It is with a deep love
we will attempt
to write an
obituary of our
dear mother.
She was born on December 8, 1921 and passed on to be
with the Lord on
December 20, 2004. Preceding her in
death was our
beloved father, Julius Branham, who
was killed in a
mining accident on February 14, 1974 while trying to
do what the Bible
said, “earn your living by the sweat of his brow.”
He did this in order to care for our mother and us children.
Our mother joined
the Old Regular Baptist Church on the 2nd
Sunday in June,
1971, and was a kind and faithful member until her
passing. We miss
her, but we understand that she is resting and waiting
for that
resurrection morning. She has 4 children; three of whom
united with the
Old Regular Baptist Church and God while she was
living. The
children being 3 boys, Holly, Larry, and J.C. Branham
and one daughter,
Mary Ann Thacker. Mom lived the life and walked
a Christian life
before people. We could never say all of the good
things on paper
about mom.
Mom always welcomed everyone to her home and tried to make
them feel as
welcome as she possibly could. Mom always loved to
see people coming
to her home. She would do her very best to prepare
something for
them to eat. Mom loved to attend church. She
would always look
forward to Saturday and Sunday. She would always
be up and ready
to go by the time J.C. would get out to the
house. She would
always meet him at the kitchen door ready to go.
Mom was very
proud of her two sons that were already in church.
Mom got down sick
and wasn’t able to go to church very much in her
last year. She
would want the members of the church to come and
visit her at
home. Mom would say that she wanted people to pray
that she would
get well enough to go to church. I believe that mom
was a woman that
trusted in God because I would often see her sit
ting around with
her head bowed like she was asleep, but I know that
she was praying
to God in Heaven. Mom battled cancer almost a
year. Her
children thought that she would continue to get better. But,
God had other
plans for our mother. I know that she is now looking
down from Heaven,
smiling and rejoicing.
Written by her two beloved sons, Larry and J.C. Branham
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