Pitt County NcArchives Obituaries.....Branch, Jerrold W. 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net July 5, 2021, 2:20 pm DAILY PRESS JERROLD WAYNE BRANCH DAILY PRESS – 04-13-1986, P. 48 DENDRON – Jerrold W. Branch Sr., 48, of Dendron died Saturday of a heart attack while fighting a fire in Dendron. He was born in Winterville, N.C. He was employed as a professional fireman for the city of Chesapeake for 17 years. He was a member of Dendron Congregational Christian Church, Dendron. He was also a member of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Chesapeake, Dendron Town Council, Dendron Volunteer Fire Department and Chesapeake Ruritan Club. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Patricia Carraway Branch; a daughter, Miss Jan Marie Branch of the home; a son, Jerrold W. Branch, Jr. of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Jane B. Beddard of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Mrs. Nancy B. Smith of Pink Hill, N.C.; and four brothers, Jesse Branch Jr. and Franklin Branch, both of Winterville, Michael Branch of Greenville, N.C. and Robert Branch of Liberia, Africa. A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield. Burial will follow in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form on contributions to Dendron Volunteer Fire Department, Surry Volunteer Rescue Squad or Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/pitt/obits/b/branch2091nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb