Obit of Joy Christeen [Scroggins] Branch (b652) - Grady County, Oklahoma

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The Chickasha Express-Star
? February 2002

Joy Christeen [Scroggins] Branch

Joy Christeen Branch, 61, of Lindsay, OK, passed away from this life to 
be with the Lord on Friday, February 22, 2002.  She was born February 19, 
1941, to Frank Lorenzo Scroggins and Grace Pendley Scroggins in the town 
of Purdy, OK, which she called home until marrying Benham John (B.J.) 
Branch of Alex, OK on October 17, 1964.  The couple made their home on 
a farm located northeast of Bradley where she lived the rest of her life 
as a Christian, a Baptist, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a friend.

Christeen was a secondgeneration member of the Purdy O.H.C.E. Club, of 
which her mother was a charter member, for 44 years.  Christeen was a member 
of the First Baptist Church of Bradley, an inspector for the Grady County 
Election Board, an organizer and leader in Garvin County rural/agricultural 
activities, and, most important of all to her, a good homemaker.

Survivors include her husband, Benham John (B.J.), if Lindsay; daughter 
Tracy Branch, of Stillwater, OK; son Richard Branch and wife Stephanie, of 
Washington, OK; grandchildren Josey Branch and Kassi Branch, of Skiatook, 
OK; one sister, Ruby and husband, Wiley Gosnell, of Lindsay, OK; nieces and 
nephews:  Tony, Anita Jarrod, Jesse and Justin Gosnell, Mark, Dara, Travis, 
Tyler and Kayla Gosnell, all of Lindsay, OK; Derek and LaDonna Bullard, of 
Tulsa, OK; Len Scroggins, of Arlington, VA; and Tiffany and Shan Macklin, 
of Byers, Texas.

She was preceded in death by both parents and one brother, Leon Scroggins.

Christeen will be best remembered as a kind woman; whom after having known 
her, would wish for you to be will loved, well fed, and to know Jesus Christ.

Funeral Services will be at the First Baptist Church in Bradley, OK, on 
Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Cletis Lee conducting the 
service.  Burial will be in Alex Cemetery, Alex, OK.  Pallbearers will be 
Gaylon Mitchusson, Darrell Richardson, Tony Gosnell, Mark Gosnell, Derek Bullard 
and David Wall.  Honorary pallbearers will be Leon Stanley, Jay Mann, Earl 
Branch and Johnny Branch.

Memorials may be viewed online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com

Arrangements are with B. G. Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, OK.