She was born in Greencastle, Indiana on May 17th, 1967. She moved to Midland, Texas in 1983. On March 31st, 1989, she married her husband, Gary Lynn Branch. With his father, "Brownie", and their son Garrett, they owned & operated a roofing business, A&W Contractors. Lorrell took incoming calls, & made every possible effort to welcome as many incoming clients, offering a high standard of customer service to existing clients, while keeping the home fires burning, & raising 3 children. In her personal time, she enjoyed live music, dancing, travel, and had a diverse taste & passion for sampling & preparing traditional & ethnic cuisines. She was renowned by all for being an amazing chef. She welcomed all who would seek her company, counsel, or embrace.
Loving Wife, Mother, & Sister, she was preceded in death by her first son Michael James Farley, her brother, Brain Kelly (Sam) Ward, her mother Rose Ann Waldon, her grandmother Olivia Burris, her father Lorrell Orville Ward, & her husband Gary Lynn Branch, brother in-law Larry Denis Branch, father in-law Afton Wallace Branch, & mother in-law Phyliss Anne Branch.
She is survived by her two sons & a daughter. Garrett Branch, 33, & wife Andrea Branch, & granddaughters, Jade & Madelyn Cope. Her youngest son, Samuel Aden Lawless, 19, & her oldest, Aftan Christine Branch, 37, & wife Kara Bingham.
Funeral services will be held in Midland, Texas, on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Downtown Church of Christ, located at 505 San Angelo Street, at 11:00 a.m.
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