THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, September 19, 1994 TAG: 9409190013
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Robert Ralph Branton Sr., 64, of the 600 block of Great Fork Road, Whaleyville Station, died Sept. 17, 1994, in Obici Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Branton was born in Whaleyville Station, Nansemond County, Va. He was a retired farmer and was presently president of Branton Farms Inc. He was a member of Whaleyville United Methodist Church. He was predeceased by his parents, Dollie Taylor Branton and Grover C. Branton.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Holland Branton; two daughters, Shirley B. Lewis of Carrollton and Peggy Branton of Suffolk; four sons, Robert R. Branton Jr., William C. Branton, B. Holland Branton and D. Carroll Branton, all of Suffolk; three sisters, Susie B. Holdin of Townsend, Del., and Evelyn B. Clements and Ruth B. Outland, both of Suffolk; two brothers, Grover C. Branton of Suffolk and C. Lindy Branton of Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Branton of Suffolk.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Thomas R. Edwards. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m. to receive friends and suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1515, Suffolk, Va. 23439.
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