Born July 24, 1936, in Greenwood, Miss., to Jake and Sallie Williams Sims, she married O.D. Branch on July 23, 1978, in Peoria. He survives.
Also surviving are one son, Eddie Mann of Peoria; three daughters, Sallie Sims, Earnestine McGhee and Stella Drummond, all of Peoria; four grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; two brothers, John Sims of Peoria and Willie Sims of Denver ; and four sisters, Alberta Durham, Christine Granderson and Agnes Smith, all of Peoria, and Mary Childress of Flint, Mich.
One sister preceded her in death.
She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Galilee Baptist Church, where she served on its mothers' board.
Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery.
Peoria Journal Star - July 17, 2000.
Born July 24, 1936, in Greenwood, Miss., to Jake and Sallie Williams Sims, she married O.D. Branch on July 23, 1978, in Peoria. He survives.
Also surviving are one son, Eddie Mann of Peoria; three daughters, Sallie Sims, Earnestine McGhee and Stella Drummond, all of Peoria; four grandchildren; one greatgrandchild; two brothers, John Sims of Peoria and Willie Sims of Denver ; and four sisters, Alberta Durham, Christine Granderson and Agnes Smith, all of Peoria, and Mary Childress of Flint, Mich.
One sister preceded her in death.
She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Galilee Baptist Church, where she served on its mothers' board.
Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery.
Peoria Journal Star - July 17, 2000.
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