Marybelle Branham
Marybelle Branham, 81, of Llano died Feb. 15, 2011. She was born Feb. 19, 1929, in Indianapolis to John and Nellie (Hutchings) Collingsworth.
She married Roy Branham on Dec. 15, 1947, in Indianapolis. She moved to the area in 1992 from Houston. She loved to crotchet and watch her grandchildren. Survivors include sons Roy Branham and wife Betty, and Donald Ray Branham, all of Llano; daughter Rose Marie Hilliard of Coloma, Mich.; sister Nellie Allen and husband Frank of Nineveh, Ind.; grandchildren Regina Branham of Coloma, Mich., Joy Branham Moran and husband Dan of Round Rock, Zack Hilliard of Dallas and Scott Branham of Llano; great-grandchildren Whitney Blakemon, Brendon, Emery and Vivian Moran; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1995; parents; grandson Barry Branham; and 10 siblings.
Visitation was Feb. 17 at Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Home, 307 E. Sandstone in Llano, (325) 247-4300.
A graveside service is 10:30 a.m. Feb. 18 at Salem Cemetery in Llano County with the reverends Elliot Pancoast and Jerry Brown officiating.
Memorials may be given to the St. James Lutheran Church, 1401 Ford St. in Llano.
Condolences may be sent to whhfuneral1@verizon.net or online at www.whhfuneralhome.com.