Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Branch, David V. Jr., 1978 

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DAVID VANCE BRANCH, JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - David Vance Branch, 66, died Saturday at his home.

  He was a lifelong resident of Sussex County and a retired merchant. 
He was a member of Wakefield United Methodist Church and the Wakefield 
Sportsman's Club.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Lewis Branch; a daughter, Mrs. 
Harry O. Snead, Jr. of Glen Allen; three sisters, Mrs. B.E. Cowling Sr., 
Mrs. Bernice Rogers and Mrs. Annie C. Little, all of Wakefield, and two 
grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Purviance Funeral Home 
by the Rev. J.E. Griffin and the Rev. L.P. Bland.

  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Ivor of Waverly Rescue Squad.


David Vance BRANCH, Jr., retired merchant, 
b. 7 May 1911, Sussex Co., d. 18 Feb 1978, at home, Sussex Co., 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Feb 1978, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Feb. 19, 1978, p. 20 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Memorials to his parents are appended to his father's obit 
   ("Smithfield Times," Mar. 26, 1947, p. 1), posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b652d4ob.txt 


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