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Lafayette “Bear” Branscome

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Lafayette “Bear” Branscome

Birth
Carroll County, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Nov 1993 (aged 75)
Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Virginia birth certificate shows his last name as Branson

m1 - Orlena Jane Marshall
m2 - Velva Viola Whitt Lundy (20 years his junior) July 15, 1987 in Pulaski, VA

Lafayette "Bear" Branscome, 75, of Rt. 3, Box 470 (Case Knife Road), Pulaski died Tuesday night at his home. He was born July 15, 1918 in Carroll County. He attended the Westminister Presbyterian Church, Pulaski; and was a retired employee of the Virginia Department of Transportation with 43 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife, Orlena Marshall Branscome; and a stepson, Carl Edwards. Surviving are his wife, Velva Viola Whitt Branscome of Pulaski; one special granddaughter, Tina Marie Lane of Dugspur; four stepchildren, Carlis Lundy, Brenda Taylor and Betty Hughes, all of Pulaski, and Barbara Campbell of Norfolk; seven step grandchildren and one great granddaughter. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, with the Rev. John Hicks officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski. Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, is in charge of arrangements.

PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Wed, Nov 10, 1993
Virginia birth certificate shows his last name as Branson

m1 - Orlena Jane Marshall
m2 - Velva Viola Whitt Lundy (20 years his junior) July 15, 1987 in Pulaski, VA

Lafayette "Bear" Branscome, 75, of Rt. 3, Box 470 (Case Knife Road), Pulaski died Tuesday night at his home. He was born July 15, 1918 in Carroll County. He attended the Westminister Presbyterian Church, Pulaski; and was a retired employee of the Virginia Department of Transportation with 43 years of service. He was preceded in death by his wife, Orlena Marshall Branscome; and a stepson, Carl Edwards. Surviving are his wife, Velva Viola Whitt Branscome of Pulaski; one special granddaughter, Tina Marie Lane of Dugspur; four stepchildren, Carlis Lundy, Brenda Taylor and Betty Hughes, all of Pulaski, and Barbara Campbell of Norfolk; seven step grandchildren and one great granddaughter. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, with the Rev. John Hicks officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski. Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, is in charge of arrangements.

PULASKI SOUTHWEST TIMES, Wed, Nov 10, 1993


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