I parked across the highway, just a few yards past the cross on the southbound side of 277, and took a picture of Brandons Memorial. I also should point out that I'm not certain that this location is exactly where Brandon ran out of gas, only that this is where I found the cross today. Its not far from the rest area but it's on the other side of the road. I know it's not a great picture, I was limited on time pretty bad today. Also, traffic was kind of an issue...18 wheelers doing 75 mph. Not heavy but regular, so I didn't get out. I did a pin drop at that location but lost it and the screenshot I took of the pindrop (in case I lost it) doesn't have the GPS coordinates in the capture. I was able to extract the GPS coordinates from the picture I took though. 31.831522 -100.291938. Hope this helps!
I did get a pin drop at the rest area. Desolate country out there, like a lot of west Texas, though even that has its own charm. Hard to imagine running in the night across some of that ground. Tons of pear cactus...some areas were completely full of it...very rocky and uneven. Oddly enough, there is a another cross a few miles back towards San Angelo. This one looked like a 2 or 3 inch white PVC cross attached to a fence line, with a cut metal sign next to it with the name "James" on it. Had to check twice on that because I had a little trouble finding Brandons memorial and thught that might be it. Which, btw, is in very good condition, from what I could see. Has a hard hat hanging on it, and it looks like its well attended. But it's a lonely location.
Also drove into Bronte, which was underwhelming. I'll try and upload the pic, in case someone wants to verify the Exif.