Nancy Branson

ORAN, Mo. -- Nancy Jo Branson, 76, of Oran died July 18, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Feb. 7, 1937, in Blodgett, Mo., daughter of the late Jesse and Ola Edna Wagoner Walton. She was a schoolteacher for 30 years. She taught in the Cape Girardeau School District and retired as the director of the Adult Basic Education/GED program at the Career and Technology Center in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Oran.

She married Richard Nial Branson Sr. on May 17, 1958, in Glenallen, Mo. He preceded her in death April 25, 1989.

Also preceding her in death were one sister and one granddaughter.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Kristin Branson of Edwardsville, Ill., and Jesse and Joanna Branson of Oran; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Niala Branson of New Madrid, Mo., Susan and Stanley Farrow of Jackson, Evelyn and Willis Milam of Birmingham, Mich., and Margie and Wayne McFarland of Louisville, Neb.; and eight grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston, Mo.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with Donnie Ford, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Oran, officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston.

Online condolences may be shared at nunneleefuneralchapel.com.

Memorial contributions may be sent to First Baptist Church of Oran, P.O. Box Drawer L, Oran, MO 63771.