OBIT: Pearl Mae (VINCENT) SMITH BRANDON, 1978, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BRANDON
  
  Pearl Mae Vincent Smith Brandon, 80, formerly of Boswell and Jerome,
  died July 8, 1978 at New Paltz Nursing Home, New Paltz, N.Y.  Born
  July 9, 1897 in West Branch, Iowa, a daughter of Heathman and Molly
  (Swank) Vincent.  Preceded in death by parents; first husband,
  Richard V. Smith; second husband, Loyal C. Brandon; a son; Vernon
  Carlisle; brother, R. Clyde; and a sister, Mrs. Blance McClary. 
  Survived by these children:  William D. Smith, of Bethesda, Md.;
  Richard V. Smith of Middletown, N.Y.; Mrs. Margorie Hosman of
  Springfield, Va.; Robert C. Smith of Warrenton, Va.; and Ronald D.
  Smith of Campbell Hall, N.Y.; also 15 grandchildren and 11
  great-grandchildren.  Sister of Mrs. Evelyn Jay of Silver Springs,
  Md.  She was a member of the Methodist Church, Middletown; and a
  former member of the Jerome Lutheran Church.  Friends will be
  received from 1-4 and 7-9 Monday at the Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral
  Home, 227 Allegheny Street, Boswell, where services will be held at
  11 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. George A. Clark officiating. 
  Interment, Jenners Cross Road Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, July 10, 1978
  
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