PHILLIP BRANIGAN

CHARLESTON -- Phillip Branigan, 92, of Charleston died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born April 1, 1904, in Macon, Miss., son of Tipler and Sally Hill Branigan. He and Sally Robinson were married March 25, 1929.

Branigan was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Dorena, had been a Sunday School teacher and member of the Deacons Board.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Phillip Branigan of Memphis, Tenn., Murley Branigan of Rock Island, Ill., James Branigan of Fort Wayne, Ind.; seven daughters, Cynthia Holland and Minnie Sanders of Memphis, Lillie Campbell of Auburndale, Fla., Mae Johnson, Pearlie Kent and Annie Ivy of Charleston, Carolyn Woods of Murphysboro, Ill.; two sisters, Mattie Brooks of Murphysboro, Laura Branigan of Chicago; 55 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and great-great-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Sparks Funeral Home from 7-8 p.m. Friday.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Trinity Church of Deliverance, with Bishop James Whitfield officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.