August 6, 1992

SAMMY D. BRANIGAN

CHARLESTON -- Sammy D. Branigan, 57, of Charleston, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness. He was born Aug. 8, 1934, in Macon, Miss., son of Phillip and Corine Robinson Branigan. Branigan was formerly of Chicago, and had worked in the steel mills...

CHARLESTON -- Sammy D. Branigan, 57, of Charleston, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness.

He was born Aug. 8, 1934, in Macon, Miss., son of Phillip and Corine Robinson Branigan.

Branigan was formerly of Chicago, and had worked in the steel mills.

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Survivors include nine children; his parents of East Prairie; three brothers, Phillip Branigan of Memphis, Tenn., Murley Branigan of Rock Island, Ill., James Branigan of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; six sisters, Minnie Taylor and Cynthia Holland of Memphis, Lilly Campbell of Auburndale, Fla., May Johnson of East Prairie, Pearlie Kent and Annie Ivy of Charleston, and 18 grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sparks Funeral Home. Bishop James Whitfield will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until service time.

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