Love Co., OK. - Obits: Beverly Jane Brannan

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                  Obit for Beverly Jane Brannan

Services for Beverly Jane Brannon, 80, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m.,
Saturday, December 29, at the Marietta Church of Christ, with Bro. Travis
Huffman officiating.

Mrs. Brannan was born August 27, 1921, in Marietta, the daughter of Omri Oral
"Bud" and Maggie B. Thompson Autry.
She died Friday, December 28, 2001, in Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

A resident of Love County all of her life, she and John Claude Brannan Sr. were
married May 11, 1939, at Tishomingo.

Mrs. Brannan was a homemaker and had been a member of the Love County Health
Center Foundation Board for many years, as well as the Pink Ladies Auxiliary of
the Health Center. She was also involved in the PTA and many other community
activities and organizations. Mrs. Brannan was a member of the Marietta Church
of Christ.

Survivors include her husband, John Claude Brannan Sr. of the home; a sons and
daughter-in-law, John Claude Jr. and Jaycile Brannan of Dallas; a daughter and
son-in-law, Susie and Dan Brown of Dallas; a brother and sister-in-law, David
and Loretta Autry of Oklahoma City; a sister and brother-in-law, Peggy and
Jimmie Stafford of Norman; four grandchildren, Samantha Jane Smoot, Dr. John
Brannan Smoot and wife Stacy, William Ryan Brannan and John Claude Brannan III;
three great-grandchildren, Erica Smoot, John Brannan Smoot Jr. and Elise Smoot;
and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Brannan was preceded in death by her parents.

Pallbearers were grandchildren and nephews. Honorary pallbearers were Robert
Hughes, Bud Hill, Dr. J.T. O'Connor Jr., Dr. Vergil Smith, Linda Graham, Jacque
Miller, Marine Jacobs, Elena Harris, and all the employees and staff of Love
County Health Center and Doctors Clinic.

Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta, under the direction of
Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.

The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Love County
Health Center Foundation.

Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, January 4, 2002.