He was born November 26, 1980 in Kettering, son of James & Cindy (Groves) Halye. On June 29, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio, he married Courtney Castor Halye, who also passed away on March 16, 2017. Brian worked as a Captain Pilot for Spirit Airlines, had attended the Seventh-day Adventist Church and was a 1999 graduate of the Spring Valley Academy