Extracted from The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, January 4, 1941

BRANCH -- At the Pineville Charity Hospital, Friday, Dec. 27, 1940, at 2:10 p.m., Jean Branch, 53, of Alexandria, La. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jean Branch; one step son, James Kale Richey; one step daughter, Doris Fay Richey; two brothers, Mack Branch of Winnfield and George Branch of Montgomery; one sister, Mrs. Tugwell of Winnfield.

Funeral services were held in St. Francis Xavier Cathedral at 4 p.m. Saturday. Interment was made in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, under the direction of Hixson Brothers.