Selina Nell Branham

1947

Selina Nell Branham was born on 18 Dec 1947 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA a child of Clyde Branham and Daisy Nell Albert Branham.

1950

Selna N Branham was counted in the census on 03 Apr 1950 in Richland, South Carolina, USA, as a 2 year-old, female, single, white, daughter. Also in the home were, her father, Clyde Branham; her mother, Doris Branham; and her brother, Frankie Branham.

1966

She graduated in 1966 in Blythewood, Richland, South Carolina, USA from Blythewood High School.

1968

On March 3, 1968, Miss Selena Nell Branham was mentioned as a living daughter in the obtiuary of Clyde Branham.

1969

She died on 02 Mar 1969 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA at Charleston County Hospital. She was buried on 04 Mar 1969 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, USA at Killian Baptist Church Cemetery. Her cause of death was Multiple extreme Injuries, from automobile accident.

MISS BRANHAN

Funeral services for Miss Selina Nell Branham will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Killian Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. J. N. Williams. Burial will be in the churchyard.

Active pallbearers will be Billy Raines, Don Walters, Nick Atria, Laverne Mattox, D. B. Neidffer and Ray Ross.

Miss Branham was one of three youths killed in Charleston as their car swerved off the road sideswiping a utility pole and running headlong into a tree on Wappo Road in Charleston.

Miss Branham of Rt. 1, Blythewood, was born in Columbia, the daughter of Mrs. Daisy Albert Branham and the late Clyde Branham.

A junior at Winthrop College, She graduated from Blythewood High School in 1966. Miss Branham was a member of the May court her freshman year at Winthrop and was on the Dean’s list. During the present year she was voted one of the top five best – dressed girls at Winthrop.

She was a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron honorary home economics fraternity and Killian Baptist Church.

Her father was killed in an automobile accident March 1968.

Surviving are her mother of Blythewood; a brother, Clyde Franklin Branham of Atlanta, Ga.; and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Branham of Elgin.

Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel is in charge.

March 3, 1969  Columbia Record (published as THE COLUMBIA RECORD)  Columbia, South Carolina
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Rites Set For Victim Of Wreck

Funeral services for Miss Selina Neil Branham will be Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Killian Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. J. N. Williams. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Billy Raines, Don Walter, Nick Atria, Lavere Mattox, D. B. Nidiffer and Ray Ross.

Miss Branham was one of three persons killed in Charleston Sunday when their car swerved off the road, sideswiped a utility pole and ran headlong into a tree on Wappo Road in Charleston.

Miss Branham of Rt. 1, Blythewood, was born in Columbia, the daughter of Mrs. Daisy Abert Branham and the late Clyde Branham.

A junior at Winthrop College, she graduated from Blythewood High School in 1966. Miss Branham was a member of the May Curt her freshman year at Winthrop and was on the Dean’s list. During the present year she was voted one of the the five best-dressed girls at Winthrop.

She was a member of Phi Upion Omicron honorary home economics fraternity and Kilan Baptist Church.

Her father was killed in an automobile accident March 1968.

Surviving are her mother of Blythewood; a brother, Clyde Franklin Branham of Atlanta Ga.; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Branham of Elgin.

Dunbnar Funeral Home, Gervais Sreet Chapel, is in charge.

Memorials may be sent to the Killan Baptist Church Library or any charity.

March 4, 1969  State (published as The State)  Columbia, South Carolina
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“South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-PQ3H-BRF?cc=1417492 : 9 April 2024), > image 1 of 1; Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia.

On March 3, 1969, Selina N. Branham was mentioned in the newspaper article, “Charleston Wreck Kills 3; Tragedy Is Compounded.”

On March 3, 1969, Selina N. Branham was mentioned in the newspaper article “Charleston Crash Kills 3 Persons.

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