Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Samuel J., 1948 

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S. J. BRANCH 

  Samuel J. Branch of Boykins died Friday night, January 2, in Lakeview 
Hospital, Suffolk, after a short illness.  He was in his 74th year. 

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nannie J. Branch, and two children by a 
former marriage, Shelton Branch of Portsmouth and Mrs. M.E. Dennis of 
Leesburg, Fla.  He is also survived by six grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren. 

  Mr. Branch had been a resident of Boykins for 45 years, and was well known 
by everyone there. 

  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in the Boykins 
Baptist Church, of which he was a member.  The services were conducted by Rev. 
N.B. Habel, pastor of the deceased, and music was furnished by members of the 
choir.  Miss Jacqueline Dennis, granddaughter of Mr. Branch, sang "Will The 
Circle Be Unbroken" as a solo. 

  Pallbearers were friends of the family, and interment was in Beechwood 
Cemetery, Boykins. 


Samuel James BRANCH, retired banker, 
b. 12 Jul 1874, Southampton Co., d. 2 Jan 1948, Suffolk, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery*, Boykins, 4 Jan 1948, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 42, No. 11, Fri., Jan. 9, 1948, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Unmarked?  Added to the plot of his first wife Sarah Frances (JOHNSON) BRANCH, 
   & their daughter Ruth BRANCH. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list (BE-AX1H-6): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 1042 (Suffolk #1) gives son of Calthorpe & Catherine (EDWARDS) 
   BRANCH. 

Sarah'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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