Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Richard H., 1967 

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RICHARD HAROLD BRANCH 

  Richard Harold Branch, 53, a well-known resident of the Zuni Community, died 
Monday night. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Helen Irene Horton Branch, and the son of Mrs. 
Eula Raiford West and the late Richard Allen Branch.  He was an employee of 
L.L. Brinkley Auto Part Supply Co. for the past 17 years, and a member of 
Corinth Friends Church. 

  Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Nell Jeannette Crocker, and Miss Sue 
Branch of Zuni, and Mrs. Judy B. Powell of Smithfield; one sister, Mrs. 
Margaret Rickerson of Virginia Beach; four grandchildren, and three nephews. 

  Funeral services will be conducted in the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Chapel at 4 
p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. James A. Coney and the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial 
will be in Ivor Cemetery. 

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RICHARD HAROLD BRANCH

   ZUNI - A funeral service for Richard Harold Branch was conducted Wednesday 
at 4 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. James A. Coney and 
the Rev. R. E. Brittle.  Burial was in Ivor Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Joseph C. Raiford, Elton Stephenson, Walter Neave, Edgar 
Lowe, Dudley Raiford, Herman Barnes, Chamus Stephenson and Herman Cobb.

   Branch, 53, died Tuesday [sic; Monday*].

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Mrs. Eula Raiford West and 
the late Richard Allen Branch and husband of Mrs. Helen Horton Branch.  He was 
a member of Corinth Friends Meeting.

   Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Nell 
Jeanette Crocker of Zuni, Mrs. Judy Ann Powell of Smithfield, and Miss Linda 
Sue Branch of Zuni; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Rickerson of Virginia Beach; and 
four grandchildren.


Richard Harold BRANCH, assistant manager - L.L. Brinkley Auto Part Supply, 
b. 21 Jan 1914, Southampton Co., d. 26 Jun 1967, near Zuni, 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 28 Jun 1967, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 45, No. 153, Tues., June 27, 1967, p. 8; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., June 29, 1966, p. 6 

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

D.Cert. 67-017483 

His parents are buried in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (MV-I-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt 

His widow (1919 - 1975) is buried in Magnolia Park Cemetery, Warner Robins, 
   Houston Co., GA. 


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