Surry-Southampton-Albemarle County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, Mary W., 2002 

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MARY WILLS BRANCH 

  WAKEFIELD - Mary Wills Branch, 97, a resident of Lakewood Manor, Richmond, 
Va., passed away Friday, Dec. 13, 2002.  Born in Southampton Co., she was the 
daughter of the late A.J. (Jake) and Bertha Vick Branch.  Having spent most 
of her adult life in Charlottesville, Va., she was financial secretary at Blue 
Ridge sanatorium for over 40 years.  She was a member of First Baptist Church, 
Richmond, Va. 

  Preceded in death by her nephew, Richard D. Branch, she is survived by four 
nephews, J.C. Whitmore Jr. and Dallas R. Eggleston of Wakefield, Va., W.J. 
Branch Jr. of New Bern, N.C., J.C. Branch of Chesapeake, Va.; two nieces, 
Martha Branch Andreau of St. Augustine, Fla., and Peggy Branch Harrison of 
Elizabeth City, N.C.; several great and great-great nieces and nephews and one 
great-great-great nephew. 

  A graveside service and burial will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, 
in the Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery, 2745 White Marsh Road, 
Wakefield, Va.  A memorial service will be held at Lakewood Manor at a later 
date. 

  Memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church, 2709 Monument Ave., 
Richmond, VA 23220 or to Lakewood Manor, 1900 Lauderdale Drive, Richmond, VA 
23233. 

  Purviance Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. 


Mary Wills BRANCH, retired Blue Ridge Sanatorium financial secretary, 
b. 25 Jul 1905, Southampton Co., d. 13 Dec 2002, Richmond, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 43*), Surry Co., 
   16 Dec 2002, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 15, 2002, p. 30 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

Her mother, Bertha Wills (VICK; Mrs. Adoniram Judson) BRANCH, 
   is buried in the same plot.  Her (donated, 1956) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b652b4ob.txt 

Her father, Adoniram Judson BRANCH (1854 - 1922), was buried in a family 
   cemetery, presumably in Southampton Co., but the site is not known (Apr 
   2022) to the SCHS Cemetery Project. 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137053946. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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