Nancy Jo Branson, 76, of Oran, died July 18, 2013, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born February 7, 1937, in Blodgett, to the late Jesse and Ola Edna Wagoner Walton, she was a school teacher for thirty years. She taught in the Cape Girardeau Public School System, and retired as the director of the Adult Basic Education/GED program at the Career and Technology Center in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Oran. On May 17, 1958, in Glen Allen, she married Richard Nial Branson Sr., who preceded her in death on April 25, 1989.
Also preceding her in death were one sister and one granddaughter.
Survivors include: two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Kristin Branson of Edwardsville, Ill., and Jesse and Joanna Branson of Oran; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Niala Branson of New Madrid, Susan and Stanley Farrow of Jackson, Evelyn and Willis Milam of Birmingham, Mich., and Margie and Wayne McFarland of Louisville, Neb.; and eight grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Monday, July 22, from 5-8 p.m. at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10 a.m., with Donnie Ford, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oran, officiating.
Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be sent to:
First Baptist Church of Oran
P.O. Box Drawer L
Oran, MO 63771
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