Lamar (Hercules) Morgan was born November 25, 1998, in Atlanta, GA. to Carla Jaye Mills.

Hercules moved to Gainesville, Florida when he was 2 ½ months old.

Hercules began his education journey at the age of 2 ½ when he got accepted to attend Iyldwild Elementary from then to the various elementary schools Terwilliger, Williams and Foster Elementary, was promoted to attended Howard Bishop Middle where he played the trombone in the band and was recognized for earning high scores on college entrance exams, including being one of the eight seventh-graders that was honored as top performers in the nation.

He was in various programs while attending Eastside High School, such as the Marching Band (Trombone Player), EHS Gospel Choir and Chorus, National Society of Black Engineers to name a few. Graduated from Eastside High School (International Baccalaureate (IB) programme. Then went on to attend Santa Fe Community College and was currently enrolled for this summer.

Hercules was also very active at various churches such as Mount Olive AME Church, Greater Bethel, Gainesville, and New Zion, Raleigh, Florida to name a few.

*He worked at Blaze Pizza where he truly loved. Herc’s goal was to try each and every combination of pizzas at Blaze personally just in case someone would ask him. “How is Blaze Pizza? He wanted to give an honest response.