1920

Cranshaw Sparks Branham Sr was born on 20 Dec 1920 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of Lawrence Branham and Mary Annie Sharpe Branham.

1930

Cranshaw Branham was counted in the census on 29 Apr 1930 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 8-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home was his father, Lawrence B Branham; his mother, Mary A Branham; his brothers, Mack Branham, Brooks Branham, and Willie Branham; and his sister-in-law, Helen Branham.

1942

When he was 21, he married Frances Juanita Nelson, daughter of Jesse Nelson and Ruth Price, on 04 Jan 1942 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.

1950

Crenshaw Branham was counted in the census on 05 Apr 1950 in Wateree, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 28-year-old, male, married, white, farmer. Also in the home was his brother, Mack Branham; his sister-in-law, Helen Branham; his niece, Lillian Branham; his wife, Juanita Branham; their children, Annie R Branham, Louise Branham, Otis Branham, Clara Branham; his father, Lawrence Branham; and his mother, Annie Branham.

1953

On October 24, 1953, Crenshaw Branham was mentioned as a living son in the obituary of Mrs. Annie Sharpe Branham.

1955

On December 6, 1955, Cranshaw Branham was mentioned as a living son in the obituary of Lawrence Branham.

1956

On November 21, 1956, Crenshaw Branham was mentioned as a pallbearer in the obituary of Mary Dowey Stockman.

1957

On August 1, 1957, Crenshaw Branham was mentioned as a pallbearer in the obituary of Frank James Nelson.

1958

On September 17, 1958, Cranshaw Branham was mentioned in the newspaper article “County ASC Election Held at Kershaw.”

On September 18, 1958, Cranshaw Branham was mentioned in the newspaper article “Community Workers are Named.“

1952

On January 18, 1952, Crenshaw Branham was mentioned as an active pallbearer in the obituary of James Henry Livingston.

1961

On August 21, 1961, Crenshaw Branham was mentioned as an active pallbearers in the obituary of Ronald Claude Hatfield Sr.

2003

He died on 22 Apr 2003 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA. He was buried on 24 Apr 2003 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA at Hillcrest Baptist Church Cemetery.

Rites

Cranshaw Branham Sr., 82 of Elgin, died Tuesday. Friends may call from 6-8 tonight at Kornegay Funeral Home, Lugoff Elgin Chapel, which will announce plans.

Cranshaw Branham Sr. 

ELGIN – Services for Cranshaw Branham Sr., 82, will be held at 2 p.m., today, April 24, 2003, at Hillcrest Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Kenneth Jackson officiated. Kornegay Funeral Home is in charge. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hillcrest Baptist Church, P.O. Box 85, Elgin, SC 29045 or to Hospice of Kershaw County, 2001 W. DeKalb St., Camden, SC 29020.

Mr. Branham died Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Born in Blaney he was a son of the late, Lawrence Branham and Annie Sharpe Branham. He was a self-employed electrician, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church.

Surviving were his wife of 61 years, Juanita Nelson Branham; children, Ruth Branham, Lucy Cansler, Otis Branham and his wife, Sylvia, Cranshaw Branham Jr., Sarah Riley and her husband, Bobby, all of Elgin, Clara Fenton and her husband, Larry, of Camden; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great- granddaughter. He was predeceased by brothers, Willie Branham, Mack Branham and Brooks Branham; granddaughter, Kelley Cansler; two infant sons.

2011

On July 18, 2011,  Cranshaw Branham Sr. was mentioned as the deceased husband on the obituary of Juanita Nelson Branham.