Muriel Branson

Muriel Danese Branson, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center.

She was the daughter Hilson Henry and Balena Love Eaton Plotner.

Branson, formerly of Benton, Ky., was a member of the First Christian Church in Cape Girardeau and a former member of the First Christian Church in Benton, Ky.

Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Allen of Columbia, Tenn., and Carolyn Branson of Paducah, Ky.; a sister, Ruth Ivavine Plotner of Falling Waters, W.Va.; two step-grandchildren; and four great- stepgrandchildren.

There will be no visitation.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Christian Church in Cape Girardeau. with the Rev. Roger Kiepe officiating. Graveside services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marshall County Memorial Gardens.

Filbeck-Cann and King Funeral Home and Crematory in Benton, Ky., is in charge of the arrangements.