Burke-Caldwell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Branch, William Walker October 18, 1918
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The News Herald, October 24, 1918
Mr. Branch Buried Sunday
  Mr. W. W. Branch, who died Saturday of influenza-pneumonia at his home in
Granite Falls, was buried at the cemetery here Sunday afternoon.  Mr. Branch
made a desperate fight for life but finally the disease proved conquerer (sic)
and he passed to rest.  His death is peculiarly sad in that almost every member
of his family at home either have now or have had influenza, his eldest son, a
mere boy - just seventeen years of age - was recently killed in France, and his
sister, Mrs. Loyd, of Winston-Salem, passed away the day following Mr. Branch's
death.
  Morganton was the former home of Mr. Branch and he always considered it
"home."  He had many friends here, who admired his sterling traits of character
and loved him for his goodness of heart.  His death is a matter of keen regret
to many here. 

Additional Comments:
Note: His eldest son, Charles Clifton Branch, was not killed in France.  He
lived until December 24, 1938.
Sister: Margaret Elizabeth Branch Loyd, September 1891 - October 21, 1918
Daughter, Jennie, born November 3, 1902, died five days after her father on
October 23, 1918.

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