Floyd Branham

1926

Floyd Branham was born March 18, 1926 in Kershaw County, South Carolina, a son of John S. Branham and Rebecca Rabon Branham.

1930 Census Information:

According to the United States census reported on April 23, 1930, John B Branham (59), owned a house in Wateree Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina with his wife, Rebecca Branham (48). It was reported that he was 21 at his first marriage and she was 14 at her first marriage. Also in the home was his children; James Branham (14); Bertha Branham (12), Nellie Branham (10) and Floyd Branham (4). All family members were reported to have been born in South Carolina. John B Branham was a farmer on a farm.

1940 Census Information:

According to the United States census reported on May 13, 1940, John Branham (66) owned a house in Wateree Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina with his wife, Katie Branham (36) and his son, Floyd Branham (13). All family members were reported to have been born in South Carolina and lived in the same house on April 1, 1935. John Branham was a farm operator on a farm.

1975

Funeral services for Floyd Branham, 49, of 1911 Augusta Rd., who died in a truck accident Monday, December 22, 1975 in North Carolina will be conducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Thompson Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Billy Randall. Burial will follow in Crescent Memorial Park.

Born in Kershaw County he was son of John S. Branham and Rebecca Rabon Branham. He was a member of the Union Baptist Church at Blaney and a truck driver and a veteran of World War II.

Surviving are his parents: his wife, Mrs. Gussie Eldres Branham; two brothers, Gover Branham of Rock Hill and James Branham of Elgin; five sisters; Mrs. Bertha Burns of Reno, Nev., Mrs. Nellie Stalnaker of Columbia, Mrs. Pauline King of Myrtle Beach, Mrs. Mattie Kaney and Mrs. Roxie Lee Heath of West Columbia.

Obituary Information:

December 23, 1975  Columbia Record (published as THE COLUMBIA RECORD)  
Columbia, South Carolina
Page 13
December 23, 1975  State (published as The State) 
Columbia, South Carolina
Page 11

Tombstone Information:

Located in Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Photo added by Erica Roxann

Index To Vital Statistics, Rutherford County, N. C.

“North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZX-GSMX-4?cc=2848682 : 13 November 2019), > image 1 of 1; North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh.

Medical Examiner’s Certificate of Death

“North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9P2-B7YC-2?cc=1584959 : 2 September 2014), > image 1 of 1; State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.

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