MO d/c 19087
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. STELLA BRANHAM
Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Branham, 68, were held Monday afternoon at the Shelbyville Baptist Church with Rev. Tully Achord officiating. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
Mrs. Branham died Saturday after a stroke. She had suffered from a heart disease for some time.
She was born Stella Hill, October 17, 1881, at Mexico, Mo., a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Brooks Hill. Mrs. Branham married Charles E. Archer in 1901 [sic] and he died in 1923. In January, 1930 she married W. P. Branham, who survives.
Eight out of ten children also survive her. They are Robert and Edwin Archer, of Shelbyville; Mrs. R. C. Cunningham of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Betty Amos, of Dayton, O.; Charles W. Archer of Lafayette, La.; Raymond Archer of Indianapolis, Ind., and Michael and Calvin Archer of Seymour, Ind.
Mrs. Branham is also survived by two brothers, George Hill of Mexico and William Hill of Carthage; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Harvey of Slater and Mrs. Cora Riddle if Sioux Falls, S. D., as well as other relatives.
The Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Missouri, May 24, 1950; Page 1, Column 2
(Contributed by Shelby County Historical Society & Museum)
MO d/c 19087
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. STELLA BRANHAM
Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Branham, 68, were held Monday afternoon at the Shelbyville Baptist Church with Rev. Tully Achord officiating. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here.
Mrs. Branham died Saturday after a stroke. She had suffered from a heart disease for some time.
She was born Stella Hill, October 17, 1881, at Mexico, Mo., a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Brooks Hill. Mrs. Branham married Charles E. Archer in 1901 [sic] and he died in 1923. In January, 1930 she married W. P. Branham, who survives.
Eight out of ten children also survive her. They are Robert and Edwin Archer, of Shelbyville; Mrs. R. C. Cunningham of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Betty Amos, of Dayton, O.; Charles W. Archer of Lafayette, La.; Raymond Archer of Indianapolis, Ind., and Michael and Calvin Archer of Seymour, Ind.
Mrs. Branham is also survived by two brothers, George Hill of Mexico and William Hill of Carthage; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Harvey of Slater and Mrs. Cora Riddle if Sioux Falls, S. D., as well as other relatives.
The Shelby County Herald, Shelbyville, Missouri, May 24, 1950; Page 1, Column 2
(Contributed by Shelby County Historical Society & Museum)
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