Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Gurney W., 1964 

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GURNEY WASHINGTON BRANCH

   FRANKLIN - Gurney Washington Branch, 79, retired mail carrier, died Tuesday 
afternoon in a hospital after a short illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. 
Elizabeth Whitley Branch and a son of Alex and Mrs. Susan Bradshaw Branch.

   He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church and Knights of Pythias Lodge 51.

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Elmo Eason, and a brother Robert C. Branch, 
both of Franklin; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland 
and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins.  Burial will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.


Gurney Washington BRANCH, retired mail carrier, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 28 Apr 1964, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 31*), Franklin, 
   30 Apr 1964, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 30, 1964, Sect. I, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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