Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Ruth F., 1935 

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FUNERAL OF MISS RUTH BRANCH 

  Funeral services for Miss Ruth F. Branch, aged 25, whose death occurred here 
last Thursday at Raiford Hospital, were held from the residence of her sister, 
Mrs. M.E. Dennis, in Franklin Saturday afternoon at 3:30, conducted by Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson, assisted by Rev. F.B. Handley of Boykins.  Interment was made 
in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, the active pallbearers being E.A. Hatch, Jr., 
Otis Whitley, A.A. Dennis, W.J. Dennis, Herman Tart, J.J. Finley, Jr., Hudson 
Conwell and Cecil Blythe.  Honorary bearers were members of her Sunday school 
class and intimate friends. 

  Miss Branch was the daughter of S.J. Branch of Boykins and for the past 16 
months had made her home here with her sister, Mrs. Dennis.  She was a loyal 
member of the Boykins Baptist Church and since her residence in Franklin she 
had been a useful member of the Kingdom Builders Class of the Baptist Church 
here. 

  Besides her father and sister, she is survived by a brother, L. Shelton 
Branch of Murfreesboro. 


Ruth Frances BRANCH, 
b. 26 May 1910, Boykins, d. 31 Oct 1935, Franklin, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery*, Boykins, 2 Nov 1935, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 31, No. 5, Fri., Nov. 8, 1935, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list (BE-AX1H-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Judy McKinley - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #65318121. 

Her parents, Samuel James & Sarah Frances (JOHNSON) BRANCH, are also buried 
   there, her father apparently unmarked. 

D.Cert. 24812 (Franklin #67) 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 9, 1948, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652s7ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 6, 1934, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652s4ob.txt 


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