Paul I. Branch

Paul I. Branch, 87, of Drexel, died on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Born in Catawba County, NC on December 17, 1927, was a son of the late Cicero Gordon Branch and Zillah Branch Branch.
Paul was a United States Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He was a member of Drexel Christian Church.
Paul is survived by his children, Pauline Branch Sisk, Linda Branch Adams and husband Clyde Adams, Geraldine Branch Lyons and husband, Joe Lyons, Jr., Mary Branch Powell and husband, Benny Powell, John Ivey Branch and wife Debbie Branch, Roger Dale Branch and wife, Melinda Branch, Connie Branch Barrier and husband, Tony Barrier, Jack Gordon Branch and wife, Mamie Branch; twenty-five grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, Paul was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Atherton Cook; son, Paul Walton Branch; daughter, Rose Elizabeth Branch twin brothers, Will Branch and Nelson Branch; brothers, Dallas Branch and Festus Branch; sisters, Isa Powell, Eva Fender, Louise Blakely, Talitha Cook, Junie Cook, and Gladys Branch Cook.
The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2015 in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral and Crematory Center with Rev. Tim Smith and Clyde Adams officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Burke Memorial Park with military honors by the NC National Guard and Caldwell County Veterans Honor Guard.

Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center is assisting the family with the arrangements.