Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....W. M. Branch 1907
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Cedartown Standard, July 11, 1907) 
Judge W. M. Branch, It is the painful duty of the Journal to chronicle this 
week the slaying of Judge W. M. Branch, who for one short week had charge of 
the editorial management of the paper during Mr. Stovall’s absence in Mineral 
Well. Words seem inadequate to portray the sorrow that was cast over our little 
city by the terrible tragedy and insufficient to show the high esteem in which 
he was held, not only by the citizens of Sayre, but by every inhabitant of the 
surrounding country with whom he was acquainted. Judge Branch was a favorite in 
the community and always had a smile and pleasant word for every one with whom 
he came in contact, from the toddling tot to the tottering and decrepit man or 
woman. Judge Branch has been a resident of Sayre ever since there was a town 
here, having located in this section before it was decided where the town site 
was to be placed. He came here between nine and ten years ago from Cedartown, 
Ga., and entered the employment of Mr. B. W. Waters, who was an extensive 
cattle owner at that time. Four years ago he was elected Justice of the Peace 
for the city of Sayre, in the conduct of which office no one was ever heard to 
make complaint of any decision he ever rendered, as they realized that even if 
the decision was against them, the verdict was in accordance with law and the 
evidence, and the honesty of the court was never questioned. The Judge was 
especially fond of the children of Sayre, and called nearly every one of them 
by name. It was no uncommon sight to see him sitting in front of his office 
with two or three little ones on his lap and a half dozen others clustered 
about his chair. Many a little pillow was wet with tears on the night of that 
eventful day, Saturday, June 22d. Mr. B. W. Waters, who probably was closer to 
the deceased than any other of our citizens, voices the sentiments and feelings 
of the entire community when he says. "Judge Branch was the most honorable man 
I have ever met. My sorrow could not be greater if a near and dear relative had 
been taken in his stead." The Journal, together with the citizens of Sayre and 
the surrounding country, deeply mourns the untimely end of Judge Branch, and 
realizes that he occupied one small niche in this great universe which will be 
vacant for many a day. "Peace to his ashes," --Sayre (Okla.) Journal (Cedartown 
Standard, July 11, 1907) 


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