This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Branson, Holbrook Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FBB.2ACE/1012 Message Board Post: July 15, 2006 Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio Viola BRANSON, age 82, of Franklin passed away on Friday, July 14, 2006 at Southview Hospital. She was born on October 12, 1923 in Mayking, Kentucky the daughter of Jesse and Sadie Holbrook. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Crawford Branson; 2 brothers, Woodrow Holbrook and Floyd (Pug) Holbrook; 4 sisters, Alpha Adams, Belvy Gilliam, Ella Slone, and Oda Spond. She is survived by two sons, Crawford Jr. (Marilyn) and Dewey (Lisa); and one daughter, Betty (Elmer) Evans all of Franklin; seven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren; one sister, Inis Holbrook of Franklin; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at the Anderson Funeral Home, 1357 E. 2nd Street, Franklin, with the Reverend Mike Hubbard officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 pm on Monday. Burial will be at Springboro Cemetery. Please visit www.andersonfuneralhomes.com to share a memory in the family gue! st book.