Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Friday, December 6, 1985

BRANCH, HUBERT

Died 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 1985, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 76, a native of Montgomery and resident of Baton Rouge. He was a retired barber and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Visiting at Hollabaugh-Spindle Wooddale Memorial Chapel, 4 to 9 p.m. Friday. Religious services at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, 11 a.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Robert O. Mitchell. Burial in Greenoaks Memorial Park.

Survived by wife, Mrs. Margaret McMullan Branch, Baton Rogue [sic Rouge]; three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Alice) Hutchins, Mrs. Dennis (Gloria) Kramer, and Beth Branch, all of Baton Rouge; a son, Hubert Henry ``Hubie'' Branch, Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Bordelon, Montgomery, and Christine Gulledge, Longview, Texas; two granddaughters, Tonya Lynn, and Caitrin Elizabeth.

Preceded in death by parents; and nine brothers and sisters.

Pallbearers will be Charles Hutchins, Dennis Kramer, Craig Strickland, Dana Heully, Steve DiBenidetto, and Alton Sevier.