Scott Anna Branch

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Mrs. Scott Anna Branch, 93, of Osceola, died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Osceola. Born Aug. 29, 1919, to the late Jack Herron and Willie Mitchell, she was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church and on the mother board.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Branch; three sons, Isaac Branch Sr., Tom Willie Branch Sr., and Eugene Branch Sr.; one sister, Alice Jerdine; and one brother, Hopkins Brown.

Mrs. Branch leaves six daughters, Rebecca Yankaway, Dorothy Hosley, Bertha Jaunes, Estella (and Robert) Burton, Juanita (nad Lamar) Edmondson and Linda Branch, all of Osceola;

Three sons, J.D. (and Cathy) Branch of Forrest Park, Ill., James (Harvey Lee) Branch of Luxora, and Charles (and Julia) Branch of Osceola; and

Forty-nine grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove MB Church in Osceola with Edward Richardson Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Whiteside Cemetery in Osceola. The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola.