Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Fenton, 1962 

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FENTON BRANCH 

   IVOR - Fenton Branch, 78, prominent retired farmer of Southampton Co., 
died in his home near here Friday after a long illness. 

   He was the husband of Mrs. Hattie Raiford Branch and son of the late 
Patrick Henry and Mrs. Margaret Bulls Branch of Southampton County. 

   He was a member of Millfield Baptist and its Men’s Bible Class.  Besides 
his widow, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Katherine B. Beale, five 
sons Lonnie Fenton Branch of Hampton, Philip Crabor Branch of Newport News 
['Wallace W. Branch and Rogers Branch' omitted] 
and Joseph Mayton Branch of Richmond, a sister Mrs. Lillian B. Beale of Zuni, 
thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. 

   Funeral services were conducted in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home, 
Franklin Sunday afternoon by Rev. J.L. McTeer of Millfield Baptist Church and 
C.E. Rigby of Corinth Friends Meeting. Rev. James A. Coney, a former pastor 
of Corinth meeting sang a solo. 

   Active pallbearers were nephews of Mr. Branch, Paul Branch, Harold Branch, 
Lewis Carr Beale, Johnnie Beale, Earl Branch and John C. Raiford. 

   Honorary pallbearers were nephews of Mrs. Branch, Larry Stephenson, Buck 
Scott, Walter Raiford, George Philip Raiford, Leroy Carroll, Elton Raiford 
and friends of the family. 

   Interment was in the Ivor cemetery. 


Fenton BRANCH*, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Feb 1962, at home, near Ivor, age 78, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 25 Feb 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 5, 1962, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Ivor list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt 

His brother P. Henry [Jr.], also buried there, spelled his surname BRANCHE. 
   His obit ("Tidewater News," July 5, 1956) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652p1ob.txt 

Fenton & Hattie's marriage record has not been found in VA or NC (Dec 2016). 
   Henry m. 09-03-1905 Hattie's sister Fanny. (So.Co. MB12:257) 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b652f3ob.txt