This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/14.16.18 Message Board Post: Alton Oscar Branson was my grandfather by his first marriage to my grandmother, Minnie Etta Hedrick Branson. He left my grandmother while she was pregnant with her 4th child. There were 4 children: Ruby Nona Branson Tysinger (born Sept. 15, 1924, still living and a whiz at family history), Donald Alton Branson (born Dec. 7, 1926, passed away Sept. 26 1989), Geneva Inez Branson Owens (my mother, born Sept. 23, 1929, passed away on May 26, 2002, she was 72 years old), and Doris (Dot) Ann Branson Lewis (born April 30, 1936, still living). Grandmother Branson never remarried. I started my research after my mom passed away. I realized I didn't know anything about my extended Branson family. If there is anything you can tell me, please contact me. I only met Alton Branson 2 times in my life and that was when I was really too young to remember. My mother didn't like talking about him since he neglected to come around when she was a child. I've been told that there was indi! an blood somewhere along the line but I'm not sure if that was William Daniel Branson or Lillie Stigal's side of the family. If you know anything about this, please let me know. My name is Judy Kay Owens Harvey and I was born to Inez and Johnnie Owens on November 29, 1952 and I have one sister, Sharon Kathleen (Kathy) Owens Lawson, born February 28, 1951. My email address is wendlejudyh@lexcominc.net. Thanks in advance for your help. Hope to hear from you soon. Judy Harvey