This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Branson, Mason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kdF.2ACIB/423 Message Board Post: Roger Dale Branson, Carthage, formerly of Owensville, Missouri died April 11, 2005 at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Roger was born December 21, 1954 in Alexandria, Louisiana to Morris and Bonnie Mason Branson. He was married to Patricia Wren in Stockton, Missouri on May 22, 1976. He was a former member of the First Baptist Church of Owensville. He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie Branson. Survivors include: his wife Patricia; his father, Morris Branson and his wife Berta of Owensville; his grandmother, Mabel Mason of Owensville; his mother-in-law, Martha Stephens of Carthage; two sons, Christopher Branson and his wife Stephanie of Grennville, South Carolina and Bradley Branson of Carthage; one sister, Karen Davidson of Quincy, Illinois. He was expecting his first grandchild in September. Services were held on April 14, at the First Baptist Church in Owensville with the Rev. Don Kelley officiating. Burial was in the Countryside Memorial Gardens, Owensville source: Gasconade County Republican Newspaper, April 20, 2005